Retirement/Living
Moving Overseas Before Retirement
We Were Dancing In A Nightclub In Dublin When… My personal live-and-invest-overseas adventure began with a weeklong tour of Ireland....
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A Community Of Friends Can Make Anywhere Feel Like Home
If Your Friends Don’t Understand, Maybe You Need New Friends "Why don't I own a four-bedroom, two-story country home in...
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5 Lessons I’ve Learned During My First Year Living In Portugal
This Is For All The Single Ladies (Dreaming Of A New Life Overseas) I've just celebrated my first anniversary as...
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Living Overseas At All Ages: The 21st-Century Adventure
Fill In This Blank—It’s The Key To Making Your Dream Life Overseas A Reality As I write, my husband Lief...
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How Can You Start A Whole New Life In A Foreign Country?
You Really Could Retire Right Now If You Wanted—Here’s How A recent survey revealed that 42% of baby boomers don't...
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Finally, A “How To Retire Overseas” Plan Anyone Can Afford
Where Should I Ship Your Complimentary Copy Of My New Book? Several weeks ago, a brand-new, updated, and expanded edition...
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8 Questions You Need To Answer Before Retiring Overseas
Realize Your Dream Life Overseas In 7 (Or So) Workshops When we convene in Las Vegas, Nevada, Sept. 8–11, for...
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With A World Of Opportunity, Where Should You Be Focusing?
Late Friday afternoon I made the trip across Paris from our office in Montmartre to CNN's Paris Bureau studio on...
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Food, Wine, Customs, And Culture In Algarve, Portugal
Portugal is a small country, but there is a definite geographic barrier between the country's northern heartland and the Algarve:...
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Take Your Pick: Custom-Tailor Your New Life Overseas
This will be a piece of cake, I told myself as we prepared for our move from Baltimore to Waterford...
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The Word Is Out: Retiring Overseas Is Going Mainstream
Eight years ago this month, the first edition of my "How To Retire Overseas" book appeared on bookstore shelves. Two...
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12 Reasons Why We Chose To Live In The Dominican Republic
"I've had enough of your Caribbean vacations for this year!" This is the response Bill Piatt got from his wife...
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Your Plan For Retiring Overseas Can Be Part-Time
This doesn't have to be all or nothing. You could "retire overseas" and still spend part or even lots of...
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2 More Reasons To Attend Our Retire Overseas Conference
My colleague Allison Jokinen, Senior Events Coordinator here at Live and Invest Overseas, recently started writing a newsletter exclusively for...
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Reduce Your Cost Of Living Big-Time…Maybe
Your Cost Of Living Can Be Almost As Low As You Want It To Be Today is the final day...
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How To Choose The Right Country For Your Overseas Move
Why did Lief and I move to Ireland 20 years ago? Why did we decide to base ourselves in Paris...
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Granada, Nicaragua: Our Grand Retirement Building Condos
Ten years ago this month, Kathleen Peddicord launched her Live and Invest Overseas publishing group. What started out as a...
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3 Quick And Easy Odd Jobs To Earn Extra Retirement Income
Have you considered moving overseas but just can't pull the trigger? Maybe you are thinking about retiring but can't imagine...
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Find Your Ideal Overseas Destination: A 10-Part Questionnaire
Yesterday I detailed the nine critical questions you must answer before launching a new life in a new country. Today I'd...
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What It’s Really Like Moving To Another Country
At some point in their life, nearly everyone has dreamed of moving to a foreign country. For me, that time...
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More Women Are Retiring To Belize From the U.S.
"How I Regained Control Of My Retirement" A few years ago, I decided it was time for me to give...
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Making Connections Overseas: Experts, Expats, And Resources
Oh, The Places We’re Going In 2018 If I had to name one thing that could make the difference between...
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The Retire Overseas Challenge No One Talks About
Planning for a retirement that includes spending some or even all your time in another country is an increasingly appealing...
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3 Popular Seaside Towns In Mexico Within Driving Distance Of U.S.
As I explained to the entire group assembled in Cancún last week for our Live and Invest in Mexico Conference, the...
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Top 9 European Retirement Destinations
Retiring in Europe is about launching a new life in a new country, starting over in a unique place with...
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Listen Up! Here’s The Low-Down On Making A Move To Mexico
3 Top Spots For A Super Accessible Sunny Second Home Overseas I'm just back at my desk from Cancún, where...
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Closing On The Sale Of Property In Argentina
Around the enormous table sat five adult siblings, three with spouses, two with attorneys, one with a grown son, plus...
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5 Real Life Testimonials From The Retire Overseas Conference
You've been thinking about it... dreaming about it... Maybe for a very long time. It's time to stop thinking... to...
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Paris Offers One Of The World’s Most Appealing Expat Lifestyles
Just about anyone who took French in high school has thought, seriously or hypothetically, about moving to France one day....
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La Villa de los Santos, Panama For Affordable Coastal Countryside
Back in Panama , where our Live and Invest Overseas team is headquartered, the countdown is on to November, the...
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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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A Week In Corozal, Belize: Life At A Heavenly Pace
On Monday I am awakened by the soft chirps of a friendly bird that seems to sing "good morning" just...
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Retire Overseas Conference Q&A Session With Kathleen Peddicord
"Welcome to Orlando... welcome to Live and Invest Overseas' Seventh Annual Retire Overseas Conference..." So I will address the crowd...
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Mexico City Sheds Its Reputation To Reveal A True Expat Haven
I step outside of my apartment on a Thursday evening to check out a taquería recommended by some friends. Walking through the...
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Expat Living In Mexico Comes Easier Than Anywhere Else
Mexico’s Top Affordable Living Options Mexico is hands-down the easiest retire-overseas option for North Americans. In numbers, it also holds...
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Las Terrenas: Eclectic Island Meets Vibrant Expat Hangout
The beach town of Las Terrenas on the Dominican Republic’s Samaná Peninsula stands out from other expat hangouts in the...
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Tales Of An Expat Who Lived, Invested, And Loved Overseas!
"Ready, aim, fire" is a formula tested by probably every expat out there. Writing this from my new home in...
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Bring Out The Bubbly: 2017 Overseas Retirement Index Is Here
Wow. That was my reaction to our all-new, just-published, hot-off-the-virtual-presses Overseas Retirement Index. I've been producing ratings and rankings of...
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Cali, Colombia: An Urban Setting With Plenty Of Green Space
My workout over, I wipe my brow and walk over to chat with Sergio. Sergio comes to Parque El Ingenio...
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Living In Belize And Choosing The Location That Best Suits You
There's something in the water, or maybe I should say there's something about the water... I moved from the northeast...
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2 Simple Steps To Afford An Overseas Retirement On A Budget
How much money do you need to move to a new country? That’s not the question to ask. The question...
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Retire To Morbihan, Brittany, France
Yes, You Can Afford France’s Royal Coast Visitors to France usually start in Paris and often make it to Normandy’s...
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[Q&A] Paris Travel Tips, Personal Favorites, And Things To Do
France has always been serious about collecting tax revenues. Starting in the 16th century and continuing until the French Revolution,...
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Choosing A Jurisdiction For Backup Residency Overseas
One important piece of internationalizing your life is establishing residency in another country, either because you intend to move to...
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How One Couple Discovered A Great New Life In Algarve
We sat at an outdoor table at a cafe in the square of the little fishing village of Ferragudo in...
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A Single Female Retiree’s Journal Of Her New Life In Madrid
It is an odd feeling. Definitely something is different about being back in Madrid this time. As a single female...
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Most Frequently Asked (And Not So Crazy) Questions About Retiring Overseas
Our editors, contributors, correspondents, and friends across the globe are all out right now pulling together to finalize the program...
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Why Panama’s Top Retirement Spots Lie Beyond Panama City
I was a guest on the "Breakfast With Gerry D" radio show in Panama this week. "Do you think Panama...
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Sihanoukville, Cambodia: World’s Cheapest Place To Live Well
Cambodia is quickly coming of age on the Southeast Asian tourism scene, enjoying annual double-digit increases in international tourist arrivals...
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Apples to Apples: Comparing Cost Of Living Abroad
Apples to apples. That's the principle to keep in mind when comparing costs, both for living and for buying real...
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