How to Retire Overseas: Everything You Need to Know to Live Well (for Less) Abroad Paperback – March 29, 2011

I think I have tried figuring out retirement overseas backward. But it is a journey and everyone has their own way to research. Starting over again, I would begin with a really good book on the issue, and this book is one of those books. Since she has been in the business for many many years, she knows what people need to find out. She also asks questions, like a pop quiz to gauge just where you might be in deciding what to do.Having lived in Ireland, Paris and now Panama she, of course, has many stories from those locales. She also lives on a higher dollar level than many will find themselves in a position to do. $3000 rent for her Panama house seems pretty high to me, but as she says we all come from different view points. She does not seem to care much for Ecuador or Costa Rica, so if you want that information find another book. There was a section about Cuenca in Ecuador, however, that was quite informative.She speaks a few times in the book about taking your "stuff" and different bed sizes which I found fascinating. Who would have thought all the countries might have different sizes in beds........and she definitely loves her Maytag. For the most part though, she lets you know what you might need, and how others have handled this.It would have been nice to find a list of additional information sites at the back of the book. I expect though you can find much more information at her company site Live and Invest Overseas.

One aspect of the book that I found extremely helpful was how organized, concise, and informative the book and material were. Because of that I was able to read almost the entire book within one day and read exactly what I wanted to. There were even some helpful an insightful comments for anyone looking at the prospect of retirering overseas. As much as some people may want to increase the quality of a retirement life style, living overseas is not the answer for everyone and her comments helped me to think a little beyond the concept of just moving overseas.Last October I took an exploratory trip to Chiang Mai Thialand, for four weeks, to examine the prospect of living there. The publication date of her book is 2011. The inforamtion that she provided in the book about Chiang Mai is still very consistent, relative to prices and some of the aspects of the city, with my experiences while I was there. That being the case I would think that many of the costs of many of the cities profiled within the book are reasonably accurate. This would be in contrast to people or organizations that speak well of a destination, only to find out the those promoting "paradise" have some financial interest in doing so such as realtors or developers.To me accurate and inbiased information would be a very important aspect to anyone considering this kind of move.I think that the author did an excellent job of organizing the book and presenting accurate inofrmation on this subject.

Overall, I am very happy with the information I found in Kathleen's book. What I appreciated is it's a "nuts and bolts" analysis of the day-to-day stuff you have to deal with, just as you do in your daily life in America. It also gave a clear path to getting problems fixed in places that don't do business like the United States. She also was not shy about talking about the warts in the places you see as "paradise". Sometimes it's more like Gilligan's Island than Fantasy Island.My wife and me are both diabetic, and health coverage overseas is critical. In fact, I came to the conclusion I can't retire elsewhere simply because most insurance companies won't insure diabetics unless you fall into group coverage, and you won't when you retire.That is the type of detail you will find in the book, and I found it well worth the cost to find that out now, as opposed to finding it out after we put the wheels in motion to retire off-shore.I've grown tired of the "gee, everything is wonderful" approach many authors take when writing about this subject. Kathleen doesn't, but in fairness, she also describes well the things that you DO like in other countries.I found this book to be well done.

I enjoyed reading this book as I give thought to my own retirement in the not too distant future. The book is pretty well written for the nature of the topic, and it has covered a number of different topics to think about that I doubt I would not have thought to address until it was likely too late. I thought that there was a pretty diverse geographic areas, although most are in Latin or South America. It would have been nice to hear about some other places that would possibly fit within what the author was trying to accomplish in terms of costs to live abroad. That being said, there was still quite a bit to choose from. And at least one can use the criteria that she raises in the book when looking at other locations that may work for a permanent or part-time retirment location overseas. For someone just beginning to think about the idea of retiring overseas, I think it is a great starting point for that investigation.

This is the best book to start your research if you are at all interested in this subject. Before I ordered this, I had only heard about this as an option, having never considered it. After using it as a jumping-off point, I was able to compile the top three areas to research more fully, and the same author has a web site and a fill library of books from different countries and regions. I am happy to say that my wife is on board, and we are planning to visit our top choice in July to see if we fall in love. Then we plan to move after the first of the year. If not, we will move on to number 2 and 3. But I think number 1 is going to be the charm! I think Peddicord is probably the definitive source on this subject.

Not up to expectations. Very little solid useful information - especially for non US nationals. The only European countries included are France Italy & Ireland (all very expensive to live in) and Croatia, no mention of Spain Portugal, Greece, Turkey, Morocco or Tunisia. A very generalized, narrow, lopsided and incomplete overview which will not encourage this reader to sign up to the author's advisory service. Very disappointed.

An excellent, comprehensive guide for those considering retiring abroad. Can help to avoid mistakes and risks you never thought of!

Although this book gets some good reviews I was not overly impressed. The book gives you a very basic idea of how to retire over seas but it's main focus is to give you just enough information to get you interested but not enough to do much with. The book is written for an American audience and it's main purpose is to get you to buy more of her retire overseas products.I would not recomend this book.

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This book has lots of info, but I found it hard to read. Need more organization and at times it did not give very convincing information on whether one should actually live in these places, Qualifying income to live in some places, what was that really about? Giving out all personal data like this seemed a bit strange. Most of all, this book seemed to be written for people with a large retirement income, not the average run of the mill 75% of us out here. Come on, you guys can do better than this. There must still be some properties in other countries that are cheaper than the ones I read about in here. We all cannot afford nor are we looking for seaside resorts. How about an inexpensive apartment in Paris or in a villa somewhere in Europe where one can live on fresh local food everyday say within a short walk to a seaside or river or cultural centers? I will admit I didn't finish the book as it was not easy reading not geared to my end of the income market.