Tag: ‘real estate’

Years ago, my mother knew a lady named Janet who bought a small piece of land on the southwestern coast ...

Owning a piece of real estate in a foreign country doesn't only give you the opportunity to diversify. Depending on ...

Properties shape us more than we know. Settling into my new apartment here in Paris stirred up memories of all ...

In a make-or-break year like 2021, it’s critical to make the smartest possible investment choices. Property is a safe bet, ...

Whenever I tell people that I live in Puerto Vallarta, I hear, “Isn’t it really touristy?” The short answer is ...

Renovating a property overseas is something many of us dream about. But I can't go any further without asking you ...

While I feel very lucky to wake up in my new Portuguese home every morning, it took more than good ...

We dollar-holders have enjoyed increasing buying power abroad each year since 2013, with every year eclipsing the last. Procrastinators and ...

More than ever, people are asking, "What does the future look like?" In Belize it looks appealingly like the past. ...

Section 1031 of the United States Tax Code establishes provisions that allow a taxpayer to defer capital gains taxes when ...

Years ago, a friend—a smart guy... a guy who’d been around the block... done business all over the world—engaged an ...

Negotiating a real estate deal in another country—both the purchase and the sale—is likely to be different for you than ...

When Lief and I sat down to map out the plan for our new book "How To Buy Real Estate ...

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to keep people from moving about as freely as they could before, real estate buyers ...

Around the globe, countries have faced the COVID-19 pandemic differently. In Colombia, we experienced strict lockdowns that affected our ability ...

After four months in northern Illinois, Kathleen and I are taking our leave of these United States this weekend. That ...

Over the past several years Colombia has been revealing itself to be a great expat destination and one of the ...

Ireland offers the best of traditional country living. This Emerald Isle is steeped in history, heritage, legend, and lore. It's ...

Seven months into this pandemic, and we still don’t know what the “new normal” might be. Here in Panama we’ve ...

White-sand beaches... warm water... year-round sunshine... and one of the healthiest diets in the world... For sun and sand lovers, ...

Portugal is well known as a beautiful and picturesque country that enjoys many hours of sunshine and a mild climate. ...

How can you keep up with your plans of moving and/or buying property overseas in the middle of a pandemic? ...

Loja, Ecuador, is the object of my most remarkable failed prediction. In fact, of two failed predictions. Loja is one ...

Obtaining residency in a foreign country can be one of the most important benefits of buying real estate abroad. I ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

Should You Own Property Overseas In Your Own Name? Trying to figure out the best way to take title to ...

Elegant, Non-Gringo Mexico Starting At US$38,000 Since my first visit to Mexico's Xalapa in 1998, it's been one of my ...