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Book SynopsisAchieve your dream of retiring abroad while on a budget The International Living Guide to Retiring Overseas on a Budget provides a detailed guide to one of the least-known but most effective retirement strategies in today''s chaotic economic environment: retiring abroad. The premise is simple: Enjoy a happier, healthier, more fulfilling retirement than you could possibly afford in the U.S. or Canada by finding the right overseas retirement haven. The book reveals those affordable havens and the strategies for successfully making the move that could save your retirement. Aimed at retirees and near-retirees in the U.S. and Canada, this book''s strategies apply just as well to younger people and people with families who are looking for ways to improve their quality of life while at the same time lowering their cost of living. It includes solutions for the challenges of continuing to work and earn money abroad, too.
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Table of Contents
foreword ix
Bill Bonner
Introduction xi
What if you could retire better, more affordably,and even earlier than you expected?
Part one
Contemplating an Exciting Move1
Chapter 1
Can You Afford to Retire Where You Live? 3
Chapter 2
Can You Really Live (Well) Overseason $25,000 a Year?15
Chapter 3
What’s Your Deal Breaker?23
Chapter 4
The Most Common (and Avoidable) Mistakes Expats Make 33
Chapter 5
Health Care: Myth versus Reality 39
Chapter 6
The Challenges of Language and Culture 53
Part Two
Making the Move: It’s a Big World Where Should YOU Go? 61
Chapter 7
Belize: No Shirt, No Shoes, No Problem(and It’s All in English!) 63
Chapter 8
Costa Rica:Your Easiest Choice 73
Chapter 9
Ecuador: Something for Everyone 87
Chapter 10
Mexico: The Top Foreign Destination for U.S. and Canadian Retirees103
Chapter 11
Nicaragua: Ready for Prime Time117
Chapter 12
Panama: The World’s Best Retirement Program(and Much More)131
Chapter 13
Uruguay: More First World Than the United States? 145
Chapter 14
Europe: All the Ingredients for the Good Life157
Chapter 15
Southeast Asia: Exotic and Affordable175
Chapter 16
Boots on the Ground: Zeroing In on the Community That’s Right for You 189
Chapter 17
You Found Your Paradise. Now What?: Should You Rent or Buy? And How to Know When Halfway Isn’t the Wrong Way 199
Chapter 18
Once You Know Where You’re Going: Put Your Plan in Action 207
Part Three
Once You Get There: Adjusting to Your New Life 217
Chapter 19
Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitude: Maintaining the Bridge between Your Past and Present Lives 219
Chapter 20
When the Hammock Gets Boring: What to Do after You Retire and Move Overseas 227
Chapter 21
Moving On: This Is Not a One-Way Highway 239
Epilogue If We Knew Then What We Know Now 245
Index 251
