Tag: ‘cost of living’

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 ...

Panama has been called a halfway house for American expats... but I disagree. Mexico is a far easier transition for ...

Buying real estate in Portugal is one of the best things that you can do right now. It has grown ...

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, ...

It’s true... Europe doesn’t offer the same shoestring bargain lifestyle options that you can find in Latin America or Asia. ...

One of the questions I hear most frequently is why I chose to live in Mazatlán, rather than the better-known ...

This week we’re digging into comparisons... Because no place is perfect, everywhere has its pluses and minuses, and the best ...

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

Mexico has it all... Nearly 6,000 miles of Pacific and Caribbean coastline, each boasting world-class beaches... Spanish-colonial culture and architecture... ...

Longtime editor and friend Lee Harrison and his wife Julie divide their time between California and Mazatlán, Mexico. However, Mazatlán ...

Tavira is a traditional fishing town in the eastern Algarve, a region in the south of Portugal, that offers European ...

More than 40,000 adventurous Americans and almost 130,000 Europeans have decided to live or retire in Thailand. With so many ...

Having spent the majority of this year unable to travel due to closed borders has made many people anxious. The ...

Corozal is the name of both a district and a town in northern Belize. Nestled on the Bay of Chetumal, ...

Imagine your ideal lifestyle. Then look at the numbers in that context. Where will the budget you’ve got buy you ...

Apples to apples. That's the principle to keep in mind when comparing costs, both for living and for buying real ...

Social Security Administration has once again announced a 0% cost-of-living adjustment for the coming year, affecting some 60 million retirees. ...

"Kathleen, many of the markets you write about are unfortunately out of my reach. I have a modest amount of ...

Baby Boomers in the Big Apple are finding it harder to save for retirement, as 37% of New York City’s ...

Switzerland has been ranked the most expensive country to live in, and India the least expensive, according to an infographic ...

"Kathleen, I've heard so many times how Ecuador is such an inexpensive place. "I always go to Costa Rica, but ...

Exactly How Much Does It Cost To Live In Cuenca, Ecuador, Today? For years we've been suggesting that Cuenca, Ecuador, ...

"Kathleen, I enjoyed your comparison of the nine countries' costs of living. Panama wasn't on the list. Does that mean ...

International Living At Its Cheapest—The World's 9 Most Affordable Places To Retire One of the greatest advantages of retiring overseas ...

How To Afford To Retire Wherever You Want Could you afford to retire how you want wherever you want? The ...

The Secret To Getting The Best Deals Even If You're A Gringo "Whether it's to escape the cold, to get out ...

If You Could Live Anywhere You Wanted, Where Would You Go? What if you could go anywhere, do anything, and ...

Why Retire Overseas? Lief, the kids, and I have been traveling in the States for the holiday season this year. ...

A Cost Of Living So Low That It Opens Many Doors—Live From The Scene In Ecuador, Day 1 Kathleen’s daughter ...

How To Choose Your Ideal Spot In Ecuador Ecuador is a land of mega-diversity. The lifestyles on offer are many ...

Why This Adventuresome Widow Retired On Her Own To Cuenca (And Hasn't Looked Back Since) “I started working at the ...

Welcome To Panama! Still The Best Place In The World To Live Or Invest Overseas “Welcome to Panama!” I greeted ...

Why Phuket Is A More Appealing Retire Overseas Choice Than Ever Thailand's Phuket Island is an internationally famous beach destination, and rightfully ...

How To Figure A Budget For Your New Life Overseas How much will it cost you to live in the ...

Friday, we began revisiting the all-important cost of living question. It's nearly impossible, I explained, to say how much it ...

Why To Move, Retire, Or Invest Overseas We welcome a great number of new readers this week, so I thought ...

“Just back from my family’s annual vacation in Nova Scotia,” writes longtime friend in the States, Bob Fordi (who also happens ...

I enjoyed an up-close-and-personal introduction to Panama’s reforestation visa option a half-dozen years ago when Lief and I visited the ...

Developing In Vilcabamba Ecuador “I began my search for a place to live outside U.S. borders in early 2005,” writes ...