How I Funded My Early Retirement With Overseas Real Estate
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 ...
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Puerto Vallarta South: Tranquil Luxury And Enviable Views
Vallarta South—The Town Richard Burton Put On The Map The city of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and its famous Centro and ...
Introducing Durango: Bargain Real Estate In Authentic Mexico
The World’s Best Value Property Market? Durango is my favorite spot for full-time city living in Mexico. In fact, I ...
A Rental Market Overview Of Medellín’s Top Neighborhoods
Recently I saw a report that's important for anyone who wants to get into the lucrative rental market in Medellín, ...
New Beach Resort Hotel On Ambergris Caye, Belize
The Biggest News To Come Out Of Belize In Memory… And Live And Invest Overseas Readers Are Hearing About It ...
4 Foreign Property Markets With Big Dollar-Discounts In 2018
Since the U.S. dollar began gaining strength in 2014, I've written a lot about the resultant "currency discounts" in countries ...
Selecting A Property Manager For Your Overseas Rental
One of the most rewarding things you can do abroad is to own a rental property. I find it enjoyable ...
3 Popular Seaside Towns In Mexico Within Driving Distance Of U.S.
As I explained to the entire group assembled in Cancún last week for our Live and Invest in Mexico Conference, the ...
Why Mexico Is The Clear Favorite For Americans Going Abroad
8 Reasons Mexico Is North America’s Favorite Place To Retire "Overseas" Over the past four decades, Americans have voted Mexico ...
5 Major Benefits To Owning Foreign Real Estate
We write regularly of the importance of global diversification. However, I understand that, until you've begun taking steps to diversify ...
Why Laureles Is One Of Medellín’s Top Property Markets
I've written many times to say that the El Poblado sector of Medellín, Colombia, is considered to be the best ...
14 Important Items To Confirm Before Buying Property Abroad
Check These 14 Important Items Before Buying Abroad Last week, we talked about the need to rebalance our investments in the ...
Avoid Recession By Investing In An Overseas Property Portfolio
I've often heard that stock market investing is little more than gambling. And, given the way some people approach the ...
13 Important Points For Buying Property Overseas
I've bought a number of overseas properties—both for personal use and as investments—and I find that evaluation of a potential ...
Comparing The Best Of Mexico: Puerto Vallarta Vs. Mazatlán
One of the questions I hear most frequently is why I chose to live in Mazatlán, rather than the better-known ...
Today’s Top Markets For Maximizing Your Declining Dollar Discount
The U.S. dollar came to life in 2014, after years in the doldrums. It gained dramatically against many of the ...
9 Questions To Ask Before Ruling Out Planned Communities
Every year, I speak with hundreds of potential expats at events and get thousands of emails from people considering moving ...
San Telmo: Best Area For Property Investment In Buenos Aires
You could say that the San Telmo district of Buenos Aires, Argentina, is the soul of this city and the ...
My Top 3 Global Property Picks From This Year’s Summit
I just got home from spending time in Panama for our annual Global Property Summit, where our contacts from around ...
The Colombian Caribbean’s Best Buys Are In Santa Marta
Everyone who appreciates the Caribbean has heard of Cartagena, Colombia. This Spanish-colonial city on the Caribbean Sea is Colombia’s #1 ...
Reasons You Should Be Buying Property In Medellín, Colombia
"I can’t believe this place has stayed off the radar," said my friend Lou... for the third time in as ...
Portugal’s Golden Visa Program Offers Residency And Profit
Obtaining residency in a foreign country can be one of the most valuable benefits of buying real estate abroad. We ...
Investing In Property Overseas For Retirement
I bought my first overseas property almost 16 years ago. Since then, properties have financed a good portion of my ...
Where To Find Puerto Vallarta’s Most Affordable Properties
Today’s strong dollar has created a lot of terrific opportunities around the world, and one of today’s best bargains is ...
The 4-Step Guide To Finding And Buying Real Estate Abroad
I write today from my new home in Mazatlán... The contractors are finally finished, and my wife and I are ...
Celebrating The Festival Of Lights And Christmas In Medellin
The World’s Best Christmas Festival Of Lights I’ve been spending Christmas abroad since 2001 and have come to love the ...
Finding A Luxury Lifestyle In Medellin On A Bargain Budget
Bona Fide Luxury Living At A Better-Than-Bargain Cost Medellín, Colombia, offers a luxury high-end lifestyle without the high-end costs. I ...
3 Top Spots For Enjoying Spring-Like Weather All Year Long
Not Cut Out For Life In The Tropics? Consider These Cool-Weather Escapes The first retire-overseas choices to come to mind ...
Uncovering The Best Condos For Sale In Mazatlán, Mexico
Six Reasons This Is Where I’ve Chosen To Invest In Mexico Earlier this year, I closed on a brand-new condo right ...
Investing In Your Own Coffee Farm Overseas
Retire To Coffee Country Back in 2000, on one of my final retire-overseas exploratory trips, I looked at a small, ...
Should You Rent Before You Buy Property Overseas?
Renting Versus Buying When Moving Overseas If you’ve done any reading about living or retiring abroad, you’ve heard these words: ...
Why Mazatlan’s Historic Center Is The Ideal Second Home
Why This Coastal City Is An Ideal Second-Home-In-The-Sun Location As I wrote earlier this month to report, I closed recently on ...
Why Álamos Is The #1 Place For Single Women Overseas
A Single Woman’s Best Choice For Retiring Overseas It's easier to adapt to a new life overseas when you move ...
How Life In Medellin Is Better Than You Could Imagine
Fallout From Last Week's Meetings In Medellín—Your Fellow Readers Were Shocked We work hard to tell the truth. Still, sometimes, ...
Why This Tested Expat Settled For Life In Medellin, Colombia
This City Stands Out Among Top Lifestyle Options In All Latin America "I can admit it to you now... I ...
This Couple Is Living The Dream Life In Medellin, Colombia
Welcoming Neighbors, Bargain Prices, Investment Upside, And No Snow! "A snowdrift is a beautiful thing—if it doesn't lie across the ...
El Poblado, Medellin: The World’s Best Location For City Living
8 Reasons This Is A Top Live And Invest Overseas Option In 2016 "I can't believe this place has stayed ...
Comparing Latin America’s Property Prices Across Markets
Our Annual Global Property Survey Reveals Cheapest Markets, Biggest Currency Discounts, And Best Lifestyle Buys If you'd like to see ...
Panama City Is A Top Property Investment Market For 2016
The Two Top Property Investment Markets For 2016, Part 2 We've been telling you to take a close look at ...
Medellin Tops Property Investment Markets For 2016
The Two Top Property Investment Markets For 2016 Ever since I boldly predicted that The Beatles would fade away by ...
4 Discounted Property Markets Riding The Strong Dollar
How To Choose Among These Top Four Property Markets Over the past few months, you've heard a lot from us about ...
Investing In Belize Beachfront Property
Beachfront In Belize For Fun, Profit, And A Second Home Belize is at the top of the list for anyone ...
Retire To Puerto Peñasco, Mexico — An Affordable Retire Overseas Option
The Case For Mexico Puerto Peñasco, Mexico, remained an unknown fishing outpost until the 1920s when Arizonan John Stone opened ...
Property Titling: From Rights Of Possession To Freehold Titles
Taking Title To Property Overseas—A Primer A number of years ago, I bought a terrific property in Vilcabamba, Ecuador, from ...
7 Tips For Renovating Real Estate Overseas
Seven Secrets To Success With A Fixer-Upper Overseas It can be an appealing idea. Houses in need of some tender ...
Lee Harrison
After spending six years flying with the U.S. Navy, Lee completed a successful 30-year career in the nuclear power industry. ...
Affordable Beachfront Property In Nicaragua
Nicaragua Dreamin’—Your New Life On The Pacific For As Little As US$110,000 Nicaragua's Pacific coast stretches for more than 200 ...
Our Editor’s Picks For Best Places To Retire Overseas
True Confessions—What Our Editors Really Think Each year, we publish our Retire Overseas Index, rating and ranking the world's top ...
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 ...
Beachfront Property In Uruguay
One affordable section of coastline in Uruguay still boasts miles of undeveloped, pristine beaches, with fine white sand bordered by ...
