We have named Portugal's Algarve region as the world's best place to live or retire overseas for eight years running. ...

The advantage of making my living as a writer, journalist, and translator is that I can work from anywhere in ...

Nestled on the banks of the Tagus River, to the south of Lisbon, lies Almada, a city that blends history, ...

Owning real estate overseas can mean profit… And, if you ask me, I’ll tell you that it always means fun. ...

I’ve seen more than my share of real estate deals with impressive profit potential. As Managing Editor of Global Property ...

For the lowest beachfront prices in the Mediterranean, look no further than Northern Cyprus, ranking #1 on our list of ...

Americans are at a disadvantage when it comes to taxes… I don’t think I need to elaborate too much on ...

Is moving to Cyprus a good idea? So the legend says… She was born in the waters of Cyprus—Venus, the ...

When it comes to owning rental property overseas, we all want to have our cake and eat it too. We ...

At last year’s International Property Summit in Panama, one attendee asked me what gets me excited about real estate at ...

Panama is one of the best places in the world to think about living, retiring, investing, or starting over overseas. ...

Resident global real estate investing expert Lief Simon—also, coincidentally, my husband—and I have been shopping the globe for real estate ...

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

I first heard Overseas Property Alert Director Lief Simon talk about Northern Cyprus in 2018. I'm about as well-traveled as ...

Close to the Costa Rican border, on the banks of the Caldera River, sits Boquete. This small town, in Panama's ...

Cyprus… white-sand beaches, warm water, year-round sunshine, and one of the healthiest diets in the world. Already a popular holiday ...

Over the past four decades, Americans have voted Mexico the world’s #1 place to enjoy expat life in the way ...

One sunny summer afternoon in 2012 I had the most expensive lunch of my life. Kathleen, the kids, and I ...

A friend who relocated his family from the United States to France about the same time we moved from the ...

Mark Twain summed up behavior like this: "The cat, having sat upon a hot stove lid, will not sit upon ...

Go to school... get a job... work hard for a few decades... retire... then die. For as long as I ...

I first met Phil Hahn in 2010. He had already founded one successful oceanfront development in Belize and was moving ...

Today I’d like to speak with you about a little-known escape in Belize… Over the past few years, amid the ...

Somewhere over the rainbow, life is pretty darn great... Especially in Belize. You can have fun on the mainland, on ...

I'm often asked where others should live in Belize... the answer is simple: You should live wherever calls you the ...

In my office in Panama City, hanging on the wall opposite my desk in a place I see every time ...

With its white-sand beaches, azure waters, swaying palms... Along with its low cost of living, investment opportunities, and welcoming English-speaking ...

“As a new arrival in Panama City, I had a lot to figure out... and I have to admit that, ...

Here's our tale of How We Escaped The Frozen North... We came to Belize from northern Idaho. We were used ...

My family moved to Cascais sight unseen. We had spent time in Portugal on several occasions but never with the ...

“I’m an older single woman looking for a change. Is overseas retirement an option for me?” This is one of ...

I had visions of colorful tiles... floor-to-ceiling, wood-framed windows... elaborate crown moldings... a walkout to a roomy terrace that overlooked ...

Editor's Note: This is an extract from my brand-new book, “At Home At Los Islotes”. If you missed part one ...

Editor’s Note: This is an extract from my brand-new book, “At Home At Los Islotes”. If you missed part one ...

It was my third machete. My first was in Santiago where I watched a man use one to shave his ...

Laura Washburn, a chef originally from California, and her British husband, Ian, moved to the village of Fourcès, in the ...

The lure of island life is hard to resist… Be it Treasure Island, Fantasy Island, or Gilligan’s Island, for generations ...

Four places jump off the page of my annual survey of 28 property markets around the world, just published in ...

“Wow. This is really something.” It was the late 90s, and I was sitting at a palapa in Playa del ...

I’ve been planting flags for more than 25 years at this point… long before I had ever heard about the ...

For many people, the New Year’s Eve hangover had barely passed when the real headache of 2024 began to kick ...

“But haven’t we done this already? “Haven’t we already bought an old stone ruin in a big muddy yard? Isn’t ...

From time to time, an opportunity crosses my desk that’s simply a “no brainer.” What I’m going to tell you ...

Getting onto the property ladder has always been one of the safest and best ways of securing long-term wealth. Buying ...

Having just released our 2024 Overseas Retirement Index, we’re eager to be able to share some of the newcomers to ...

The 2024 Overseas Retirement Index unveils the 10 destinations we think make the most sense for an overseas move this ...

If there’s one thing I know after more than 35 years covering the live, retire, and do business abroad beat, ...

A move overseas comes with many benefits. In the right spots, it can mean a lifestyle upgrade and a budget ...

The average American aged 65 or older spends $4,818 per month to live in the United States. Meantime, the average ...

Drumroll, please… Announcing, the Best Place To Retire In Europe (And The World) for 2024: Valencia, Spain! City of Joy... ...