Nobody can completely take away the challenges of an overseas move. No matter how carefully you plan and prepare, life will invariably throw you some curves and you'll have to cope with the unexpected, unanticipated, or just plain frustrations that are part of the process. You can lessen that pain by having lots of good information. It's completely possible to find out everything you need to online, at no charge (except your time and energy). The only problem is, it'll take a lot of …
Enjoy a Movable Retirement in Asia
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 …
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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Retire Overseas — It’s Easy as 1, 2, 3
Guest Post by Kathleen Peddicord "I'm ready to make my move, Kathleen," explained an attendee at our conference in Panama City earlier this month. "I'm ready to go for it. "But I'm so confused. I mean, what do I do first? And then what do I do second? "Could you break it down for me, as though I were a child? Seriously, speak to me like one of your children. I need a step-by-step plan..." Step 1: Identify a destination. Where depends on what's important to you, what kind of lifestyle you …
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The Untethered Life
Untether Yourself is the title of the free e-book I recently released. (If you missed its release, you can grab your copy here.) But what does the untethered expat life mean? Is it: the freedom to travel constantly, flitting from place to place and exploring all the world has to offer? the opportunity to live on a tropical beach soaking up the sun? the ability to live where you want but travel back to your native land whenever you want to visit friends and family? simply a move from one …
Retire to Latin America if You’re Poor, Europe if You’re Not
I don't generally follow investment websites or blogs, but The Oblivious Investor caught my eye recently. Why? Because author Rick Todd rated some expat retirement destinations based on how much income you have to retire on. His top five picks for retirees with a limited (primarily Social Security) income: Costa Rica Malaysia Uruguay Panama Nicaragua His top five picks for retirees with higher income: France Spain Italy Portugal New Zealand Note that four out of the five …
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