If you could have any view from your window, what would you most like it to be?Over the three-and-a-half decades...

John Rohan had been taking us to see houses for six months. I wouldn't say we'd become friends or even...

Real Estate Hunting With Mr. O'Shea "This one isn't old either," I whispered in Lief's ear so that Mr. O'Shea...

As the train pulled into Plunkett Station a week later, I sized up my situation. I was traveling alone with...

“Does it ever bother you that your life is over?” My daughter, Kaitlin, didn’t break stride as she looked over...

Here’s one of my favorite retire-overseas stories… "About a year ago, my wife and I made the leap," writes Terry...

The final landing place of Columbus and his crew on their grand discovery tour of the New World in 1492,...

Most of the world knows the Dominican Republic for its white-sand beaches…The appeal of a place like Las Terrenas, with...

White-sand beaches, swaying palm trees, warm turquoise water, year-round sunshine—you'll find them in abundance here in the Dominican Republic... and,...

As international travel is back in earnest, we're reminding ourselves of the places we most like to be... and making...

Asia boasts the most cost-friendly places anywhere on Earth to call home. Pockets of India, Vietnam, and Thailand, for example,...

Before you're ready to retire, you're likely to notice places around the world where you'd like to be able to...

Lief used Other People's Money (OPM) to launch his real estate investing career in the United States, and we were...

Can an average person really invest in real estate to generate reliable cash flow overseas?I get the question all the...

When is the right time for you to make a move overseas? Right now. OK, I don't know you personally,...

How does up-and-comer Medellín, Colombia, rate versus long-standing number-one retire-overseas choice Panama City? Here's how I'd lay this out... Panama...

I didn't set out to become an overseas property investor. It happened by accident. In 1998, I was moving, with...

After a more than two-year hiatus on international travel, we're all looking forward to a summer of unforgettable trips. It's...

If you're after the best quality of life for your future... Without any danger of burning through your nest egg......

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

More than 11.5 million Americans and Canadians—and countless others—are already living their best lives outside the countries where they were...

It's easier to adapt to a new life overseas when you move with a spouse or partner. You can laugh...

Mexico is one of the world’s top options for retirement living. Indeed, it ranks #2 (behind only Portugal) in our...

As we’ve returned this year to in-person events… With our Live And Invest In Belize Conference in January… Our Live...

This success story is nothing short of remarkable. It's taken a couple of decades... But Colombia has reinvented itself into...

The first time I ever recommended Americans think about retiring overseas was back in 1985. When I began making these...

Two decades living overseas, in Ireland, Panama, and France, have taught me... 1. Patience... the kind of patience you learn...

We've been reveling this week in the experience of our first in-person conference in Panama in more than two years......

I'd forgotten how invigorating an in-person conference can be... Reconnecting with old friends from across Panama as well as All...

"Kathleen, I've been thinking about making a move overseas, specifically to Panama, for years... but my wife... not so much......

"You have reminders of Paris all around," our friend born and raised in that city remarked over dinner at our...

If you've been reading these dispatches for any time, you know how we feel about Portugal. This country is, hands...