Tag: live overseas

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

The countdown is on... To the biggest and most important live and retire overseas event of 2021. Every year for ...

In the last issue, I began telling you about the biggest aspects of moving overseas—the things that, in my experience ...

Most of us contemplating a move overseas give attention to all the new matters we must prepare for—new languages and ...

Not sure where to retire? Consider living on a sailboat and seeing the world instead of settling in one place. ...

When you're planning a move to a new country, it helps to surround yourself with supportive, like-minded people. Your fellow ...

This week I've been thinking back and remembering readers I've been fortunate enough to get to know personally. Readers whose ...

As a reader of Live and Invest Overseas, you probably have dreams of living in another country, as I did ...

I give a presentation for our annual Live and Invest in Europe Conferences… sharing my “expat story,” as we refer ...

“Would you say this is a trend... and that it is growing?” the reporter who interviewed me this week wondered. ...

Gun laws vary in every country. It is important to understand that gun ownership is a privilege, not a right. ...

My first trip to Belize, about 30 years ago, was organized courtesy of the Belize Tourism Authority. I was a ...

Being a digital nomad is all about freedom of movement. Different from a remote worker (an employee of a company ...

It might be easy to get on board with the idea of retiring overseas... But it’s not as easy to ...

You're living rich. Congratulations. In the past, being rich meant spending a lot of money. But then came low-cost jet ...

The global coronavirus quarantines that have shut country borders around the world have given new value to and created renewed ...

Being a digital nomad is all about freedom of movement. Different from a remote worker (an employee of a company ...

Retirement is looming. With it comes the challenge of deciding where to live. I plan to take the next three ...

It’s been one of those weeks… From multiple household-wide illnesses to minor annoyances, major frustrations, and serious disappointments, it feels ...

No matter where you’re dreaming of reinventing your life overseas, the key to success is a network of support. I’m ...

Should you really be thinking about retiring to a new country? That is... who should consider this idea? Surely it's ...

Longtime editor and friend Lee Harrison and his wife Julie divide their time between California and Mazatlán, Mexico. However, Mazatlán ...

The following questions, which we receive every day, are often preceded by, "I feel a little foolish asking, but I'm ...

As I celebrated my daughter’s first holiday season, the idea of legacy was strong in my mind. As all new ...

“How do I collect my Social Security while living abroad?” is one of the most frequently-asked question we receive here ...

Where in the world will offer the best options for repositioning yourself overseas in 2021? Diversifying your lifestyle and your ...

The other day a friend asked, “Is that ‘White Christmas’?” The song was in Spanish, but the tune was easily ...

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

Belize is a little country… That packs a double punch when it comes to lifestyle upside. Belize is both quintessential ...

Vicki and I spent last Christmas in small-town Taiping, Malaysia. I was Santa Claus. We've stayed many times in Taiping, ...

For my family and me, one of the greatest things about living an expat life has been the combining of ...

Panama or Belize? When considering the best places to retire, many people dream about living abroad in a warm, tropical ...

“Wow... this is a new Panama City. I do not recognize this Panama City... “I was last here,” my friend ...

Finding a way to generate more funds when retired is something that’s probably in the back of the heads of ...