Live And Invest Overseas Confidential

Why Planning Is Vital For Long-Term Property Investments

May 6, 2019

In preparation for our recent move to Paris, my husband Harry and I had a plan. Because we were already visiting the City of Light for work, or passing through on the way to other destinations, we decided to stop by as frequently as possible—even if it was just overnight. Half of this strategy was…

Read This If You’re Thinking Of Buying Or Renting In Portugal

April 29, 2019

Portugal, Then And Now As one of the most unassuming countries of Europe today, it’s easy to forget the power trip that Portugal enjoyed for centuries… I’ve spent so much time in Spanish colonial cities in my life, but I’ve still not been to Brazil. I didn’t make it to Goa while in India either.…

Back In Paris, But For How Long? My Life As A Serial Expat

April 16, 2019

Secret Diary Of A Dragged-Overseas Expat  After almost 12 years away, I’m finally back in France. But just how long I’ll get to stay this time is anybody’s guess. You’d be forgiven for calling me a serial expat. But, I was born into it, rather than choosing that path for myself…

After Four Great Years I’m Saying Au Revoir To Panama

April 8, 2019

Gone Surfin’  It started last Monday when I began emptying out my apartment here in Panama City. I looked at the bed where, four years ago—new to town—I had thrown myself down in tears… wondering what I had done… how I could have left my country, my friends, and my family behind… Now the tears…

What I’ve Discovered After 9 Years Renting In Colombia

April 1, 2019

Dipping A Toe In Your New Home Overseas Living overseas doesn’t have to be all or nothing. For many expats we know, it’s been a gradual process… Take Jeff Paschke, for instance. Jeff started out simply looking for a winter escape from his home in Dallas, Texas. He began his hunt by reading Life Magazine’s…

Our Home Conference Kit Is Your Complete Guide To Ecuador

March 25, 2019

Sometimes I Wish I Were An Attendee… “How was Ecuador?” I got this question more than once on my return to my desk in Panama this morning. I’ll get the same question from family and friends, too, over the next few days—as I do after every work trip. And, every time, I can’t help but…

Discover Panama’s Best Investments And Real Estate Buys

March 18, 2019

Be In The Room With The “Queen Of Real Estate” I recently introduced you to some of the guest speakers we have lined up for this September’s Retire Overseas Conference(if you missed them before, here’s Part I and Part II of that series). Today, I’d like to introduce you to one more speaker… The speaker we like to call our…

All The Info On Moving To Portugal At Our 2019 Conference

March 11, 2019

These Expats Find That Portugal Has It All “About a year ago, my wife and I made the leap,” writes Terry O’Halloran. “We moved halfway around the world, to Portugal. “Maybe we were a little crazy, but we haven’t looked back and we couldn’t be happier. “We’d lived in Hawaii for 40 years, and my…

How Living In Vilcabamba, Ecuador Can Put Years On Your Life

March 4, 2019

World’s Healthiest Retirement Haven? In 1973, the village of Vilcabamba, Ecuador was put on the map by an article in National Geographic by Dr. Alexander Leaf from Harvard. Leaf had traveled to Ecuador to investigate the world’s healthiest and longest-living people. Or so they were believed to be at the time… Later accounts revealed that the local…

Safety And Stability: Why Panama’s Economy Is So Strong

February 25, 2019

How Panama Continues On The Up And Up What makes Panama stand out among its Latin American neighbors? This was one of the first questions our experts tackled on the opening morning of our 2019 Live and Invest in Panama Conference at the Sortis Hotel here in Panama City last week.