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The countdown is on... To the biggest and most important live and retire overseas event of 2021. Every year for...

When you're planning a move to a new country, it helps to surround yourself with supportive, like-minded people. Your fellow...

Does moving overseas mean having to learn a new language? Well, unless you choose to move to one of the...

This week I've been thinking back and remembering readers I've been fortunate enough to get to know personally. Readers whose...

Any global real estate investment portfolio should include at least one rental property. A rental investment won't make you rich,...

Buying to flip is a common real estate investment strategy in the United States that doesn’t make sense in most...

Leverage is a key tool in every U.S. property investor’s kit. As late-night TV real estate investment gurus with courses...

What if the country where you'd like to retire uses a currency other than the U.S. dollar? That is, how...

I receive your Mailbag questions for me direct to my inbox each morning. I read through them before I do...

"I get two weeks of vacation a year from my stressful job, and you want me to spend one of...

While I feel very lucky to wake up in my new Portuguese home every morning, it took more than good...

Retirement is looming. With it comes the challenge of deciding where to live. I plan to take the next three...

Thinking about making an overseas property purchase can arouse feelings such as excitement, fear, anxiety, relief, and accomplishment. Even seasoned...

Hindsight is 2020... and we’ve definitely learned a lot this year. Cities have been eerily quiet during the pandemic and...

Over the weekend I read one of those Q&A articles in a mainstream financial publication. A reader had written in...

If you want to open a bank account in the United States, you walk into a branch of a bank...

What a world we’re living in, right? The biggest global pandemic in 100 years... continuing terrorist threats... war... famine... mass...

All the world is asking: Trump or Biden? But it’s the wrong question. You can’t control the outcome of next...

The benefits of spending time in water are well documented, as are the ways that simply living near water is...

This doesn't have to be all or nothing. You could "retire overseas" and still spend part or even lots of...

How can you keep up with your plans of moving and/or buying property overseas in the middle of a pandemic?...

"When I retire, I'll have about US$1,400 a month in Social Security and pension income. I'd like to have more....

“Can I move my dog/cat overseas?” Yes, absolutely. Whether or not you can bring your furry friends along with you...

If I were just starting out as an investor today, with little capital and an eye to converting that capital...

Out of this big old world of 195 countries, how in the world do you figure out where in the...

We've all been through the wringer these last few months. And the tough times are not over yet. But the...

Traveling to make a real estate purchase in another country is complicated if not impossible right now. COVID-19 restrictions mean...

We’ve been reporting lately on your best choices for establishing alternative residency overseas… and why the right to live indefinitely in...

The United States and Eritrea, a small African nation, are the only two countries in the world to tax citizens...

If you purchase a piece of real estate in another country, should you have the ownership documents issued in your...

"I've told the buyer from Dublin that the other buyer, the gentleman from Cork, is considering by how much he'd...

"Can an evergreen tree die?" my son asked as I ran alongside his bike. Under Irish lockdown laws, we're free...

What will global property markets look like post the COVID-19 pandemic? I do not believe we’re going to see 40%...

When considering any potential investment, begin by asking yourself whether you are buying more for capital appreciation or for cash...

We talked recently about the signs to look out for when identifying a market that's ripe for investment. One of...

The death rate from the coronavirus won’t make a dent in the global population even if 100% of us catch...

Last week, Lief and I traveled freely between Paris, France, and Waterford, Ireland. Despite the spread of the coronavirus in...

A few weeks ago, I was asked to be a guest on the Jetsetter Show Podcast with host Jason Hartman....

Some years ago, back home in Baltimore for the holidays, I caught up with an old friend. Bill had a...

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...

If I were just starting out as an investor today, with little capital and an eye to converting that capital...

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

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