Tag: ‘Lee Harrison’

This is my fifth winter as a part-time expat in Mexico. After having lived and spent extended time in countries ...

Durango is my favorite spot for full-time city living in Mexico. In fact, I consider this city my most exciting ...

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 ...

Vallarta South—The Town Richard Burton Put On The Map The city of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and its famous Centro and ...

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

The Biggest News To Come Out Of Belize In Memory… And Live And Invest Overseas Readers Are Hearing About It ...

Since the U.S. dollar began gaining strength in 2014, I've written a lot about the resultant "currency discounts" in countries ...

One of the most rewarding things you can do abroad is to own a rental property. I find it enjoyable ...

As I explained to the entire group assembled in Cancún last week for our Live and Invest in Mexico Conference, the ...

8 Reasons Mexico Is North America’s Favorite Place To Retire "Overseas" Over the past four decades, Americans have voted Mexico ...

We write regularly of the importance of global diversification. However, I understand that, until you've begun taking steps to diversify ...

I've written many times to say that the El Poblado sector of Medellín, Colombia, is considered to be the best ...

I've often heard that stock market investing is little more than gambling. And, given the way some people approach the ...

I've bought a number of overseas properties—both for personal use and as investments—and I find that evaluation of a potential ...

The U.S. dollar came to life in 2014, after years in the doldrums. It gained dramatically against many of the ...

Every year, I speak with hundreds of potential expats at events and get thousands of emails from people considering moving ...

I just got home from spending time in Panama for our annual Global Property Summit, where our contacts from around ...

Everyone who appreciates the Caribbean has heard of Cartagena, Colombia. This Spanish-colonial city on the Caribbean Sea is Colombia’s #1 ...

I bought my first overseas property almost 16 years ago. Since then, properties have financed a good portion of my ...

Today’s strong dollar has created a lot of terrific opportunities around the world, and one of today’s best bargains is ...

I write today from my new home in Mazatlán... The contractors are finally finished, and my wife and I are ...

The World’s Best Christmas Festival Of Lights I’ve been spending Christmas abroad since 2001 and have come to love the ...

Bona Fide Luxury Living At A Better-Than-Bargain Cost Medellín, Colombia, offers a luxury high-end lifestyle without the high-end costs. I ...

Not Cut Out For Life In The Tropics? Consider These Cool-Weather Escapes The first retire-overseas choices to come to mind ...

Six Reasons This Is Where I’ve Chosen To Invest In Mexico Earlier this year, I closed on a brand-new condo right ...

Retire To Coffee Country Back in 2000, on one of my final retire-overseas exploratory trips, I looked at a small, ...

This City Stands Out Among Top Lifestyle Options In All Latin America "I can admit it to you now... I ...

8 Reasons This Is A Top Live And Invest Overseas Option In 2016 "I can't believe this place has stayed ...

The Two Top Property Investment Markets For 2016, Part 2 We've been telling you to take a close look at ...

The Two Top Property Investment Markets For 2016 Ever since I boldly predicted that The Beatles would fade away by ...

How To Choose Among These Top Four Property Markets Over the past few months, you've heard a lot from us about ...

Belize is at the top of the list for anyone who dreams of clear, warm waters, swaying palms, sport-fishing, and ...

The Case For Mexico Puerto Peñasco, Mexico, remained an unknown fishing outpost until the 1920s when Arizonan John Stone opened ...

Seven Secrets To Success With A Fixer-Upper Overseas It can be an appealing idea. Houses in need of some tender ...

After spending six years flying with the U.S. Navy, Lee completed a successful 30-year career in the nuclear power industry. ...

Nicaragua Dreamin’—Your New Life On The Pacific For As Little As US$110,000 Nicaragua's Pacific coast stretches for more than 200 ...

True Confessions—What Our Editors Really Think Each year, we publish our Retire Overseas Index, rating and ranking the world's top ...

Surging Dollar Creates Opportunity For Retiring Overseas If you're shopping the world map, trying to choose where to live or ...

One affordable section of coastline in Uruguay still boasts miles of undeveloped, pristine beaches, with fine white sand bordered by ...

Why Real Estate Is The Best Asset Protection Tool I missed out on the Great Recession. In fact, since I ...

5 Keys To Success With A Rental Property Overseas A rental property overseas is one of the best types of ...

What Next In This Land Of Superlatives? "If I had only known the great opportunity here for assisted living... the ...

Day 1 In Medellín: "Kathleen, You Didn't Do This Place Justice!" Latin America Correspondent Lee Harrison, in Medellín this week ...

Four Ways To Play The Global Race To Farmland As The Economist reported recently, the world will need to produce ...

Cuenca Is The Top Income Market You've Probably Never Thought Of If you're interested in generating a dollar-based income from ...

U.S. Dollar On A Tear—Now Is The Best Time In 10 Years To Be Buying Property Overseas The U.S. dollar ...

Check These 12 Important Items Before Buying Property Overseas I've bought a number of overseas properties—both for personal use and ...

Own In This Pacific Coast Resort Town For As Little As US$40,000 The coast of Ecuador is dotted with beautiful, unspoiled, ...

Editor's Pick—Top Rental Investment Opportunity In Our Favorite Emerging Market We don't normally report on individual real estate listings in ...

A Lot Of Charm For Just US$37,000 A Spanish-colonial city can be a great choice for retirement, and Granada, Nicaragua, ...