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The Truth About Moving Abroad And What It Really Means

August 9, 2021

4 Things You Must Do To Make A Successful Move Overseas—Part I I give a presentation for our annual Live and Invest in Europe Conferences… sharing my “expat story,” as we refer to these kinds of talks. My expat tale began very close to the start of my life. I was only 8 years old…

Why You Need A Good Lawyer For Your France Visa Renewal

August 2, 2021

What A Difference A Good Lawyer Makes My family and I have just finished the renewal process for our French visa—whew, legal again for another year…! This is our third year in France, so it’s our second visa renewal, and this one went much smoother than any of our past meetings… but things didn’t start…

Why Living In The Dominican Republic Is Living In Paradise

July 26, 2021

5 Top Reasons To Choose The Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic (DR) is quintessential Caribbean. This island nation is all about the sand, the sun, and the fun. And, best of all, it’s all available for bargain prices compared with other popular Caribbean destinations. Christopher Columbus established La Hispaniola as the predominant land in the…

How To Overcome The Challenges Of Moving To A New Country

July 19, 2021

What Baking Croissants Taught Me About Moving Overseas Cordon Bleu pastry chef, Frédéric Hoël, held up two handfuls of dough, one that you could have mistaken for a neatly folded (albeit miniature) sheet in a linen store… the other more closely resembled a half-deflated air mattress that someone tried to fold before it was fully…

How To Figure Out The Best Place To Retire Overseas

July 12, 2021

Where In The World Will Your Overseas Retirement Take You? Out of this big ol’ world of 195 countries, how in the world do you figure out where in the world to go? If you’re just beginning to think about the idea of going overseas, whether for retirement or otherwise, this is a huge, daunting…

Santo Domingo: Dominican Republic’s Colonial Capital

July 5, 2021

Sophisticated City Living In The Caribbean White-sand beaches, swaying palm trees, warm turquoise water, year-round sunshine—you’ll find them in abundance here in the Dominican Republic… and, of course, pretty much everywhere else in the Caribbean, as well. What sets the DR apart from other Caribbean islands and nations is its more sophisticated lifestyle—one that is…

The Top 5 Rules To Start Investing In Property Successfully

June 21, 2021

5 Rules For Overseas Property Investing I grew up in a household that put great value on owning real estate. Before I was 10, my family had purchased property overseas, and would go on to do so many times over before I graduated high school. My stepfather, real estate investing guru Lief Simon, now maintains…

The Best Ways To Make Money Overseas

June 14, 2021

Can I Make Money In My New Home Overseas? One of the most important issues for some thinking of a move overseas is the potential to earn money in their new home… While getting a job overseas as a foreigner has never been easy—and it became even harder in the bleak COVID-19 era—there are some…

The Pros Of Renting Overseas

June 7, 2021

Why You Should Rent Before You Buy (Sometimes) Last week we offered some insights into how to purchase real estate overseas and explained that when it comes to foreign property, there can be two conflicting agendas: personal use versus a straight-up investment buy. If you’re buying for investment, then the decision to buy is simple;…

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 Simon—who continues to grow his international real estate portfolio every year—says that diversifying into markets outside the United States helps him sleep better at night.…