One of the biggest lessons of the past two-and-a-half years has been this: We all need to seize opportunities when ...

Just back in Paris after two weeks traveling on the island of Cyprus with our family… including our 2-year-old granddaughter… ...

Last year Jeff Bezos, the world's richest man, dumped US$6.7 billion of his shares in Amazon... And poured millions into ...

Driving from Nicosia, Cyprus’s capital, along a straight road ascending the Kyrenia mountain range, you arrive at the pass and ...

Until the 1950s, Puerto Vallarta was a small fishing village along a spectacular bay on the Pacific, modestly popular among ...

A year ago, asking if I wanted to join the Carmelita Gardens team as the architectural designer… What started as ...

Panama has been called a halfway house for American expats... but I disagree. Mexico is a far easier transition for ...

Self-sufficiency and self-sustainability seem to overlap, while in fact they do share many of the same ideas, self-sustainability is a ...

Why would anyone want to leave Canada? Part of the reason to leave the country of my birth and where ...

Image Source: iStock/dragana991 Mexico’s proximity and familiarity with the United States has made this destination incredibly popular with expats and ...

8938. That is the number of the IRS form you have to fill out to report foreign financial assets. If ...

I've lived in Panama for about 15 years and I've invested more money here than anywhere else. From farmland and a ...

Tierras Altas is poised to become the next Boquete. Situated in the highlands of western Panama, it features comparable scenery—misty ...

I recently sat down with Donald Houser, a resident of Carmelita Gardens in Cayo, Belize, for the latest Overseas Living ...

Tell your neighbor you’re considering Mexico as a place to spend time and—unless they’ve been there themselves—they’ll likely go on ...

As you consider countries to live, retire, or invest in, you’ll hear the term “Third World” bantered about. Panama is sometimes ...

We’ve been lately shining the spotlight on Mexico. The country qualifies in many ways as the best option for relaunching ...

Speaking to some of our attendees in Portugal last month, many had questions about the cost of living in my ...

One of the most valuable conveniences you could hope for when purchasing a home abroad can be the ability to ...

Find Yourself In Mazatlán, And You Might Think You’re Somewhere In Southern California Mazatlán’s golden beaches, 13-mile (21km) boardwalk, vibrant ...

Where could you retire overseas that is diverse… meaning lifestyle options from mountains and rain forests to Caribbean and Pacific ...

"It's hard to describe how much this view has changed over the past 20 years that I've been spending time ...

The sun rises over the ocean, turning the sky a kaleidoscope of colors. The afternoons pass with the music of ...

Yesterday, I promised thoughts today on where Live And Invest Overseas is headed next. All this week, as we’re celebrating ...

Julia, our Simon Letter Managing Editor, is a first-generation Panama immigrant. In fact, she was the first person in her ...

Many think that living in France is only for the rich, polyglot American. Truth is, it’s a lot more affordable ...

Portugal is the oldest country in Europe, with the same defined borders since 1139. Before that, it was part of ...

I’m here in Carvoeiro, in Portugal’s Algarve region, for our annual Live and Invest in Portugal Conference, and it’s so ...

Arriving this morning fresh from the colonies to the point where explorers took off to discover them, I’m reminded why ...

Kathleen and I are en route today from Paris to Lisbon in time to host this week’s Live And Invest ...

We became obsessed with HGTV's House Hunters International, and the seed was planted. Week after week, my husband and I ...

The Algarve is a wonderful bit of European geography at the southwestern corner of the Continent, at the longitude of ...

After an unavoidable but overlong time away, Lief and I prepare this weekend for our return to the sunny seaside ...

Anyone who’s lived in Panama for any amount of time knows the city can be chaotic. If you forget that ...

You do not need a jet-set budget to take advantage of the world's number-one wealth-building strategy. I'm talking about opportunities ...

We're speaking this week about how to purchase real estate overseas, sharing hard-won wisdom and decades of experience to help ...

Top 3 Strategies For Profiting From An Overseas Rental Investment A friend recently bought a property in a busy resort. ...

Natalie and Lou were living on Florida’s Palm Coast before they relocated to Mazatlán, Mexico, one year ago. They’ve just ...

U.S. property markets are hot, hot, hot… Overheated and overvalued. Likewise, the U.S. stock market. What’s an investor to do ...

“Well, we walked across the city’s oldest bridge to get here… passed Notre Dame Cathedral on its other side… and ...

A forgotten place of raw natural beauty is about to be rediscovered... This is a place with long sandy beaches ...

If you’re looking to make millions in an overseas business venture… there are better places to do it than Belize. ...

I’m not going to wax lyrical about the amazing natural beauty of Brazil, nor bore you with talk of 5,000 ...

We Americans have it rough when it comes to taxes. The Big Bad Wolf of the world’s financial arena—the IRS—calls ...

Just about anyone who took French in high school has thought, seriously or hypothetically, about moving to France one day. ...

Panama is the world's top offshore haven and the number-one choice of countless expats, retirees, businesspeople, entrepreneurs, and investors. If ...