Every plan-to-be expat has a different idea about their overseas retirement paradise. For you, it might be a high-rise condo in a bustling metropolis with world-class shopping and nightlife. For someone else it might be a country ranch, or a beachside retreat. Finding the country to live in that … [Read more...] about How to Choose Your Retire Overseas Paradise
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How to Choose the Best Country for Your Overseas Retirement, Part II
Last week I wrote an installment about how to choose the best country for your overseas expat retirement. It's a complicated process because there are so many factors that come into play. I suggested you begin with some soul searching and serious conversation with your significant other if you … [Read more...] about How to Choose the Best Country for Your Overseas Retirement, Part II
How To Choose the Best Country for your Overseas Retirement
Once you're bitten by the expat, overseas bug, how do you go about choosing your best country for overseas retirement? At the risk of stating the obvious, it's a vital part of your relocation process. In fact, it's so obvious I needed to be reminded of it! A few days ago I received this email … [Read more...] about How To Choose the Best Country for your Overseas Retirement
Countdown! On the Move to Panama
Well, it's official. We've vacated our house in Florida. Even as I type this, the estate sales company is in there pulling everything out of cupboards and drawers, tagging it and getting ready to sell it all off on Saturday. And, frighteningly, even though we feel as though we're selling off … [Read more...] about Countdown! On the Move to Panama
Countdown: All Dressed Up and No Place to Go
Tomorrow is February 1, the day we had planned to move to Panama. But we're not going. Why? Still no tenants for our Florida house. Everything else is poised and ready. Once we get the go-ahead -- in the form of a signed lease agreement -- we're ready to whip into our last-minute action. Until … [Read more...] about Countdown: All Dressed Up and No Place to Go
Holding On and Letting Go
My parents both had hoarding tendencies. Oh, I don't mean their house was like some of those horrible places you see on TV shows -- you didn't have to weave your way through towering piles of old newspapers or anything like that. But they held onto stuff. After my mother died last summer, we … [Read more...] about Holding On and Letting Go