Real Estate
3 Ways To Profit From Panama City’s Property Market
Panama City property values have been impressively resilient over the past 10 years. The global real estate crisis of 2008...
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Exploring Abruzzo, Italy, To Find The Perfect Place To Live
The decision to buy a house in Abruzzo was an easy one for me—it was figuring out the exact location...
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A Placencia, Belize, Primer: Communities, Costs, And Condos
If Belize has been on your radar, focusing on Placencia couldn't come at a better time. Seventeen miles of white-sand...
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Why Panama City’s Property Market Is Unlike Anywhere Else
Over the weekend, Lief and I traveled from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, where we hosted last week's Offshore Wealth Summit, to...
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Puerto Vallarta South: Tranquil Luxury And Enviable Views
Vallarta South—The Town Richard Burton Put On The Map The city of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and its famous Centro and...
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Why My Property Portfolio Is Doubled Down On Diversification
Lief Simon’s Personal Global Property Investing Strategy As longtime readers know, 99% of my investment portfolio is in real estate....
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Top 4 Countries With Real Estate You Should Invest In Now
This Is How You Make Real Money From Real Estate Overseas Yesterday, Kathleen Peddicord laid out the phases of development an...
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The 5 Phases Of Ambergris Caye’s Changing Property Market
I've watched it play out scores of times over the more than three decades I've been paying attention... Demographics on...
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Introducing Durango: Bargain Real Estate In Authentic Mexico
The World’s Best Value Property Market? Durango is my favorite spot for full-time city living in Mexico. In fact, I...
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Italy’s Undiscovered Region That’s Massively Undervalued
Your Own Home In Italy… From 35,000 Euros… Considered the greenest part of Europe, with three national and five regional...
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Real Estate In Bogotá Is A Bargain: But For How Much Longer?
The Next Generation Effect In This Country Is Pushing Property Values Ever-Higher One of the best indicators of a healthy...
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Your Dream Italian Villa Is Now Affordable, Maybe Even Free
Your own medieval castle or Mediterranean villa... free. That's the promise of Italy's Cammini e Percorsi (Paths and Tracks) program,...
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Real Estate In Lisbon: A Golden Opportunity For A Golden Visa
Too Late For Lisbon? The question on many minds at last week's Live and Invest in Portugal Conference was whether...
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These Brazilian Beach Townhouses Can Net You 20% Returns
Net Up To 20% A Year From US$99K Beach Townhouses If you've been paying attention to what I've been reporting...
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Weighing Risk Vs Reward For Long-Term Subsidized Renters
I'm receiving emails and alerts daily from U.K. real estate promoters touting U.S. property investment opportunities to their British investor...
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Is Santo Domingo The World’s Next Big Property Market?
I visited Panama for the first time in early 2000. The United States had just handed over the Canal Zone...
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Buying Property In Paris Was One Of Our Best Decisions Ever
The Secret To Timing Your Overseas Property Purchase If I could live anywhere, where would I live? My answer to...
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Top 5 Rental Markets In The Dominican Republic Today
For the last four years, we've been touting the Dominican Republic as a place where investors can find quality overseas...
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Building Our Home In Las Terrenas: Best Decision We’ve Made
From the first day of our first visit, my wife and I were enchanted by Las Terrenas. This eclectic, multicultural...
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A Rental Market Overview Of Medellín’s Top Neighborhoods
Recently I saw a report that's important for anyone who wants to get into the lucrative rental market in Medellín,...
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Investing In Panama’s Local Housing Market Pre-Construction
Most pre-construction proposals that pass our desk aren't worth the glossy paper they're printed on. At this week's Live and Invest...
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Finding An Apartment In Medellin’s Booming Property Market
I recently shared a cup of coffee with a couple in their mid-40s living here in Medellín, Colombia. As RJ...
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Bargain Beachfront Property On Brazil’s Fortaleza Coast
Brazil's northeastern coast has had my attention for some time. Today, this sandy stretch is dead center on my radar....
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8 Exclusive (And Affordable) Property Opportunities Earning Up To 18% Per Year
For the past 22 years, I have spent the better part of each year reviewing real estate opportunities around the...
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How To Vet An Overseas Property Purchase (And Avoid Being Taken!)
Due Diligence 101—How To Vet A Foreign Property Purchase A reader recently asked me for specific recommendations for how to...
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4 Best Beaches In Panama: Sun, Surf, And Speculation
Four Best Beaches In Panama (For Both Fun And Profit) One of Panama's greatest assets is its beachfront. This is...
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New Beach Resort Hotel On Ambergris Caye, Belize
The Biggest News To Come Out Of Belize In Memory… And Live And Invest Overseas Readers Are Hearing About It...
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4 Foreign Property Markets With Big Dollar-Discounts In 2018
Since the U.S. dollar began gaining strength in 2014, I've written a lot about the resultant "currency discounts" in countries...
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Sizing Up Your Options On Properties In Las Terrenas, DR
If you dream of owning a Caribbean home featuring a spectacular water view close to sandy beaches for strolling and...
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Selecting A Property Manager For Your Overseas Rental
One of the most rewarding things you can do abroad is to own a rental property. I find it enjoyable...
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The Reason David Guetta Moved To Playa Del Carmen, Mexico
"For me, Playa del Carmen is one of the greatest cities of all time..." That's what I told one developer...
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The Strong Dollar Is Diminishing… It’s Time To Diversify
I typically ignore exchange rates when making an investment in another country... especially when making an investment in real estate...
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5 Major Benefits To Owning Foreign Real Estate
We write regularly of the importance of global diversification. However, I understand that, until you've begun taking steps to diversify...
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How Global Property Got Me 120 Times My Initial Investment
In 1995, I made my first real estate investment, a three-flat building in Chicago. I was able to make the...
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Why Laureles Is One Of Medellín’s Top Property Markets
I've written many times to say that the El Poblado sector of Medellín, Colombia, is considered to be the best...
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14 Important Items To Confirm Before Buying Property Abroad
Check These 14 Important Items Before Buying Abroad Last week, we talked about the need to rebalance our investments in the...
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The New Costa Rica? Real Estate In Belize Could Soar Soon
I wasn’t planning on writing about this today, but the excitement ran through my body and came out through my...
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Avoid Recession By Investing In An Overseas Property Portfolio
I've often heard that stock market investing is little more than gambling. And, given the way some people approach the...
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Why Younger Property Investors Are Starting To Look Abroad
"I have to tell you the truth," began the attendee at this week's Live and Invest in France Conference here...
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8 Things To Know About The Booming Paris Property Market
The Paris property market is booming. President Macron's policies, energy, and youthful enthusiasm are helping to reinvigorate the country in...
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Why Investing In Panama City Today Is A Different Ballgame
How To Make Money In Today’s Panama I didn’t realize it at the time, but, when I bought a pre-construction...
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Getting Started As A First-Time Overseas Property Investor
Stephen Gasque of Real Estate Today talk radio had me on his program last week. Topic of our discussion? Buying...
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Why Residency In Portugal Is Today’s Golden Opportunity
Portugal is hot. I’ve been focusing time and attention on this country for the past two-and-a-half years. My first visit,...
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Today’s Top Markets For Maximizing Your Declining Dollar Discount
The U.S. dollar came to life in 2014, after years in the doldrums. It gained dramatically against many of the...
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Buying Property In Languedoc: The Other “South Of France”
Great Wine And Low Prices—Why We Love The Languedoc It can change names as many times as it likes, but...
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Aquaponics Investment In Thailand Showing Major Progress
About 10 months ago, I told you about an aquaponics opportunity in Thailand. This, I explained, is a turnkey chance...
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Unveiling Our 2018 Live And Invest Overseas Conference Calendar
My Panama City-based team and I spent last week in meetings charting our course through 2018 and beyond. In addition...
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How To Start Investing In Real Estate Overseas With Success
How do you get started investing in real estate overseas? To borrow a page from Nike’s playbook... You just do...
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Buying Real Estate In Belize: What You Need To Know
About 30 years ago, I was sitting at a palapa bar in Playa del Carmen waiting for the ferry to...
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After A Little Time Apart, Panama Feels More Like Home
"I don’t know if I should tell you guys this or not," began our 17-year-old son Jackson as we exited...
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