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Twelve years ago, when my husband and I bought our home in Waterford, Ireland, we never gave much thought to...

Discover the world's best coffee tours and you will learn how coffee has changed the fate of nations. While this...

How Do We Define The Cheapest Places To Live Well? The cheapest places to live well is not all about...

The best countries for digital nomads is a fast changing list. But then again, we live in fast changing times....

How We Ended Up In Tavira When my husband and I decided we were moving to Portugal to the Algarve......

While beach towns, with their swaying palm trees and clear blue waters, are what most people think of when moving...

I traveled to Ecuador for the first time nearly 20 years ago and lived in the country—in Cuenca and in...

Until 2008, Salinas and this country’s coast were part of Guayaquil Province. As a result, the coast was largely overlooked....

I came to Ecuador for the first time 20 years ago. This was pre-dollarization. The place was crazy cheap… but...

“He who controls the spice, controls the universe.” – Frank Herbert, Dune Like a lot of things in modern life,...

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...

If I were just starting out as an investor today, with little capital and an eye to converting that capital...

I was sure that Cessenon was the one. Picturing lush hills of grapevines, a shady square with friendly locals taking...

No matter how big or small your real estate investment portfolio, it should include agriculture. We live in a world...

Where in the world can you obtain bank financing as a foreigner for the purchase of real estate? I get...

Giulia Taiocchi is a 26-year-old from Bergamo, Italy. A year ago, after extended travels in India, Giulia decided to make...

From sheltered coves and sandy dunes to rocky outcroppings, the coast of Portugal’s Cascais is a miles-long string of some...

Ecuador remains a top option for living, retiring, and investing overseas. It’s also one of your best current choices for...

In 2013, I visited Ecuador as part of my personal search for an overseas home. After attending the Live and...

Last week's Live and Invest in Italy Conference proved to be an exciting, high-profile affair. Local news stations camped out at the...

Panama vs Costa Rica is the big question for people considering Central America. These are two of the most popular...

In Abruzzo, our top choice for the best lifestyle value in Italy, you can choose from hundreds of modern cities,...

Abruzzo is fantastically cheap. You can eat like royalty here on a pittance. So much (pasta... wine... oil...) is produced...

Picture a chain of historic and charming small towns strung together by a single-lane highway, people walking along or bicycling,...

Just under a two-hour flight from Lisbon, Portugal's Madeira Island was named the "World's Leading Island Destination" by World Travel...

I've just finished class with Renata, a pediatrics resident who will go to the United States in July for a...

It's not marketing hype. It's true... You really can reduce your cost of living, increase your quality of life, and...

I'm a retired schoolteacher, and April is a retired accountant. How did we end up at this stage of our...

Being from Vancouver, Canada, I'm used to seeing the Pacific Ocean every day. In my area of Panama City, though,...

Nature parks and art towns... ski slopes and beaches... medieval churches, castles, and museums... there's a whole universe to discover...

The decision to buy a house in Abruzzo was an easy one for me—it was figuring out the exact location...

Traditional and historical isn't limited to architecture in Abruzzo... the entire way of life in this part of Italy is...

For the past week, we've been making the point that Europe is a more affordable live- or retire-overseas option than...

Shenzhen, in the far south of China near Hong Kong, is an exciting face of the development that has been...

Over the weekend, Lief and I traveled from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, where we hosted last week's Offshore Wealth Summit, to...

This Is For All The Single Ladies (Dreaming Of A New Life Overseas) I've just celebrated my first anniversary as...

This Is How You Make Real Money From Real Estate Overseas Yesterday, Kathleen Peddicord laid out the phases of development an...

A Tree House In The Jungle—Passion And Profit Off-Gridding In Southern Costa Rica "My favorite part of living at this finca is...

May in Panama is the time for the Fiesta de la Etnia Negra or, loosely translated, Black History Month. Unlike...

I've received good news from a developer I've been working with... It's in regards to the aquaponics project in Thailand...

Your own medieval castle or Mediterranean villa... free. That's the promise of Italy's Cammini e Percorsi (Paths and Tracks) program,...

Julie and Peter Thorpe discovered the Italian region of Abruzzo when visiting friends who had settled there. "We had been...

In the morning, I like taking in the view from my balcony... To the south, I see the majestic snowcapped...

Italy isn't an offshore haven. You have to be a resident in the country for 10 years before you can...

Too Late For Lisbon? The question on many minds at last week's Live and Invest in Portugal Conference was whether...

Not so long ago the sea air was prescribed by doctors as a catch-all treatment. Improvements in science and medical...

For the last four years, we've been touting the Dominican Republic as a place where investors can find quality overseas...

Before I start writing about Panama's economy, I really must insist upon a few things: no yawning, no snoring, and...