Real Estate

Traveling to make a real estate purchase in another country is complicated if not impossible right now. COVID-19 restrictions mean...

In Argentina, crisis isn’t the exceptional state of affairs. It’s the usual. Each generation of Argentines grows up watching its...

My beat is global property investing. However, it’s not always only about making money. Owning property in another country is...

Here are three things that should grab your attention about Medellín, Colombia, the market I have identified as the most...

Investing in real estate overseas is a great way to protect your savings. Having all of your money tied up...

You can make a complex project out of moving to a foreign country. For some people, that's half the fun....

The global shutdown in response to the coronavirus pandemic is going to have big effects on real estate markets worldwide....

We are deep into the lockdown now and thoughts are turning to what the world will be like when this...

"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...

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....

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...

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...

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

“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...

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......

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

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...

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...

I'm a die-hard Jimmy Buffett fan. I've seen him in concert a dozen times... know the lyrics to most all...

One of the best indicators of a healthy economy is the rate of growth of its middle class. Over the...

I bought a beachfront home, directly on the sand, for less than US$62,000. After furnishing the solid, 2,000-square-foot house, I...

This morning, Lief and I took to the stage in the meeting rooms of the Playa Bonita Beach Resort just...

Twelve years ago, when my husband and I bought our home in Waterford, Ireland, we never gave much thought to...

How We Ended Up In Tavira When my husband and I decided we were moving to Portugal to the Algarve......

Until 2008, Salinas and this country’s coast were part of Guayaquil Province. As a result, the coast was largely overlooked....

Yesterday, Lief Simon shared his picks for top property investment markets in 2019. Today, I'd like to share mine... Brazil...

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

Where in the world can you obtain bank financing as a foreigner for the purchase of real estate? I get...

In 2013, I visited Ecuador as part of my personal search for an overseas home. After attending the Live and...

Abruzzo is fantastically cheap. You can eat like royalty here on a pittance. So much (pasta... wine... oil...) is produced...

The decision to buy a house in Abruzzo was an easy one for me—it was figuring out the exact location...

Over the weekend, Lief and I traveled from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, where we hosted last week's Offshore Wealth Summit, to...

This Is How You Make Real Money From Real Estate Overseas Yesterday, Kathleen Peddicord laid out the phases of development an...