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 ...

I traveled to Ecuador for the first time nearly 20 years ago and lived in the country—in Cuenca and in ...

Juan Federico Fischer is the managing partner of one of Uruguay’s leading law firms. Both a lawyer and an M.B.A., ...

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 ...

"Welcome to Houston... welcome to Live and Invest Overseas’ 10th Annual Retire Overseas Conference..." So I addressed the crowd Saturday ...

“Kathleen, I’m Here To Find Out If All These Promises You Make Are For Real…” "Kathleen, I have to tell ...

No matter how big or small your real estate investment portfolio, it should include agriculture. We live in a world ...

Ecuador remains a top option for living, retiring, and investing overseas. It’s also one of your best current choices for ...

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

Until recently, if you wanted to teach English overseas—one of the most accessible gigs for job-seeking expats—you needed two things: ...

Last week's Live and Invest in Italy Conference proved to be an exciting, high-profile affair. Local news stations camped out at the ...

In Abruzzo, our top choice for the best lifestyle value in Italy, you can choose from hundreds of modern cities, ...

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

Picture a chain of historic and charming small towns strung together by a single-lane highway, people walking along or bicycling, ...

"For the next two days, we'll start our meetings at 10 a.m., break for lunch at 1, then head back ...

Eighteenth- and 19th-century apartments in central Paris... and land. If you're deliberating over what to do with your investment capital ...

World’s Best Backup Residency, Second Citizenship, Tax Cutting, Business, And Banking Options In 2018 The offshore world is ever-changing. Legislation, ...

Staying IRS Compliant As An American Abroad It’s tax time again for us Americans. That is, tomorrow, Monday, Oct. 16, ...

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

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

Though there’s no border marking the entry to the Basque region of France, there’s no doubting when you’ve crossed it. ...

One of the things I appreciated most about my years living in France was the opportunity it gave me to ...

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

Panama is one of the most developed countries in the region—fully appointed in nearly every aspect... except postal service, which ...

"I can’t believe this place has stayed off the radar," said my friend Lou... for the third time in as ...

A 12-year expat in Las Terrenas, Larry Stroup is a central figure in the expat social scene in this small ...

Coming Of Age In The Caribbean My first visit to the island of Ambergris Caye, Belize, I climbed down the ...

Untamed Paradise In The Caribbean If you were a backpacking scuba diver in the 1960s, you may have drifted through ...

Q&A on Living in Panama Tax-Free "I have learned so much from your newsletter, and now I have a question. "I ...

After spending six years flying with the U.S. Navy, Lee completed a successful 30-year career in the nuclear power industry. ...

What are the reasons to buy property in Europe? Diversifying your portfolio into euro-valued real estate is a better idea ...

The World's Most User-friendly Residency Program-- Retire In Belize On Less Than $2,000 Per Month As a resident in Belize, you ...

Retire To The World's Most Passionate City "Buenos Aires is one of the world's most beguiling places, best known worldwide ...

"Kathleen, in doing my due diligence for moving overseas I have come across some comments that indicate that, when you ...

"Kathleen, I saw on Yahoo something about seven countries to retire out of the United States. I would like to ...

Q and A on Best Places for Single Women Retiring Overseas "Kathleen, I was wondering which locations overseas are the ...

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 ...

"Kathleen, I am a new subscriber to Lief Simon's Simon Letter and have a very critical question. 'Critical' because we ...

Could Correa Confiscate Private Property From Foreign Investors In Ecuador? Recently a reader wrote in to comment on an article we'd ...

Life In A (Slightly) Communist State We've been living in Vietnam for several years now. During that time, we have ...

The Problem With Rights Of Possession Property In Panama A friend of a friend is trying to resolve some title ...

"Kathleen and Lief, great stuff, always a favorite read. Having been to many of the places you write about, I ...

Own On The Riviera Maya For Less Than US$37,000 (Interest-Free Financing Available) Living off-grid attracts two different kinds of personalities—those ...

Good-Weather Tagaytay Is Emerging As A Top Choice For The Retiree On A Budget The city of Tagaytay is one ...

Cozy Colonial Charm, Pleasant Living, Bargain Price "I imagine this would be a nice place to settle in to for ...

Friendly, Pleasant, Welcoming, Safe, And Cheap—This City Is Not What You Think It Is We started the afternoon with a ...

China Vs Vietnam A well-traveled friend recently asked my take on the difference between Vietnam and China. What's the difference ...

Tax Friendliest Places On Earth Our First Annual Retire Overseas Index released this month named not the best countries in the ...

First Annual Retire Overseas Index Names The World's Top 21 Overseas Retirement Havens Where is the best place in the ...