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A Charming, Affordable Corner Of Chile You've Probably Never Heard Of As we walked along a quiet tree-lined…

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

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…

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…

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

Where’s Your Perfect Retirement Spot? Kathleen is in transit today, returning from a quick visit to Medellin,…

Check These 12 Important Items Before Buying Property Overseas I've bought a number of overseas properties—both…

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

Editor's Pick—Top Rental Investment Opportunity In Our Favorite Emerging Market We don't normally report on…

10 Rules For Navigating Your New Life In Ecuador "Let's start with the rules of engagement," began Lee Harrison,…

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

This Just In: 2014 Retire Overseas Index "There are lies, damned lies, and statistics." --Mark Twain This…

Moving Up By Opting Out And Retiring Overseas "When I was 49, the engineering company I had been working for for…

The World’s Most Affordable Place To Live Well? As far back as 2001, I considered Cuenca, Ecuador, to be the No. 1…

Do Your Own Thing Thomas Jefferson began his draft of the Declaration of Independence on June 11, 1776. The…

Prices In This Coastal Paradise Are Deep In Bargain Territory Palm-studded sandy beaches, warm turquoise waters,…

"Ms. Peddicord, I would first like to thank you for all of the information regarding overseas retirement options.…

Why Nobody Is Retiring To Loja (Yet) Big opportunities await the expat entrepreneur in Loja, Ecuador. This is a…

"Kathleen, while the $ symbol is used for the currency system in Ecuador, it is not the same as the U.S. dollar, as…

Own On The Riviera Maya For Less Than US$37,000 (Interest-Free Financing Available) Living off-grid attracts two…

This Is Why I Came To Ecuador We made a sharp turn off a small country road into the brush and started to climb.…

Go Big Or Keep It Low-Key—How To Start An Import/Export Business In Ecuador "It was an incredible journey that…

Cuenca Versus Medellin—Two Top City Choices Compared "If you liked Cuenca, Ecuador, so well, why did you ever…

"Kathleen, excellent piece on the elections under way in Colombia. Having lived in Colombia in various cities as a…

A Charming And Historic Home Of Your Own Overseas For US$37,000 Many of us dream of living in a Spanish-colonial…

Global Property Summit Day 1—The Perks And Pitfalls Of Foreign Property Investing To the stage in the meeting room…

10 Questions To Ask Before Investing With A Developer Overseas Investing in a piece of foreign real estate can be…

The Best Of Small-Town Life In Lovely, Friendly, Affordable Sabaneta We jumped off the bus and headed for the…

Medellin, Colombia, and Montevideo, Uruguay: Two More Top Retire Overseas Choices Compared "The two cities that I…

Why This Top Retirement Haven Is Also One Of The Best Places In The World To “Go Offshore” I came to Uruguay for…

Medellin's Little Neighbor Is Full Of Charm In search of an unusual dining experience on a recent Saturday…

Entrepreneurs Wanted--Current Opportunities In Loja, Ecuador Big opportunities await expat entrepreneurs in Loja,…

Retire Early (Even If You're Not Wealthy) I retired when I was 49... 13 years before I'd planned. And it wasn't…

The #1 Choice For Retiring Well On A Budget The CBS reporter who interviewed me last week for his article on…

Why This #1 Overseas Retirement Haven Keeps Getting Better And Better As far back as 2001, I considered Cuenca,…

Cuenca, Ecuador, one of the world’s top retirement havens, is a more appealing option for the would-be retiree all…

Nevermind The Hookers And The Winos “I got out of the cab and stepped over the homeless guys on the sidewalk...…

Gringos Go Local? One of the most important choices you have to make as you think through your options for…

Best-Kept Colonial Living Secret (Plus, Property Is A Steal) For many, one of the biggest attractions of Latin…

Medellin Versus Montevideo--Two Top Choices "The two cities that I am presently considering are Montevideo and…

Medellin Versus Cuenca--And The Winner Is... "If you like Cuenca, Ecuador so much, why did you ever leave?"…

The Return Of The 6% Savings Account A pleasant surprise was waiting for me early this morning. The sun was…

Obviously, I'd Come For The Sex I was obviously there for the sex, at least according to the taxi driver who…

Discovering Astorga--The Neighborhood To Watch In Medellin, Colombia Mid-Sunday afternoon, and the three of us…

Most Important Thing To Know About Starting An Import-Export Business In Ecuador (And Much, Much More) "Perhaps…

Cuenca Versus Medellin? Which Is The Better Place to Retire Overseas? Lief and I, in Cuenca, Ecuador, since last…

How To Build The In-Country Network Of Reliable Contacts You Need This week we finalized the program for our Live…

Options And Opportunity--We're All Over It I awoke this morning to a stream of sunshine peeking through the…