A Simple Escape: The Back-To-Basics Lifestyle In Cayo, Belize
Unadulterated Escape I recognized the feeling when it hit… I’ve had it every time I’ve returned to this little corner of the world—the sensation of unadulterated escape. Escape from the obligations of...
View ArticleHow Each Region Of Belize Reveals Another Lifestyle Option
Finally, It Was Time To Bug Out Of Belize City Finally… after three days inside the meeting rooms of the Ft. George Hotel, it was time to bug out of Belize City… Belize City is poor, underdeveloped,...
View ArticleUsing FBA Book Arbitrage To Fund Your Dream Life In Belize
How To Earn $10,000 Per Month Working Part Time In Cayo, Belize “So, Tony, here you are retired in Belize,” I began… “If you don’t mind my asking, what do you do with yourself all day long day after...
View ArticleGlobal Property Investing Made Easy – Here’s How
On stage at last week’s Global Property Summit in Panama City, with the help of friends, colleagues, and property experts from around the world, we recounted tales of success… and of failure. We shared...
View Article7 Cheapest Places On The Caribbean
The Caribbean is one of the world’s most iconic travel destinations. The palm trees and sandy beaches bathed in sunshine have fired countless imaginations and spawned thousands of holiday brochures and...
View ArticleTales From The LIOS Archives–Rome Wasn’t Built In A Day
The Real Estate Agents Will Wear Pants, I Promise I hosted the first conference of my career some 30 years ago in Costa Rica. It was a tour, too. The group spent a few days in San José and then a few...
View ArticleA Definitive Guide To The World’s Oldest Sport: Ulama
In This Bizarre And Sometimes Deadly Ancient Sport, It’s All About The Hips The oldest known sport in the world, played a millennia before the first Greek Olympic Games, is being revived. In this...
View ArticleThe 5 Phases Of Ambergris Caye’s Changing Property Market
I’ve watched it play out scores of times over the more than three decades I’ve been paying attention… Demographics on the move. First come the backpackers, surfers, or divers. Followed by the...
View ArticleThe Five Easiest Countries To Move To Overseas
Isn’t it easier to just stay home? If that’s how you’ve been talking yourself out of moving overseas, then you’re not alone. Every would-be expat has, at some point, been haunted by this very thought....
View ArticleWill You Be Our Next Retire Overseas Conference Success?
I meet thousands of our Live and Invest Overseas readers at conferences we host each year. And I love hearing about their live-and-invest-overseas adventures post-conference. Past attendee Gary N., for...
View Article10 Best Places To Buy Real Estate Overseas In 2018
If you’ve been reading these dispatches for any time, you know that I’m all in on real estate overseas. In our world today, I’d say that international property stands out more strongly than ever among...
View ArticleA Placencia, Belize, Primer: Communities, Costs, And Condos
If Belize has been on your radar, focusing on Placencia couldn’t come at a better time. Seventeen miles of white-sand beaches… dazzling turquoise-blue water teaming with fish… cooling trade winds...
View ArticleWhy Belize Is Such A Great Fit For Canadian Snowbirds
In my 14 years living in Belize I have often remarked at how many happy-go-lucky, friendly, community-minded Canadians live here. For the longest time I thought that it was only a trick of my...
View ArticleYour Easy Guide To Opening A Business In Belize
Opening a business in Belize can be both surprisingly easy and comically frustrating. Don’t get me wrong… you’ll find only a small fraction of the red tape you’d encounter if you were opening a...
View ArticleCelebrating Garifuna Settlement Day In Belize
Enjoying The Garifuna Celebration In Belize I’m still groggy from my predawn start as I wade through the crowds of spectators, the competing music from different loudspeakers vibrating me to my core....
View ArticleHow I Spend The Holiday Season In Belize
Cozy, flannel footsie pajamas… Warm hot chocolate overflowing with mini marshmallows… And if we were lucky, a snowfall by morning that meant school would be cancelled… Growing up in the Northeast meant...
View ArticleThe 10 Best Places To Live Overseas In 2019
If you could live anywhere, where would you go? Here are the top 10 places to consider for 2019, the 10 best places in the world to live, retire, chase adventure, and reinvent your life in the New...
View ArticleThe 6 Best Markets For Investing In 2019
As my Global Property Advisor Editor Samantha Russell laid out in her year-end round-up, 2018 has been very good to us global property investors. This past year we’ve positioned ourselves for profit...
View ArticleWhat I’ve Learned From Living 6 Years In Corozal Town, Belize
Over the six years I’ve been living in Corozal Town, Belize, I’ve watched as this sleepy coastal village has evolved into a much more vibrant, comfortable, and convenient place to be. For me, Corozal...
View ArticlePleasant, Polite, And Peculiar: Experts Discuss Living In Belize
“The problem isn’t the problem. The problem is your attitude toward the problem.” “That was Jack Sparrow’s theory,” explained part-time Belize expat and full-time Belize businessman Phil Hahn to the...
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