3 Places To Live Like A Local Overseas In Retirement

Many people who move or retire overseas enjoy the familiarity of like-minded company and seek out destinations with expats already in residence. Other retirees want to live among the local community, become a part of the local culture and are happy if they rarely see another American or Canadian expat. Living a local lifestyle in … Read more

Why We Always Return To Offshore Real Estate As A Top Asset

It’s important to discuss the importance of diversifying both your life and your assets offshore in the current global climate. The question then becomes: What should you diversify into? As a speaker at this year’s recent Offshore Wealth Summit put it: “Physical gold is about as useful in an end-of-days scenario as my ability to … Read more

Unretirement: How You Too Can Take Control Of Your Life

I made my first international move from Baltimore, Maryland, to Waterford, Ireland, with the support of my longtime employer who’d given me the marching orders to establish an EU base for that firm. I did not choose Waterford but liked the idea of an adventure in the Old World, something I’d daydreamed about since I … Read more

Cost Of Living In The Algarve: A Detailed Breakdown

When you think about the world’s cheapest places to live or retire, you probably think first of Latin America or Asia, writing off Europe altogether, figuring no way someone of modest means could ever afford to move to the Old World.For most of Europe, that can be a reasonable perspective. But Portugal, especially the Algarve, … Read more

The 4 Best Beaches In Panama

One of Panama‘s greatest assets is its beachfront. This is a little country with two long coasts and several clusters of outlying islands… meaning lots of different beaches — Pacific and Caribbean, touristy and undiscovered, developed and emerging, accessible and remote.Here are my top picks, depending on your agenda, based on almost two decades of … Read more