Real Estate

This month we introduce our first-ever Global Property Investment Index. It’ll be an annual affair. The objective is to present...

Northern Belize is an area of mainland Belize made up of the districts of Corozal, Orange Walk, and parts of...

We’ve been spending a lot of virtual ink lately reminding you of the benefits of owning property overseas... I tend...

When we arrived in Waterford in 1998 and decided we wanted to own a home of our own there, we...

Cash is king, right? Not really. It’s cash flow you should care about. Cash flow is critical to most aspects...

Any global real estate investment portfolio should include at least one rental property. A rental investment won't make you rich,...

Buying to flip is a common real estate investment strategy in the United States that doesn’t make sense in most...

In 2012, Lief and I bought an apartment in Medellín, Colombia. It was nearly 400 square meters in an architecturally...

Years ago, my mother knew a lady named Janet who bought a small piece of land on the southwestern coast...

Leverage is a key tool in every U.S. property investor’s kit. As late-night TV real estate investment gurus with courses...

This spring, my family has planted more vegetables in our garden than ever before. We don’t expect to be able...

"But haven't we done this already? “Haven't we already bought an old stone house surrounded by mud? Isn't that what...

Rights of possession is a term that dates back to Spanish colonial rule. Today the term is utilized in real...

Owning a piece of real estate in a foreign country doesn't only give you the opportunity to diversify. Depending on...

I was an average, non-professional stock investor. I made plenty of money up until 1999—when anyone could do it—and lost...

Given a budget of US$150,000, how would you start your global property portfolio? Each year at our annual Global Property...

If you want to find the best beaches in Central America, follow the surfers. You don’t need to be a...

Properties shape us more than we know. Settling into my new apartment here in Paris stirred up memories of all...

There are two reasons to purchase real estate overseas... First, because you have moved there and you decide you want...

In a make-or-break year like 2021, it’s critical to make the smartest possible investment choices. Property is a safe bet,...

Whenever I tell people that I live in Puerto Vallarta, I hear, “Isn’t it really touristy?” The short answer is...

Renovating a property overseas is something many of us dream about. But I can't go any further without asking you...

This is my sixth year in Mexico, and I’ve never seen real estate action like I’m seeing now. And the...

While I feel very lucky to wake up in my new Portuguese home every morning, it took more than good...

We dollar-holders have enjoyed increasing buying power abroad each year since 2013, with every year eclipsing the last. Procrastinators and...

Thinking about making an overseas property purchase can arouse feelings such as excitement, fear, anxiety, relief, and accomplishment. Even seasoned...

This is my fifth winter as a part-time expat in Mexico. After having lived and spent extended time in countries...

Durango is my favorite spot for full-time city living in Mexico. In fact, I consider this city my most exciting...

Among the new trends we faced last summer in Ireland, a country home being snapped up by a foreign buyer...

One of the best ways to generate cash flow from a property investment is through rental yields. But sometimes, keeping...

Whether you are simply exploring this beautiful Central American country, or snow-birding for the winter months, or moving on a...

I didn’t realize it at the time, but, when I bought a pre-construction apartment on Panama City’s Avenida Balboa 17...

Negotiating a real estate deal in another country—both the purchase and the sale—is likely to be different for you than...

Your most important ally when buying, selling, or renting real estate overseas is your attorney. First thing, therefore, when beginning...

White-sand beaches... warm water... year-round sunshine... and one of the healthiest diets in the world... For sun and sand lovers,...

How can you keep up with your plans of moving and/or buying property overseas in the middle of a pandemic?...

Properties in many countries have gotten dramatically cheaper, in dollar terms, thanks to favorable exchange rates. For affordable second homes,...

If you’ve done any reading about living or retiring abroad, you’ve heard these words: "Rent before you buy." In fact,...

For a long time, owning a second home was reserved exclusively for the wealthy. Today that’s no longer true. You...

The term pocket money real estate is a nice way of saying properties for around US$50,000. Admittedly, it’s a bit...

Owning a second home overseas comes with a lot of benefits. But what are the best countries to buy in?...

If I were just starting out as an investor today, with little capital and an eye to converting that capital...

We talk a lot about the benefits of buying property overseas and why it makes sense to buy real estate...

We rank Mexico as joint-1st in our list of the best places to live and retire overseas. Mexico has some...

We’re going to kick off today by putting two beach properties head to head. I’m not going to tell you...

Resident global real estate investing expert Lief Simon—also, coincidentally, my husband—and I have been shopping the globe for real estate...

Google is generally recognized today as the answer to every question, but there are exceptions to that Internet Age fundamental...

We're reviewing the fundamentals of how to buy real estate overseas safely and with confidence... in an effort to arm...

We've been focused this week on current opportunities to buy real estate overseas. That's because the world right now is...

We've all been through the wringer these last few months. And the tough times are not over yet. But the...