Expat Matters
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On 21st-century Retirement…Part-time in Paradise…Second Chances…and Making Some Money
Date: 10/28/2006International Living operates on a simple premise: The world is alive with opportunity for both fun and profit.
Read OnEscape From the Humdrum to the "Oh Wow!"
Date: 10/29/2006Late last evening, I checked into the lavish confines of the Five-Star Playa Bonita Resort in the tropical paradise of Panama. But forget about a room with a view--I have what you might call a room with a "Whew!" As in "Whew, if this isn't the original venue for the Garden of Eden, it has to have been the model for it!"
Read OnFire the IRS
Date: 10/31/2006Imagine…living overseas--often in the lap of luxury, invariably in a manner to which most of us have definitely not become accustomed, occasionally even in a fashion once exclusively reserved for the rich and famous--and doing it all for, that's right, pennies on the dollar!
Read OnSecond Chances Begin at 50
Date: 11/01/2006Yesterday, you'll recall, we learned how, where, and when to live like royalty in the farthest-flung reaches of the realm for mere "pennies on the dollar."
Read OnHow to Keep Your Money Away From the Grasping Hordes
Date: 11/02/2006"Turn out the lights, the party's over." And I'm sorry to see it end. After four fact-packed days of learning more about offshore investment opportunities than most people will even hear of in an entire lifetime, I'm sorry to see them strike the sets, kill the mikes, and bring the curtain down.
Read OnA New Life On a Tight Budget
Date: 11/05/2006Dreaming of a new life…a second chance…a second home…or, indeed, full-time retirement…overseas? Dreaming…but not doing?
Read OnConfessions of a Modern Traveler
Date: 11/18/2006"Newby was born at the tail end of the Victorian and Edwardian era, when Englishmen explored the world with purpose and intent rather than for frivolous pleasure, enduring gender-testing hardship wherever possible. By the time Newby got going the old spirit had diminished, but he did his best to keep it alive."
Read OnTop Ten Tips For a Happy Life
Date: 11/21/2006I've been an expat in Latin America for more than five years, most of that spent in Mexico. I've learned a lot in that time, most notably:
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