It sounds like a vacation—and for many it is—but, at these prices, you can afford to make it a holiday...

Ordinarily this time of year, Lief and I would be enjoying an adventure somewhere exotic and fun. This year this...

What stands out in memory from our three-week adventure along the Silk Road? Here are my eight most memorable experiences......

"Few people like you make it this far," our guide Anthony told us with a big smile as we approached...

Lief and I look forward to August. For years, it has been our custom to set aside a week each...

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

Google is generally recognized today as the answer to every question, but there are exceptions to that Internet Age fundamental...

We're reviewing the fundamentals of how to buy real estate overseas safely and with confidence... in an effort to arm...

We've been focused this week on current opportunities to buy real estate overseas. That's because the world right now is...

You’ve got your list. (If you missed yesterday’s issue, catch up here.) Now you need another list, this one of...

Lief and I have been in Paris since December. We came for the holidays then were caught in the lockdown....

Coley and his wife weren't worried about money, making ends meet, or how they'd pay for retirement. Coley was making...

Friday, resident go-offshore expert Lief Simon introduced you to the best places worldwide to establish residency to cut your tax bill... even...

Freedom... security... special benefits... a reduced cost of living... a new life... a new start... a better retirement... a grand...

Panama is... Home to more than 940 species of birds as well as 250 mammals and 354 reptiles and amphibians......

A Plan B has never been more important than it is right now. Your all-important backup plan starts with the...

The global shutdown in response to the coronavirus pandemic is going to have big effects on real estate markets worldwide....

We work hard to tell the truth. Still, sometimes, readers get in touch to say we've painted too rosy a...

After more than five months in Paris and more than two months in quarantine in our little Paris pad, Lief...

"I've told the buyer from Dublin that the other buyer, the gentleman from Cork, is considering by how much he'd...

As Lief and I sat down at our dining room table this weekend to finalize the program for next month's Global...

Moving into week seven of quarantine in Paris, my lockdown routine revolves around writing to you, dear reader… filming twice-weekly...

The first place I ever recommended Americans think about retiring overseas was Costa Rica. That was 35 years ago. A...

Every country is dealing with the coronavirus pandemic in its own way. Some emerging markets in particular are struggling with...

Certainly if you’re making a first-ever investment, but even if you’ve already made several real estate purchases overseas, how can...

Eventually, COVID 19 will be contained, and global markets and economies will recover. But the experience of having lived through...

Twenty years ago, living and running a business in Waterford, Ireland, I opened the first of a series of what...

You hear from me every day in these dispatches on some aspect of living and retiring overseas. One day I’m...

For the past week, Lief and I, along with all Paris and all France and those in a number of...

"Mom, they just told us all that the dorms are closing this weekend. We need to leave by Sunday at...

Last week, Lief and I traveled freely between Paris, France, and Waterford, Ireland. Despite the spread of the coronavirus in...

Keeping up with current world events can be exhausting and overwhelming. But it needn't be paralyzing. You do not need...

If budget concern is a primary motivating factor as you consider your options for retirement, I want to put Ecuador...

“It’s perfect. I’ll take it. How much is it?” So said the Irish hairdresser to the Montenegrin real estate agent....

When we moved in, Lucia's first child was 2-years-old. Lucia is the guardienne (property manager) for the building housing the apartment in...

Normally, I look for any excuse for a trip to Belize. This week, though, while Live and Invest Overseas readers...

Some years ago, back home in Baltimore for the holidays, I caught up with an old friend. Bill had a...

A reporter recently got in touch to ask how many people I've inspired to retire overseas. So I tried to...

If you’ve been to our Retire Overseas Conference in the past, you’ll identify with this… If you haven’t, but are...

The world is alive with opportunity for fun and for profit. Let’s begin there. And let’s meet in my hometown...

As recently as four years ago, Barbara Petrohan never thought she’d be shopping for recipe ingredients from the farmers’ market...

All the calendar days of a new year in front of us... Each one begging to be filled with discovery....

If I'm able to go to one new place in the New Year it will be the city that was...

Cheapest, safest… best weather, best infrastructure, best health care… most tax-advantaged and most foreign-resident friendly… Not to mention most romantic,...

For me and Belize, it was love at first sight. From the first morning I arrived in Belize City, some...

I'm a die-hard Jimmy Buffett fan. I've seen him in concert a dozen times... know the lyrics to most all...

This morning, Lief and I took to the stage in the meeting rooms of the Playa Bonita Beach Resort just...

The #1 most frequently asked question I've received over the more than 30 years that I've been covering the live-and-invest-overseas...

Yesterday, Lief Simon shared his picks for top property investment markets in 2019. Today, I'd like to share mine... Brazil...

"Welcome to Houston... welcome to Live and Invest Overseas’ 10th Annual Retire Overseas Conference..." So I addressed the crowd Saturday...