Assessing Your Best Overseas Residency Options
Why would anyone want to become a legal resident of another country? If you're interested in becoming a resident of ...
Tag: ‘Ecuador’
The 6 Best Countries To Get A Residency In 2021
When establishing a Plan B or backup residency, most people look for the easiest option... but "easiest" isn't a one-size-fits-all ...
Top 21 Retirement Destinations, Part II
In today's podcast, Kathleen and Lief discuss part one of our list of the 21 destinations we'll be covering during ...
Live and Invest Overseas Podcast Episode #22: Top 21 Retirement Destinations, Part I
In today’s podcast, Kathleen and Lief discuss part one of our list of the 21 destinations we’ll be covering during ...
5 Countries Where Real Estate Is Still Incredibly Cheap
Getting onto the property ladder has always been one of the safest and best ways of securing long-term wealth. Buying ...
Enjoy The Best Of 2 Worlds In Checa, Ecuador
City living is not for everyone. The noise, traffic, pollution, and crowds you find in a typical big city can ...
Why Loja Is Ecuador’s Hidden Gem For Living Like A Local
Loja, Ecuador, is the object of my most remarkable failed prediction. In fact, of two failed predictions. Loja is one ...
Etiquette For Traveling, Living, And Retiring In Ecuador
I traveled to Ecuador for the first time nearly 20 years ago and lived in the country—in Cuenca and in ...
How My Mail Carrier Job Sent Me To A New Life In Ecuador
I've had many careers in my life… At one point, I was a mail carrier. I was maybe 35 years ...
Options For Starting A Business In Ecuador
Ecuador remains a top option for living, retiring, and investing overseas. It’s also one of your best current choices for ...
Reasons To Retire To Vilcabamba, Ecuador
Sue and I were living and working in Dubai, and we had it made. Tax-free salaries, free accommodation, a transportation ...
4 Amazing Properties In The Seaside Town Of Salinas, Ecuador
In 2013, I visited Ecuador as part of my personal search for an overseas home. After attending the Live and ...
Our Ecuador Conference Is Back By Popular Demand In 2019
"When are you going to hold a conference in Ecuador again?" Since I joined the Events team here at Live ...
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 ...
Portugal Is One Of The World’s Cheapest Places To Retire Overseas
Overnight, I received this question from a reader: "Kathleen, my husband, 10-year-old son, and I are taking the leap and ...
Eruptions in Ecuador
Cotopaxi volcano has been erupting since late last week, covering roads and homes with volcanic ash. Eruptions in Ecuador have shot ...
Strong Dollar Creates Opportunity For Foreign Property Purchases
Surging Dollar Creates Opportunity For Retiring Overseas If you're shopping the world map, trying to choose where to live or ...
Most Affordable Places To Retire Overseas
"Kathleen, many of the markets you write about are unfortunately out of my reach. I have a modest amount of ...
Ecuador Pretends To Be Costa Rica In Elaborate Domestic Tourism Promotion
In an effort to encourage domestic tourism, Ecuador’s Ministry of Transport and Tourism Ministry teamed up with Tame Airlines to ...
How To Diversify Your Global Property Assets
The Ideal Global Property Portfolio Every year around tax time I update the details of my real estate portfolio spreadsheet. ...
Property Investments In Panama, Ecuador, And The Dominican Republic
Greatest Successes, Biggest Failures—Confessions Of Two Global Property Pros "I just want to tell you how much I appreciate what ...
Christmas Around The World—Strange Traditions And Exotic Celebrations
Belize—Home Renovations and Island Parades Belize uses Christmas as an excuse for spring cleaning and home renovations, from general sprucing ...
Christmas Eve Pase del Niño In Cuenca, Ecuador
The Three Wise Men, Bart Simpson, And Richard Nixon—Christmas In Ecuador For tourists and foreign residents, Cuenca's Christmas Eve Paseo ...
The Cost Of Living: Ecuador Versus Costa Rica
"Kathleen, I've heard so many times how Ecuador is such an inexpensive place. "I always go to Costa Rica, but ...
The Cost Of Buying Property In Salinas, Ecuador
"Kathleen, what is Lee Harrison smokin'? We've been shopping properties in Salinas, Ecuador, for several years and have made purchases. ...
Rental Property Investment In Salinas, Ecuador
Own In This Pacific Coast Resort Town For As Little As US$40,000 The coast of Ecuador is dotted with beautiful, unspoiled, ...
Quality Of Health Care In Cuenca, Ecuador
"Kathleen, I beg to differ with John Curran about health care in Ecuador, particularly in Cuenca. I have just experienced the ...
Part-Time Retirement In Cuenca, Ecuador, And Medellin, Colombia
"Kathleen, I have been a fan of yours for years, reading you as I've moved from Panama to Paraguay to ...
Everything You Need To Know About Renting As A Retiree In Cuenca, Ecuador
"When we first started our property management office, we had six rental properties that were rented maybe 25% of the ...
Gringo Pricing And Bribery In Ecuador
"Kathleen, I was shocked to read the Mailbag letter from Monica M. who felt extorted living in Quito. I am ...
Where To Buy Hand-Carved Wooden Santos In Ecuador
"Kathleen, the article about the medical clinic in Nicaragua was stunning and inspiring. I have followed you for a long, ...
How To Find A Rental In Cuenca, Ecuador
How To Rent In Cuenca For US$300 Per Month "When we first started our property management office, we had six ...
Feedback From Attendees At Last Week’s Live And Invest In Ecuador Conference
Feedback from attendees at last week's Live and Invest in Ecuador Conference in Quito... "You covered more subjects than I ...
Expat Theresa Rall On Her Life In Quito, Ecuador
F'ing Ecuador The goings-on in Quito continue. Among those addressing the attendees at this week's Live and Invest in Ecuador ...
Day One Of Live And Invest In Ecuador Conference
Taking The Bus And Other Impossible Misadventures In Ecuador Kali Kucera is a full-time Quito expat who addressed the group assembled ...
Why Retire In Cuenca?
5 Reasons Cuenca Remains A Top Retire Overseas Choice Cuenca, Ecuador. You have heard so much about it. The experts recommend Cuenca, ...
Retire Overseas Location Choices
11 Places Not To Retire Overseas In 2014 In our 2014 Retire Overseas Index, out this week, we have rated ...
Monthly Budgets For Retiring To The World’s Top 21 Retirement…
Counting The Costs Of A Retirement Overseas How should you go about choosing where to reinvent your life in retirement ...
Moving To Cuenca, Ecuador, Can Mean Retiring A Decade Sooner
Moving Up By Opting Out And Retiring Overseas "When I was 49, the engineering company I had been working for ...
Why These Nine Expats Have Retired To Cuenca, Ecuador
Expats Of Cuenca Who moves to Cuenca, Ecuador...really? And why? Emily and Roger Romaine relocated to Cuenca four years ago ...
Cuenca, Ecuador: One Of The Top Best-Value Retirement Options
As far back as 2001, I considered Cuenca, Ecuador, to be the No. 1 place to retire overseas. In fact, ...
Foreign Property Ownership In Ecuador
Could Correa Confiscate Private Property From Foreign Investors In Ecuador? Recently a reader wrote in to comment on an article we'd ...
Retirement in Cuenca, Ecuador
The World’s Most Affordable Place To Live Well? As far back as 2001, I considered Cuenca, Ecuador, to be the ...
What It Means To Expats In Ecuador If Rafael Correa Runs Again
President Correa, Again? The possibility that Ecuador's Rafael Correa may seek another presidential term is getting strong reaction not only ...
Where To Retire On US$1,500 Per Month
"Ms. Peddicord, I would first like to thank you for all of the information regarding overseas retirement options. You have ...
Retire To Loja, Ecuador
Why Nobody Is Retiring To Loja (Yet) Big opportunities await the expat entrepreneur in Loja, Ecuador. This is a city ...
Cost of living in Cuenca, Ecuador
Exactly How Much Does It Cost To Live In Cuenca, Ecuador, Today? For years we've been suggesting that Cuenca, Ecuador, ...
Ecuador Uses The U.S. Dollar As Its Currency
"Kathleen, while the $ symbol is used for the currency system in Ecuador, it is not the same as the ...
Five Top Retirement Havens
Which Of These Five Top Retirement Havens Is Right For You? Where is the best place in the world to ...
How To Choose Where To Retire Overseas [Plus 5 Solid Choices]
Which Of These Five Top Retirement Havens Is Right For You? Where is the best place in the world to ...
