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1871, Italy. After waging war among one another for much of the 19th century, states on the Apennine Peninsula finally...

In Colombia, the chime tilín-tilín, tilín-tilín of the bell on the horse-drawn carriage still announces the arrival of fresh fruits,...

2018 has been a great year for us global property investors... And it's not over yet. In fact, I'd say...

Panama City property values have been impressively resilient over the past 10 years. The global real estate crisis of 2008...

"It's hard to describe how much this view has changed over the past 20 years that I've been spending time...

What are we doing in Panama? My husband and I came to this country in 2006 to escape winters in...

Two years ago I made a quick trip from France to Thailand to visit with a developer embarking on a...

Recently, Mary M., United States, wrote in to say: "Kathleen, I do not believe a word of those articles you publish...

Leon Wilfan’s #1 Play In This High-Growth Market Vietnam, a socialist republic most often associated with the war that took...

5 Steps To Hedge Your Economic Bets And Ensure A Legacy For Your Heirs In the financial world, diversification is...

Early July 2008, I arrived in Panama with my husband Lief, my 8-year-old son Jackson, and an East Coast bartender...

Today’s Exchange Rate Makes This Market A Better Opportunity Than Ever I don't try to predict currency exchange rates when...

I've received good news from a developer I've been working with... It's in regards to the aquaponics project in Thailand...

Italy isn't an offshore haven. You have to be a resident in the country for 10 years before you can...

Eighteenth- and 19th-century apartments in central Paris... and land. If you're deliberating over what to do with your investment capital...

Trump threw us Americans with businesses overseas a curveball in December. His tax changes eliminated the deferred tax status for...

The Dominican Republic first came onto my radar in 2005. It was the country’s undervalued beachfront property that got my...

Before I start writing about Panama's economy, I really must insist upon a few things: no yawning, no snoring, and...

New Turnkey Agriculture Investment In Panama Plays To Big Supply Gap We are in the midst of a boom in...

What You Should Know About Bitcoin In mid-December, Bitcoin hit a new all-time high of close to US$20,000. While the...

The risk of owning cryptocurrency is pretty simple. You could lose money... but that's a risk that comes with any...

Sneak Peek: Our #1 Pick For Going Offshore In 2018 About 18 months ago I began the process of applying...

You've been thinking about it... dreaming about it... Maybe for a very long time. It's time to stop thinking... to...

If you've been reading these dispatches for any time, you know my investing mantra: Diversify. I hope you also understand...

"I have to tell you the truth," began the attendee at this week's Live and Invest in France Conference here...

Staying IRS Compliant As An American Abroad It’s tax time again for us Americans. That is, tomorrow, Monday, Oct. 16,...

Portugal is hot. I’ve been focusing time and attention on this country for the past two-and-a-half years. My first visit,...

About 10 months ago, I told you about an aquaponics opportunity in Thailand. This, I explained, is a turnkey chance...

Each morning this week Lief and I have convened with our Panama City-based Live and Invest Overseas team in the...

If you’re shopping jurisdictions, trying to choose where to begin (or further) the process of internationalizing your life, one country...

Living or retired in another country, how do you manage your financial life? Virtually, with the support of a laptop...

As I remind you often, when you find a flag-planting opportunity that interests you, you should take advantage of it...

The crowd in the room for last week’s Live and Invest in the Dominican Republic Conference (our biggest to date)...

I write from Santo Domingo, where I’m hosting this week’s Live and Invest in the Dominican Republic Conference. We have...

John Kumpel, 48 years old and from Tuckerton in southern New Jersey, had always dreamed of living in the Caribbean....

You know you can’t believe everything you read on the internet. You know that if it sounds too good to...

When I first visited China in 1994, there were more bicycles on the streets of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan...

It was a very hot, humid few days in the middle of the summer of 1997. I was in Hong...

I look for any excuse to spend time in Medellín. My wife has finished the apartment we bought here in...

"What’s the first word that comes to mind when you hear ’Panama’?" full-time Panama expat Charles Conn asked the crowd...

We’ve been making the case for Panama for nearly 20 years now, and we’re more bullish on the opportunities and...

"One word: Plastics." That’s the infamous quote from the equally infamous 1967 movie The Graduate. Had you listened, even a...

Even I... a woman who really prefers to do things for herself and by herself... have learned an important lesson:...

When I began paying attention to Colombia, in 2008, the country was maligned, misunderstood, and mistrusted for two reasons—Pablo Escobar...

No Longer Scary Or Secret, Colombia's Time Has Come A bad reputation, even one that's completely undeserved, can be a...

Mixing Business And Pleasure In This Oldest Of Old Towns Lief and I arrived late Wednesday in the Dominican Republic....

All You Need To Know About Managing Rental Property Abroad Owning an overseas rental property is a fun way to...

It's Time To Forget This Guy And Just Enjoy The Country Nicaragua has long been a popular destination for expats…...

The opportunities for real estate investment in central Lisbon right now are many, varied, and compelling. In terms of neighborhoods,...

Paradise For The Quirky Expat "One of my favorite things about being in Belize is the other expats. We’re all...