Real Estate

“Breaking bread together” is an age-old idiom. Literally, it means sharing a meal with another person or group. The spirit...

Over the past two years, we've been highlighting Colombia as a place where U.S.-dollar-holders have increased buying power. Now that...

In 1989, Italian schoolteacher Mauro Morandi was sailing between Corsica and Sardinia when the engine of his catamaran gave up....

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

What will global property markets look like post the COVID-19 pandemic? I do not believe we’re going to see 40%...

When considering any potential investment, begin by asking yourself whether you are buying more for capital appreciation or for cash...

We talked recently about the signs to look out for when identifying a market that's ripe for investment. One of...

How should one hold property overseas? That's a regular question at conferences... especially my Global Property Summit each year. The best...

"Where can I buy a home on the beach for US$250,000 cash?" a reader recently wrote to ask. In Florida...

"Why do you talk about Brazil... isn't it a mess?" a reader wrote in last week. On a generic claim...

A few weeks ago, I was asked to be a guest on the Jetsetter Show Podcast with host Jason Hartman....

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

Your options for where and how to live in Belize are many, so you should begin the thinking process associated...

Mazatlán, Mexico, tied for the #1 spot this year on the Live and Invest Overseas annual Retirement Index, and there’s...

As we begin 2020 you may be reminiscing about the past and dreaming about what the New Year will hold......

Each year this time, I take a snapshot of property prices worldwide. My annual survey shows where values are rapidly...

In an episode of This American Life recorded back in 2000, writer David Sedaris takes host Ira Glass on a tour of...

The best places to buy Belize real estate are no longer the unknown outposts they once were. As recently as...

France is one of the best places to live or retire in Europe. In this article, we take a look...

There is a growing number of expats looking to discover the best places buy real estate in Thailand. It's hardly...

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

One of the best indicators of a healthy economy is the rate of growth of its middle class. Over the...

I bought a beachfront home, directly on the sand, for less than US$62,000. After furnishing the solid, 2,000-square-foot house, I...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Brazil's northeastern coast has had my attention for some time. Today, this sandy stretch is dead center on my radar....

"For me, Playa del Carmen is one of the greatest cities of all time..." That's what I told one developer...

Portugal is hot. I’ve been focusing time and attention on this country for the past two-and-a-half years. My first visit,...

How do you get started investing in real estate overseas? To borrow a page from Nike’s playbook... You just do...

My workout over, I wipe my brow and walk over to chat with Sergio. Sergio comes to Parque El Ingenio...

Wandering around Lisbon and its suburbs during my most recent visit, the more I saw, the more I wanted to...

Property prices in Paris are up. The entire city is worth 5.5% more today, on average, than it was a...

I’ve bought, sold, and renovated houses in more than a dozen countries. But, until this year in Panama, I’d never...

Thinking about dipping a toe into global property markets but wondering how and where to get started? The benefits of...

A decade ago, the Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic, real estate market was the Wild West. Roads in this part of...

Costa Rica’s long history as a top tourist and expat retiree destination dates back to the early 1980s. The country...