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Suzan Haskins recently spent time in an area of Mexico that, she affirms, has been misrepresented by mainstream media for decades. Baja California, which includes cities such as Ensenada, Rosarito, and Tijuana, is, as far as she’s concerned, a place where you can live a California lifestyle at half the price.
Rhonda took a solo trip to Portugal to explore the country on a real estate tour offered by Ronan McMahon's Real Estate Trend Alert and Ideal Homes. It was love at first sight when she laid eyes on Tavira, in Portugal's sunny Algarve region. "Tavira ticked all of my boxes," Rhonda says. "I wanted a large, well-established expat community so that I...
It was the summer of 2017. My husband Pat and I were working on getting our financial future in order. This involved mundane tasks such as reviewing insurance policies and ensuring we were on track with short- and long-term savings. To know if we were “on track,” we recognized the need for a clearly stated destination.
One reason so many Irish Americans are exercising their right to citizenship in their ancestral homeland is that it’s a better economic environment. If you’ve got enough Irish in you, applying for a second passport from the Emerald Isle could be your ticket to future prosperity.
Pedasí is a small and very safe beach village located on the Azuero Peninsula, about 220 miles from Panama City. It’s home to around 300 expats. Within a few miles of the town center are three beautiful, mostly deserted beaches.
To this day, the Cameron Highlands in Malaysia are like a step back in time to an imaginary England—a place of perfectly mown lawns, gin and tonic on the veranda, and smouldering glances over croquet.
Families in Spain traditionally cared for elders at home, so assisted living facilities are a relatively recent development. However, since most women are now working and Spain’s population is aging, senior care residencies are proliferating rapidly. All along the Mediterranean coast, developers are responding to a growing market by building “senior resorts”...
There have long been Mexican retirement homes in expat havens like Lake Chapala or large cities like Mexico City. But now facilities are becoming increasingly sophisticated. To tap into the senior market—both in Mexico and in the U.S.—savvy developers are building developments in Mexico that are senior-friendly.
With the steady influx of expats, tourists, and foreign influence, some assisted living facilities have popped in Costa Rica, in and around the capital of San José in the Central Valley. It’s important to note the facilities themselves and the care available could be very different from a traditional assisted living facility you would be accustomed to finding back home.
Valerie began researching various destinations. She subscribed to International Living and found herself inspired. "I saw people offering relocation services in places like Panama, Costa Rica, and Ecuador," says Valerie. "I wanted to feel comfortable enough somewhere to help others adapt to life outside the U.S., as well."