Expat Life In Paris
Delightful, User-Friendly, And Not So Cher As You Might Think One week into our month-long family holiday in Paris we’re remembering how delightful, how easy, and, as well, how affordable life in this...
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Asia Versus Europe Versus The Americas Let’s take a step back this morning and regroup. If you’re considering the idea of retiring to another country, where should you be looking? As I remind you...
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Mariachis, Moonlight, And Mingling–Live And Invest In Panama, Day 1 “Welcome to Panama!” I greeted the 150 attendees assembled in the meeting room of the Four Points Sheraton Hotel here in Panama City...
View ArticleLive, Do Business, And Invest In Panama
Live, Retire, Do Business, And Invest In Panama Three-and-a-half centuries ago, Spanish conquistadors in Panama threw their prisoners into dungeons that were part of the sea wall of the Spanish fort in...
View ArticleUnderstanding The Living Overseas
Your Dry Cleaner Doesn’t Have To Get It Unless you’re very lucky, your friends and family aren’t going to understand. When you tell them you’re thinking about moving to a new country for your...
View ArticleLive And Invest Overseas Conferences
Our Conference Calendar Through 2015 (I Promise The Real Estate Agents Will Wear Pants) As I mentioned on Friday, I hosted the first conference of my career nearly 30 years ago in Costa Rica. It was a...
View ArticleAdvantages Of Living, Retiring, And Investing Overseas
Live, Retire, Invest Overseas? What’s The Point? What is it I think I’m doing…the CNN reporter wondered of me on Friday? This business…this life…what is the point, he wanted to know? I tried not to...
View ArticleWhat The Declaration Of Independence Means In Today’s…
Do Your Own Thing Thomas Jefferson began his draft of the Declaration of Independence on June 11, 1776. The Continental Congress later “mangled” his words, according to Jefferson, and shortened his...
View ArticleHow To Find A Rental In Cuenca, Ecuador
How To Rent In Cuenca For US$300 Per Month “When we first started our property management office, we had six rental properties that were rented maybe 25% of the year,” explained Graciela Quinde, owner...
View ArticleHow To Realize Your Dream Retirement Overseas
How To Retire Overseas In my 30 years of traveling the world and covering the retire overseas beat, I’ve met people from all walks of life who have carved out new lives for themselves in places that...
View ArticleMake Your Retire Overseas Dream Come True, We’ll Help!
Retiring Overseas Is Only The Start Of The Opportunity On The Table Retire overseas. It’s been my beat for 32 years. Retiring to another country is a better idea today than ever… but today it’s only...
View ArticleLife In Spain Was Too Irresistible For This Expat
How This Midwestern Lady Found The Support She Needed To Reinvent Her Life In Spain I found myself single at a later age. One of the things that gave me something to look forward to was knowing I could...
View ArticleMy Ideal Lifestyle Of Working And “Retiring” In Paris
What Does Your Retirement Look Like? In Panama, I’m up by 5 a.m. every morning… Here in Paris, I’ve been sleeping well past that usual waking hour… in bed some mornings as late at 6 or 6:30! I’m able...
View ArticleThe Real Reason To Retire Overseas Is Purpose
I’m Urging My Mom To Join In And Retire Overseas “I just don’t know what to do now. I mean… what do I do with myself at this stage? Where do I go?…” It was a recent early morning, before the rest of...
View ArticleConference Attendees Consider Their Options For Retiring Overseas
Answers To Every Live And Retire Overseas Question You’ve Ever Had “Kathleen, I have to tell you the truth,” began the Retire Overseas Conference attendee who pulled me aside in the hotel hallway this...
View ArticleWhat Does SWAT Training Have To Do With Retiring Overseas?
What Were We All Doing Running Around In The Desert In Full SWAT Gear? “What was the most fun thing you did while you were away?” asked my Spanish tutor Friday morning as we sat down for my first class...
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