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First, because, for me, the flip side of comfortable and convenient is dull and predictable. Life in the United States is fully figured out, leaving little room for the unexpected and the incalculable. Then there’s the overregulation, overreach, invasions of privacy, and poor government stewardship of the people’s money that dominate this landscape. For me, […]
Even I… a woman who really prefers to do things for herself and by herself… have learned an important lesson: Life the way we live it is much easier with help. For Lief and me, life can be complicated. Our constant priority is diversification. This is both a risk-aversion strategy and a personal preference. We […]
“If you were to make specific recommendations for how to go about creating a Plan B, what would they be?” So I began the opening panel discussion for our Emergency Offshore Summit taking place in Panama City this week. On stage with me were our favorite legal eagle from Colombia Juan Dario Gutierrez… Cayman Islands […]
After nine weeks on the road in Europe, Lief Simon is in Las Vegas this week co-hosting this year’s Retire Overseas Conference with his wife Kathleen Peddicord. Kathleen reports on the goings-on live from the scene… “Welcome to Las Vegas… welcome to Live and Invest Overseas’ Sixth Annual Retire Overseas Conference…” So I addressed the […]
Lief and I arrived in the heart of Lisbon’s business and banking district yesterday and installed ourselves in a hotel housed in a building that dates back 300 years at least. Other buildings up and down this tree-lined street are older. I’m at home here. I’m most comfortable in cities and structures with long pasts. […]
“If you want to grow, you have to go to a place that’s growing.” –Panamanian businessman Jose Bern “Panama has three things going for it—location, location, location.” –Expat investor David Stubbs “What’s the first word that comes to mind when you hear ‘Panama’?” expat-investor David Stubbs asked the crowd in Panama City yesterday morning. “The […]
“Welcome to Panama and welcome to Lief Simon’s Third Annual Global Property Summit…” So I began bright and early this sunny Panama morning in the meeting rooms of Panama City’s Marriott Hotel. “I’ve been scouting foreign property markets for more than 30 years… since 1985,” I continued for all assembled. “I made my first foreign […]
I didn’t set out to become an overseas property investor. It happened by accident. In 1998, I was moving, with my then brand-new husband Lief Simon, my 8-year-old daughter, and my business, from the East Coast of the United States to Waterford, Ireland. Arriving in Ireland, we needed a place to live. We could have […]
Back home in Panama City after nearly three weeks on the road celebrating the holidays, first Christmas in the States, then New Year’s in Medellín, Colombia, we return to our adopted home town with rejuvenated eyes and a fresh perspective. And we’re reminded why Panama is a benchmark against which other retirement havens are compared. […]
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