The Only Way To Start Your New Life Overseas
Several years ago, at one of our conferences in Panama, I met an American gentleman from Tennessee who explained that...
Kathleen Peddicord has covered the live, retire, and do business overseas beat for more than 30 years and is considered the world's foremost authority on these subjects. She has traveled to more than 75 countries, invested in real estate in 24, established businesses in 7, renovated historic properties in 6, and educated her children in 4.
Kathleen has moved children, staff, enterprises, household goods, and pets across three continents, from the East Coast of the United States to Waterford, Ireland... then to Paris, France... next to Panama City, where she has based her Live and Invest Overseas business. Most recently, Kathleen and her husband Lief Simon are dividing their time between Panama and Paris.
Kathleen was a partner with Agora Publishing’s International Living group for 23 years. In that capacity, she opened her first office overseas, in Waterford, Ireland, where she managed a staff of up to 30 employees for more than 10 years. Kathleen also opened, staffed, and operated International Living publishing and real estate marketing offices in Panama City, Panama; Granada, Nicaragua; Roatan, Honduras; San Miguel de Allende, Mexico; Quito, Ecuador; and Paris, France.
Kathleen moved on from her role with Agora in 2007 and launched her Live and Invest Overseas group in 2008. In the years since, she has built Live and Invest Overseas into a successful, recognized, and respected multi-million-dollar business that employs a staff of 35 in Panama City and dozens of writers and other resources around the world.
Kathleen has been quoted by The New York Times, Money magazine, CNN, MSNBC, Yahoo Finance, the AARP, and beyond. She has appeared often on radio and television (including Bloomberg and CNBC) and speaks regularly on topics to do with living, retiring, investing, and doing business around the world.
In addition to her own daily e-letter, the Overseas Opportunity Letter, with a circulation of more than 300,000 readers, Kathleen writes regularly for U.S. News & World Report and Forbes.
Her Best-Seller book, "How to Retire Overseas: Everything You Need to Know to Live Well (for Less) Abroad," published by Penguin Random House, is the culmination of decades of personal experience living and investing around the world.
Her latest book is "At Home At Los Islotes," where Kathleen shares her life's adventure in Panama.
Several years ago, at one of our conferences in Panama, I met an American gentleman from Tennessee who explained that...
My husband Lief Simon’s first investment in property overseas was on the coast of Spain. In 2000, Lief purchased a...
When you're planning a move to a new country, it helps to surround yourself with supportive, like-minded people. Your fellow...
If you're after the best quality of life for your future... Without any danger of burning through your nest egg......
Summer 2023 has been the season of international travel for Americans, who have touched down in Europe and the Pacific...
Planning for a retirement that includes spending some or even all your time in another country is an increasingly appealing...
At the far eastern edge of the Mediterranean, you’ll find an island that has dazzled mankind for millennia… The Greeks...
Should you really be thinking about retiring to a new country? That is… who should consider this idea? Surely it’s...
Ken C. wrote last week to say: “Kathleen, I have been reading your daily emails for a month now. There...
The first time I ever recommended Americans think about retiring overseas was back in 1985. When I began making these...
“Let me know when you start talking about mild climates and I’ll consider it. I have no interest in tropical...
Lief and I are counting down the days until our chance to return to Medellín, Colombia, next month.It’s been far...
I continue to be surprised by the reactions I get when I tell people I have a home and spend...
Best place to live or retire in Europe? For years we’ve been shining the spotlight on Portugal’s Algarve region… and...
Best place to live or retire in Europe? For years we’ve been shining the spotlight on Portugal’s Algarve region… and...
Spain could be your Old World dream come true… especially if budget is a concern. You could live or retire...
Panama remains one of the best places in the world to live or retire overseas this 2023. It’s also one...
Panama remains one of the best places in the world to live or retire overseas this 2023.It’s also one of...
Last week I enjoyed three days online live with more than 100 Live And Invest Overseas readers interested in exploring...
Years ago, when we were preparing for our move from Paris, where we’d been based with our children for four...
Looking for an affordable place to retire by the beach? Here you go... our top five picks: #1: Chitré, Panama...
Starting about 34 years ago (yikes), wide-eyed, pony-tailed, and straight out of college, I went to work in the publishing...
Do I feel more or less American living overseas? I get this question a lot. And, as the United States...
In some places around the world, it is possible to arrange good, comprehensive health insurance for less than US$100 per...
Lief and I recently welcomed two-dozen global property pros to Panama for the Global Property Summit. We look forward to...
American Rich Holman made his full-time move to Medellin, Colombia, seven years ago. After a divorce in the States, this...
I’ve made four international moves across three continents with two kids, a dog, a turtle, a husband, and one fast-growing...
Lief and I have returned to Panama after three weeks on the road. Much of that time was spent in...
Lief and I have tromped a lot of beaches. From Nicaragua to Belize, from Uruguay to Ecuador, from the shores...
Excellent infrastructure... strong investor rights... appreciating property markets... Biggest salsa festival in the world... plus important theater and poetry festivals......
How would you like to opt out of the daily grind and take off for grand global adventures? Today’s technology...
Why is Panama our favorite country in Latin America...? Honestly, there's too many reasons to count, but here's 10 to...
Summer Travel Bucket List I put out a call to Live And Invest Overseas editors, contributors, and correspondents near and...
Move overseas and you join a distinguished clan. Think Marco Polo, Rousseau, Einstein, Hemmingway, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor,...
Worried about soaring utility costs? You're not alone. Over the past year, energy costs across the United States have increased...
Diocletian was on to something.After more than two decades as emperor of Rome, during which time he'd put down all...
Health is a key consideration when shopping the world map for the ideal place to reinvent your life overseas. Indeed,...
Portugal is hard to resist... We've named thin-sliced corners of this beautiful, sunny, friendly, safe, welcoming, and affordable country as...
You want to be sober when considering a property purchase in a foreign land. Certainly, you want your wits about...
France is a country of superlatives, from the world's best food and wine, art and fashion to the most beautiful,...
I started to think of expert tips for renovating rental property overseas, in advance of the purchase of the property...
From Panama to Paris I flew for the weekend… Then early this morning I was on a plane to Dublin, from...
Mexico has 5,800 miles of coastline. Which spot might be best for you? Yesterday, we looked at the diversity of...
Is a low cost retirement possible? The average American household spends US$66,928 per year, according to the latest Consumer Expenditures...
I've participated in Live and Invest Overseas' annual Belize conferences for years. This year, more than any other, the common...
I had packaged the weeklong tour of Ireland, marketed it to readers of International Living, the travel magazine I was...
I woke up this morning, brewed a pot of Irish breakfast tea, and, as has been my custom for decades...
In 2007, I left the publishing company where I’d been working since the age of 21. I thought I was...
Lief and I have arrived in the oldest city in Cyprus because our contacts here have assured us Larnaca is...
Belize is many things... many of them diminutive. It's a tiny country with a small population. Density is low... and...
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