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Overheard At The Retire Overseas Conference

All Your Retire Overseas FAQs Answered

Kathleen Peddicord by Kathleen Peddicord
Aug 14, 2022
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I’ve been hosting conferences on living, retiring, and investing overseas for more than 30 years.

At these events I’ve met tens of thousands of folks (people just like you, I’d bet) who are shopping for their best options for reinventing their lives somewhere sunny, safe, welcoming, affordable, and adventure-filled.

And I’ve fielded every question you can imagine related to those searches.

I thought it might be helpful today to share queries from conference attendees I’ve filed away from recent events.

I’d bet that some of their questions are your questions, too.

For example…

-Taking Action

“Kathleen, I’ve been reading you for years. I’m here because I’m hoping something that you’ll say over the coming four days will inspire me to get off my derrière and finally do something. It’s time for me to stop reading and take action. I came here for you to give me a push…”

We’re doing our best…

***

-We’re Ready To Go

“Kathleen, our situation is a little different than most people here, probably.

“We aren’t here to consider options for where to retire overseas someday. We need a place to move right now. Our house sold more quickly than we expected. Now we’re renting a small apartment. We have sold everything. We have no ties. We’re ready to go!”

It can be great to have an imposed deadline for your move! Participating in one of our conferences can be the most efficient way to make a plan…

***

-Choosing Your Overseas Haven

“Kathleen, we’re thinking about Panama. Our plan is to go down there, rent a home for six months, and see what we think. If we like it, we’ll stay longer. If not, we’ll look for someplace else…”

Great plan. Love the flexible attitude…

***

-Moving Around

“Kathleen, I’m so glad to hear the discussions from all these people who have made multiple moves. I think that’s what suits me. My husband and I have moved many times to many different countries. Now that we’re retiring, I think that’s what we need to continue doing… moving around. I think we’d be bored moving to just one place…”

That’s Lief’s and my plan, as well. We intend to continue moving around from Panama to Paris toCroatiatoBelizeand beyond…

***

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-Finding Dog Friendly Places

“Which countries in Latin America are most dog-friendly?”

It’s easy to bring your dog with you everywhere we talk about….

***

-Should I Bring My Car?

“Could you address the issues associated with deciding whether or not to bring your car with you?”

This kind of question, to do with specific practical issues associated with moving to a new country, is addressed in detail during all of our events.

The short answer for this particular question is: In most cases, you’re better off leaving your car at home.

***

-Living In Paris

“Do you think that Paris is actually an option? Budget is not a concern for us, but I’m worried that it’s not really possible for a foreigner to live in France…”

It is possible; in fact, it can be relatively straightforward to organize residency in France as a retiree, depending on your situation. We’ll walk you through the options.

***

-Living In Panama

“What do we need to do to be able to live in Panama? We need a visa, right? How do we get that?”

Panama offers more than a dozenresidency options, including one of the world’s best pensionado programs for retirees. To qualify for this, you need an FBI background check (this is required when applying for most any residency visa anywhere in the world) and proof of your monthly pension income.

***

-Don’t Let My Wife Hear This…

“Kathleen, I have to tell you something while my wife isn’t standing here to overhear. I just want you to know how happy I am that you’re holding this week’s conference. I’ve been trying to convince my wife to attend one of your events with me for three years. But I couldn’t get her on a plane. Then when I saw that you were coming to Houston, I told her she no longer had an excuse. We live here. We didn’t even have to get on a plane. We just drove over.

“Still, I had to drag her here.

“But now? After this morning’s sessions? She’s as excited as I am about this whole retire overseas idea…”

Sincerely,
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Kathleen Peddicord
Founding Publisher,Overseas Opportunity Letter

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Kathleen Peddicord has covered the live, retire, and do business overseas beat for more than 30 years and is considered the world's foremost authority on these subjects. She has traveled to more than 75 countries, invested in real estate in 21, established businesses in 7, renovated historic properties in 6, and educated her children in 4.

Kathleen has moved children, staff, enterprises, household goods, and pets across three continents, from the East Coast of the United States to Waterford, Ireland... then to Paris, France... next to Panama City, where she has based her Live and Invest Overseas business. Most recently, Kathleen and her husband Lief Simon are dividing their time between Panama and Paris.

Kathleen was a partner with Agora Publishing’s International Living group for 23 years. In that capacity, she opened her first office overseas, in Waterford, Ireland, where she managed a staff of up to 30 employees for more than 10 years. Kathleen also opened, staffed, and operated International Living publishing and real estate marketing offices in Panama City, Panama; Granada, Nicaragua; Roatan, Honduras; San Miguel de Allende, Mexico; Quito, Ecuador; and Paris, France.

Kathleen moved on from her role with Agora in 2007 and launched her Live and Invest Overseas group in 2008. In the years since, she has built Live and Invest Overseas into a successful, recognized, and respected multi-million-dollar business that employs a staff of 35 in Panama City and dozens of writers and other resources around the world.

Kathleen has been quoted by The New York Times, Money magazine, MSNBC, Yahoo Finance, the AARP, and beyond. She has appeared often on radio and television (including Bloomberg and CNBC) and speaks regularly on topics to do with living, retiring, investing, and doing business around the world.

In addition to her own daily e-letter, the Overseas Opportunity Letter, with a circulation of more than 300,000 readers, Kathleen writes regularly for U.S. News & World Report and Forbes.

Her Best-Seller book, "How to Retire Overseas: Everything You Need to Know to Live Well (for Less) Abroad," published by Penguin Random House, is the culmination of decades of personal experience living and investing around the world.

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