Live And Invest Overseas Confidential

The Live And Invest In Dominican Republic Hullabaloo

May 23, 2016

Drama In The Dominican Republic It was just days to go before our Live and Invest in Dominican Republic Conference… and nobody in the DR was picking up the phone. I was struggling to get through to any of our speakers on the ground. What was going on? Arriving in capital Santo Domingo last week,…

How Important Are Expat Communities Overseas?

May 16, 2016

Before You Move Overseas, Meet The Neighbors… If you’ve ever worried that, by moving overseas, you’ll be cut off from North American—or, at least, English-speaking—company, then please be assured that the world is far smaller than you think… as your fellow reader Michael Herndon recently found: Valentine, I’m staying in Valencia, Spain, until June 3.…

Life In Medellín And Mexico: Latin America’s Best Options

April 25, 2016

Are We Still In Latin America? As the crow flies, Panama City (my newly adopted home) and Medellín, Colombia—where we gathered last week for our sixth Live and Invest in Colombia Conference—are but 330 miles apart. For such relatively close neighbors, the differences are staggering. Goodbye, frantic big-city life… towering blocks of glass and steel……

Experience The Eternal Spring: Life In Medellin, Colombia

April 18, 2016

Year-Round Spring In This “Small-Town-Friendly” Haven I’m writing from the InterContinental Medellín this week as I work on the final preparations for our Live and Invest In Colombia Conference, kicking off here on Wednesday. As well as the experts who’ll join us for this event—from real estate attorneys to health-care specialists to Spanish-language instructors—I’m looking…

You Can Retire In Cascais, Portugal, Even In Your 30’s

April 4, 2016

Meet The Underage Retiree When you hear the words “early retirement” in the United States, you probably think of someone downing tools at 60… or maybe 55. But how many people do you know who retired at 45? Or even at 30? We’re meeting more of these “underage retirees” at our conferences these days. Men…

Why Algarve, Portugal, Is The #1 European Beach Destination

March 28, 2016

As Close As You Get To Paradise If you’ve been a reader of Live and Invest Overseas newsletters for any length of time, you’ve probably heard us say (at least a dozen times) that there is no perfect paradise. No single, one-size-fits-all retirement haven solution. We don’t mean to disappoint, of course. We call it…

Property Opportunities In Medellin, Colombia

March 21, 2016

Sophisticated Living At A Much-Undervalued Price I have a quick-fire question for you… When you hear mention of “Colombia,” what’s the first thing to spring to mind? (Don’t overthink it. Just settle on the very first thing.) Was it coffee… drugs… gangs… Pablo Escobar… or beautiful women? Or—if you caught Narcos on Netflix—maybe Escobar making…

Morillo Beach On Panama’s Azuero Sunset Coast

March 7, 2016

Why You Need To Follow The Surfers If you want to find the best beaches in Central America, my advice is to follow the surfers. Not the tourist surfers… but the local guys. You don’t need to be a surfer… or care about ever stepping foot on a board. But, if you’re a lover of…

Insights On Living In Panama: The Land That Has It All

February 29, 2016

Experiencing Life In Panama I’ll admit I knew little about Panama before I arrived in the country—and not even about that guy who faked his death in a canoe. (If you haven’t heard that one, don’t worry—I’ll share more details later.) I’d heard, of course, about the furious pace of construction in Panama City over…

How Do You Explain Your Reasons For Moving Overseas?

February 22, 2016

What Your Well-Meaning Friends May Never Understand When friends dare to ask why you’re even entertaining this crazy notion of moving overseas, what do you tell them? Do you have a list of justifications ready to defend yourself… in the hope that it will help them understand what, in your mind, is a very logical…