Tag: Colombia

Most people think that purchasing real estate overseas is about having a second home to go to when you want ...

I've spoken with lots of potential expats who are trying to choose between Cuenca, Ecuador, and Medellín, Colombia... even though ...

How does up-and-comer Medellín, Colombia, rate versus long-standing number-one retire-overseas choice Panama City? Here's how I'd lay this out... Panama ...

After a more than two-year hiatus on international travel, we're all looking forward to a summer of unforgettable trips. It's ...

One of the biggest lessons of the past two-and-a-half years has been this: We all need to seize opportunities when ...

What Is Dental Tourism? Dental tourism means a patient travels overseas for dental treatment. This is often combined with a ...

Yesterday, I promised thoughts today on where Live And Invest Overseas is headed next. All this week, as we’re celebrating ...

I am still surprised by the reactions I get when I tell people I live in Medellín, Colombia. A few ...

We live in a great big beautiful world that is bursting with opportunity around every corner.Please believe me: The life ...

Crisis is all around us these days. Inflation is eating into your savings... Wall Street was a scary proposition even ...

This success story is nothing short of remarkable. It's taken a couple of decades... But Colombia has reinvented itself into ...

If you haven't already established residency in another country, I'm writing today to urge you to consider the idea now. ...

Lief and I are counting down the days until our chance to return to Medellín, Colombia, next month.It’s been far ...

Excellent infrastructure... strong investor rights... appreciating property markets... Biggest salsa festival in the world... plus important theater and poetry festivals... ...

If you could have any view from your window, what would you most like it to be? Over the three-and-a-half ...

To help me settle into this unfamiliar spot on the globe, I have invested in maps and tours. I'm trying ...

Many are moving to Medellín, Colombia, to retire, yes, but another expat demographic is seeking out this sunny, welcoming, and ...

My husband was a wine distributor when we lived in Illinois, and we spent many vacations in California's famous wine ...

When I first looked around for housing for the elderly in Medellín, Colombia, where I've been living for the past ...

As we finalize the speaker invitations for our first in-person Colombia event in two years, I've been thinking back on ...

I have traveled to Pereira, known as Colombia's second "City of Eternal Spring," many times over the past several years... ...

The first place I ever recommended Americans think about retiring overseas was Costa Rica. That was back in 1985. A ...

We speak every day about all the good and compelling reasons to think about launching a new life in a ...

We all know that when looking for our dream retirement destination, an important factor is cost of living. Luckily, a ...

I've been spending time and investing money in Colombia and reporting on those adventures for more than 10 years. Still, ...

"Let me know when you start talking about mild climates and I'll consider it. I have no interest in tropical ...

I've been covering this beat for more than 35 years. And, as I've been reporting this week, I've identified one ...

I want you to conduct a little test for me... This Thursday, when you're sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner with ...

Moving your life abroad is one of the most rewarding things you can do, but this life-changing shift inevitably involves ...

Day by day in these dispatches, I work to show you that you can reinvent your life for the better ...

We're in a frothy situation... Right now, the United States is one of the most overheated property markets in the ...

What if you could retire early... even with a small nest egg and little income? What if you could live ...

In 2012, Lief and I bought an apartment in Medellín, Colombia. It was nearly 400 square meters in an architecturally ...

It might be easy to get on board with the idea of retiring overseas... But it’s not as easy to ...

If anyone had told me six years ago that today I would be living in Colombia, I would have laughed. Back ...

Medellín versus Cartagena... which is the better city for living and investing? We hear this question a lot, so today ...

"I get two weeks of vacation a year from my stressful job, and you want me to spend one of ...

We dollar-holders have enjoyed increasing buying power abroad each year since 2013, with every year eclipsing the last. Procrastinators and ...

As I mentioned last week, the Forbes reporter who interviewed me recently wondered about the implications of the pandemic for anyone planning a ...

Around the globe, countries have faced the COVID-19 pandemic differently. In Colombia, we experienced strict lockdowns that affected our ability ...

Over the past several years Colombia has been revealing itself to be a great expat destination and one of 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 ...

On stage yesterday for the opening morning of this week’s Global Property Summit taking place in Panama City, with the ...

The advantages and rewards of buying and owning property overseas are greater right now than ever before in our lifetime. ...

If you're holding U.S. dollars, 2019 is the best year in a long time for harnessing your buying power abroad. ...

Recently I saw a report that's important for anyone who wants to get into the lucrative rental market in Medellín, ...