A Rich Cultural Scene And World Class Health Care

August 30, 2023

Dear LIOS Confidential Reader, The first time I ever recommended Americans think about retiring overseas was back in 1985. When I began making these kinds of suggestions, I was sometimes…

A Look At The Different Lifestyles In Belize

December 12, 2022

Reef, Rivers, Ruins, And Rum—Why I Love Belize We believe Belize is one of the best places in the world to live, retire, invest, and chase

Live In Ecuador And Drop 50% Of Your Expenses

December 5, 2022

The Cheapest Place In The World To Retire Well—On Less Than $800 A Month Ecuador is the number-one place in the world for a cheap and luxurious retirement. In fact,…

Move To Panama: Live Better And Save More

October 31, 2022

We Chose Panama When We Could Have Based Ourselves Anywhere—Here’s Why “In 2013 my wife Carolyn and I decided we needed a change. Our lives in Hawaii

Take Your Pick: Custom-Tailor Your New Life Overseas

April 11, 2022

What Makes You Miserable? Start Your Overseas Adventure There This will be a piece of cake, I told myself as we prepared for our move from Baltimore to Waterford what…

Is Retiring In Panama Still A Good Choice? If So, Where?

January 31, 2022

From Laid-Back To Luxury, Panama Offers Every Lifestyle A Retiree Could Wish For… All A Bargain I was the first to suggest Panama as a good choice for any North…

We’ve Found These Are The Downsides To Living In Portugal

January 3, 2022

Portugal, The Flip Side—Here’s What’s Not To Love I’ve been spending time in Portugal since 2013. I knew after the first visit that this was a special place… a place…

Everything You Need To Know About The Many Faces Of Belize

October 18, 2021

Sizing Up The Four Faces Of Sunny Belize For me and Belize, it was love at first sight. From the first morning I arrived in Belize, nearly 30 years ago,…

Why Overseas Real Estate Is Such A Good Investment In 2021

May 24, 2021

No More Sleepless Nights Of all the investment options out there, why put your money into real estate? And, more to the point, why foreign real estate? My husband Lief…

We Wish We’d Moved Sooner: Real Expats Share Their Stories

April 27, 2020

An Expat’s Biggest Regret (And How To Avoid It) In my 23 years of living overseas, I’ve never met anybody who hated their new home so much that they packed…