Kat Kalashian

For 13 years, our Overseas Retirement Index has revealed the world’s top retirement havens… We don’t just list countries—we grade and rank specific towns, cities, and even neighborhoods across 14 essential criteria that we’ve come up with after decades of experience living overseas. This is the most practical guide to retiring overseas anywhere in the […]

Christmas looks a little different depending on where you unwrap it… In Spain, logs poop candy. In London, men in wigs bake chaos onstage. In France, Christmas smells like oysters at dawn. There are midnight feasts, icy early-morning plunges, and one tradition that involves a dead bird on a stick.In some places, Christmas kicks off […]

If you’ve ever tried to get long-term residency abroad, you already know the drill: Prove your income. Prove your assets. Prove your insurance. Book appointments. Queue. Wait months. Hope they say yes. But there’s another path—one that cuts through the bureaucracy almost entirely. This video reveals six countries where buying a home gives you residency, […]

If you’re thinking of buying a piece of property overseas, it can seem daunting to need to pay all cash, which is the case for foreigners in most places around the world.  It is possible to get loans in some countries, though, and this week’s video introduces them and explains what to expect in each, […]

Why would anyone want to own a property in another country? Maybe it starts with a daydream… Coffee on a balcony overlooking the sea… a slower pace… a getaway that feels like yours. But there are practical perks hiding inside that fantasy. Owning real estate in other countries has many unique benefits—and maybe even profits. […]