Real Estate

One big loss can wipe out a lot of gains. After more than two-and-a-half decades of property investing experience across...

"I've told the buyer from Dublin that the other buyer, the gentleman from Cork, is considering by how much he'd...

"Can an evergreen tree die?" my son asked as I ran alongside his bike. Under Irish lockdown laws, we're free...

As Lief and I sat down at our dining room table this weekend to finalize the program for next month's Global...

“Breaking bread together” is an age-old idiom. Literally, it means sharing a meal with another person or group. The spirit...

Getting onto the property ladder has always been one of the safest and best ways of securing long-term wealth. Buying...

Over the past two years, we've been highlighting Colombia as a place where U.S.-dollar-holders have increased buying power. Now that...

In 1989, Italian schoolteacher Mauro Morandi was sailing between Corsica and Sardinia when the engine of his catamaran gave up....

We speak often about how to purchase real estate overseas, sharing hard-won wisdom and decades of experience to help you...

Certainly if you’re making a first-ever investment, but even if you’ve already made several real estate purchases overseas, how can...

What will global property markets look like post the COVID-19 pandemic? I do not believe we’re going to see 40%...

When considering any potential investment, begin by asking yourself whether you are buying more for capital appreciation or for cash...

Why might it make sense for you to buy a piece of property overseas? The answers to that question are...

We talked recently about the signs to look out for when identifying a market that's ripe for investment. One of...

How should one hold property overseas? That's a regular question at conferences... especially my Global Property Summit each year. The best...

"Where can I buy a home on the beach for US$250,000 cash?" a reader recently wrote to ask. In Florida...

"Why do you talk about Brazil... isn't it a mess?" a reader wrote in last week. On a generic claim...

Twenty years ago, I was an average, non-professional stock investor. I made plenty of money up until 1999—when anyone could...

Before you're ready to retire, you're likely to notice places around the world where you'd like to be able to...

A few weeks ago, I was asked to be a guest on the Jetsetter Show Podcast with host Jason Hartman....

Lief used Other People's Money (OPM) to launch his real estate investing career in the United States, and we were...

Can an average person really invest in real estate to generate reliable cash flow overseas? I get the question all...

“It’s perfect. I’ll take it. How much is it?” So said the Irish hairdresser to the Montenegrin real estate agent....

Your options for where and how to live in Belize are many, so you should begin the thinking process associated...

Mazatlán, Mexico, tied for the #1 spot this year on the Live and Invest Overseas annual Retirement Index, and there’s...

Buying real estate in Portugal is actually one of the best things that you can do right now. It has...

As we discussed on Friday, Panama remains one of the best places in the world to live or retire overseas...

As we begin 2020 you may be reminiscing about the past and dreaming about what the New Year will hold......

We´ve done the hard job and pulled out the 10 best places to buy real estate overseas in 2020. The...

In this article, we take a look at some of the best places to buy real estate in the Dominican...

Today, we reach the final part of our three-week series on the World’s Top Property Markets For 2020. So far,...

Originally, I intended to split my picks for the best places to own property overseas in 2020 over two issues....

Each year this time, I take a snapshot of property prices worldwide. My annual survey shows where values are rapidly...

Top property markets in 2019… that we believe will continue strong in 2020 and beyond? Here you go… Brazil Right...

This is one of the most successful offers I have ever shared with Overseas Opportunity Letter readers... And it's closing out very...

In an episode of This American Life recorded back in 2000, writer David Sedaris takes host Ira Glass on a tour of...

The best places to buy Belize real estate are no longer the unknown outposts they once were. As recently as...

Puerto Vallarta has been an elite destination since Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, and Tennessee Williams arrived in 1963 for the...

I'm most of the way through Alain De Botton's "The Consolations Of Philosophy." It's an entertaining collection of teachings from...

Forget pumpkins. What you really need to care about this October are mangos. Or avocados. Or limes. And, if you're...

"How are your tenants?" I asked my uncle, Jerry, over Sunday dinner. "Great," he replied. "They'll be leaving soon, and...

Expat mountain towns in Panama are not the first thing people associate with life in the tropics. For many people...

France is one of the best places to live or retire in Europe. In this article, we take a look...

There is a growing number of expats looking to discover the best places buy real estate in Thailand. It's hardly...

In this article, we take a look at some of the best places to buy real estate in Mexico. Some...

There was a time when a property described as "sustainable" or "eco-friendly" conjured up images of a basic hut in...

Since 2015 foreigners have been allowed to buy real estate in Vietnam. This sparked something of a stampede with investors...

What’s standing between you and your second home, retirement home, or investment property overseas? Is it time? If you’re still...

When I bought an apartment in Portugal three years ago, my standard offshore holding structure ran into a snag. Portugal...

For decades, Tramore has been popular with local tourists (especially from Dublin) who flock here for the miles of golden...