It's affordable, safe, exciting, exotic, and has terrific health care. Last week I shared with you the top 20 picks for overseas retirement on a budget, according to Live and Invest Overseas. Six of the countries are located in southeast Asia, which is the cheapest region of the world right now. These countries are: China India Laos Malaysia Thailand Vietnam What About Residency? Malaysia is the only country on this list to offer a retirement visa, called Malaysia, My Second …
Your Top 20 Country Choices for Overseas Retirement
And the winners are. . . drumroll please. . . Yesterday evening the Live and invest Overseas Conference ended after a densely scheduled three-day smorgasbord of information for expats and plan-to-be expats. (I've decided that's a better phrase than "wannabe.") Last month I speculated about the 20 countries they'd recommend, and I'm happy to report I pretty much nailed it. There was only one country on the list that really surprised me. Here, without further ado, are their recommendations for …
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Shock Announcement About the Easiest Place to Retire
While you're reading this, I'll be at the Live and Invest Overseas Conference in Orlando, FL. It's an intensive, three-day get together where we'll talk about the 20 best countries to retire to, along with sessions on the practical issues of relocating to and living in a new country. I've been invited to speak about Portable Careers at the "Fund Your Life Overseas" workshop. I'll be reporting to you next week about the conference, but for today I thought I'd share with you some thoughts about …
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The Biggest Piece of the Expat Puzzle
The largest piece of the expat puzzle is usually cost of living. How will your expenses compare in your new location to what they are now? Of course, everyone's different. John might not be able to live without imported caviar while Sally eats what the local people do, for example. But you have to start your researches somewhere, so here's a good place to jump in. This information comes from XPatulator.com's third quarter update. Most Expensive Cities for Expats Tokyo, Japan Geneva, …
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How Safe is Mexico for Expats?
Recently International Living put Mexico in the #2 spot on their Best Retirement Havens list. That raised a lot of questions among future expats -- what about safety? All we're reading about (here in the US anyway) is how dangerous Mexico is and its problems with drug-related violence. Last week, a friend of a friend decided to leave Lake Chapala. If you're not familiar with it, it's an area near Guadalajara which has become an expat magnet with the biggest concentration of US and Canadians …
Best Places to Find Expat Life Information, Ideas and Tips
Blogs by and about expats are a great place to find information, ideas, tips, and get a general feel for what it might be like to live elsewhere. Here are a dozen interesting expat blogs I've found recently. Europe Expat in Germany provides information about living in Germany (and a little bit about Canada). The author is a Canadian serial expat who's also lived in Thailand, S. Korea and the US. Not From Around Here, subtitled "Stranger in a Strange Land" is all about the adventures of a US …
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