Tag: live overseas

Lief and I have tromped a lot of beaches. From Nicaragua to Belize, from Uruguay to Ecuador, from the shores ...

Why... how... and where.Those are the three big questions to answer as you consider the world map in the context ...

Belize, a nation of immigrants, has adopted and adapted Christmas traditions from abroad and combined them with Mayan traditions that ...

For tourists and foreign residents, Cuenca's Christmas Eve Paseo del Niño parade, or Passing of the Child, is a colorful, ...

"Do you think he'd take US$10,000?" "Yes, I'm pretty sure he'd jump at that." "Would he take US$8,500? At US$8,500, ...

One of the many things to figure out in your new life overseas is how to vote back in the ...

When considering a move overseas, it’s important to take a serious look at the expat community in prospective new locations. ...

An American, a Norwegian, a Mexican, an Indian, and a Lithuanian sit down to lunch… No, it’s not the start ...

Worried about soaring utility costs? You're not alone. Over the past year, energy costs across the United States have increased ...

The friendliest spot in Belize? If you ask me, that's Ambergris Caye, the little island just offshore from where we're ...

One question I’m asked more than most any other is to do with structures. Specifically: Do you need one?

Global diversification—that is, spreading your assets across multiple countries—is the only way to free yourself from becoming just another cog ...

American retirees are a hot commodity worldwide. You may not realize it, but countries across the globe and especially nearby ...

The Forbes reporter who interviewed me recently wanted me to give it to him straight. "Living or retiring overseas," he ...

If you could have any view from your window, what would you most like it to be?Over the three-and-a-half decades ...

I’ve been hosting conferences on living, retiring, and investing overseas for more than 30 years. At these events I’ve met ...

Renting Real Estate Overseas I have a friend who moved to Paris a year or two before Kathleen and I ...

Do I feel more or less American living overseas? I get this question a lot. I've been living outside the ...

After living abroad part-time in Guanajuato, Mexico, for 15 years, I've noticed that, for many expats, the relationship of living ...

When is the right time for you to make a move overseas? Right now. OK, I don't know you personally, ...

Just back in Paris after two weeks traveling on the island of Cyprus with our family… including our 2-year-old granddaughter… ...

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

8938. That is the number of the IRS form you have to fill out to report foreign financial assets. If ...

Where could you retire overseas that is diverse… meaning lifestyle options from mountains and rain forests to Caribbean and Pacific ...

Yesterday, I promised thoughts today on where Live And Invest Overseas is headed next. All this week, as we’re celebrating ...

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

We live in a great big beautiful world that is bursting with opportunity around every corner if you decide to ...

Tourist-friendly Thailand (a top destination for expats) is famous for vibrant cities like Bangkok and idyllic islands like Koh Tao. ...

Two decades living overseas, in Ireland, Panama, and France, have taught me... 1. Patience... the kind of patience you learn ...

Today, Valentine's Day, reminds us all, wherever in the world we are, that love is something to be celebrated. But ...

"What are we doing?" Lief asked me the other morning as we were dressing for the day, rushed, hurried, confirming ...

After 32 years of marriage and four children, my husband and I were retiring to Belize in six weeks... Being ...

In a matter of days, we will release our 2022 Overseas Retirement Index. This survey presents our selection of the ...

Twenty years ago, Vicki and I spent our first Christmas in Paris. We stayed in Paris all that winter and ...

Whacking a log with a stick to make it poop? It doesn't sound like something you'd do to celebrate Christmas, ...

Honestly, there’s only one reason that’ll prevent you from retiring overseas… you’re dead. Other than that, there’s no reason you ...

Other than for random, one-off real estate investment opportunities, Ecuador has never been high on my list of top offshore ...

"Let me know when you start talking about mild climates and I'll consider it. I have no interest in tropical ...

In January 1994, I moved to Argentina. By that time, I had already done short stints in Chad and Kazakhstan. ...

Cordon Bleu pastry chef, Frédéric Hoël, held up two handfuls of dough, one that you could have mistaken for a ...

Moving your life abroad is one of the most rewarding things you can do, but this life-changing shift inevitably involves ...

Bright and early this morning, our entire far-flung Live and Invest Overseas team convened for this year's Retire Overseas Virtual ...

"I read something you wrote on Thailand several months ago and decided that that was the place for me," explained ...

Day by day in these dispatches, I work to show you that you can reinvent your life for the better ...

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

What if you could retire early... even with a small nest egg and little income? What if you could live ...