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Overheard At This Year’s Retire Overseas Conference

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Kathleen Peddicord by Kathleen Peddicord
Sep 08, 2019
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Overheard yesterday (day one of this year’s Retire Overseas Conference) from a few of the hundreds of folks joining us here in Houston, Texas, this week…

“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.

***

“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! We’ll do our best to help you make your plan…

***

“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…

***

“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 to Medellín to Belize and beyond…

***

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

Panama, Colombia, and Uruguay.

***

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

Yes, we will. This question (along with dozens of other specific practical issues) will be addressed during one of our panel discussions this week.

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

***

“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.

***

“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 dozen residency 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.

This country offers another excellent option—known as the Friendly Nations visa—if you’re interested in starting a business or getting a job…

***

“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 in Houston. 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 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…”

Kathleen Peddicord

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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 newest 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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