Live & Invest Overseas Conference – International Living

Practical, How-to Guidance to Save You Time, Trouble, and Money

Plus in addition to our destination picks, we’ll hand you all the how-to guidance you need to take smart advantage of the best opportunities overseas right now, like…

• Where to put your dollars today. Find out how to protect yourself against the faltering greenback…and capitalize on the strength of currencies—and economies—elsewhere in the world.

• Our proven checklist to help you prioritize what it is you’re really looking for. Beachside retreat… mountain hideaway… big-city apartment… quiet farmhouse… vineyard villa…We’ll help you define your wants and needs. And we’ll tell you the countries where you’ll find the best quality and values on everything from real estate to groceries.

• A plain-English interpretation of property laws around the world. Far from straightforward, property laws are in some places open to creative interpretation…in others very cut and dry. Find out, in easy-to-understand terms, what you should do to stay out of trouble and protect your investment.

• Ten things you should consider before you move or invest overseas—surefire ways to save yourself time, money, and hours of frustration later on….

• How to make money from the world’s most undervalued real estate…and the top destinations right now for international property investment. Just because the bottom has fallen out of real estate markets here at home, doesn’t mean you can’t still profit handsomely overseas. Find out about emerging markets where you can buy property today and resell it for profits… and where to buy rental property that more than pays for itself…

• Where to find the most profitable business opportunities overseas. From a country where an investment in tourism gets you 10 years tax-free…to a nation where you’ll find a yellow brick road to import-export success… we’ll tell you about the best places to launch a business overseas… and give you on-the-ground insights about what works… and what doesn’t.

• Where to enjoy the world’s best retirement lifestyle. The countries that offer the best incentive programs to lure people just like you (tax write-offs, discounts, easy residency, and more). They offer a low cost of living, comfortable (often luxurious) accommodation, excellent weather, ready-made English-speaking neighbors and friends, affordable and first-rate health care, and the comforts of a Rolls Royce lifestyle on a Honda Civic budget…

• How to fund your global lifestyle and live life on your schedule…anywhere in the world you want. We’ll profile three “jobs” that’ll go with you no matter where you live or travel…and can provide the flexibility and income you need to enjoy the quality of life you deserve…

Get the Inside Scoop on the World’s Best Destinations From the People Who Know Them Firsthand

At this year’s Live & Invest Overseas Conference, we’ll show you how you can take advantage of the best opportunities the world has to offer. We’ll show you the smartest ways to preserve—and improve—your lifestyle, your portfolio, your future…

Over two power-packed days, you’ll pick up more on-the-ground intelligence than you ever could in a year spent researching on your own.

That’s because—in one place—you’ll hear from not only “institutional experts” like investment advisors, real estate agents, and well-respected authorities on taxation, currencies, and international law…

But we’ll also have on hand our own editorial staff and friends from overseas, who will all be flying in from points around the globe. And that means you’ll be getting the straight scoop from folks already doing what you’re considering. And doing it now. In real time.

They’re investing their nest eggs in other countries, running businesses, building homes, enjoying luxurious (and affordable) retirements in gorgeous destinations the world over…and more.

To put it plainly: They’re not just living well…they’re living with the good feeling that their security isn’t dependent on an economic rally back home.

This fall, they’re going to show you how they did it. And how you can follow in their footsteps.

And you’ll hear from IL‘s publisher, Dan Prescher—who, based in Mexico these days, has also lived in Ecuador, Panama, and Nicaragua. He and his wife, Suzan Haskins, headed south after too many cold winters in Omaha, Nebraska. Today, they’re our down-to-earth and practical-minded eyes and ears on the ground in Latin America.

Dan will bring with him to Las Vegas a global perspective and talk about the countries around the world you should be paying most attention to…and why. He’ll help you distinguish our top picks from one from another on a “macro” level, highlighting the best opportunities each has to offer.

And then we’ll take some time to focus more closely on each…

Suzan, who oversees our Latin American publications, will draw your attention to several choice spots south of the border that nobody else is talking about yet…

Like a genteel Colonial city, for instance, where arched doorways beckon you in. Here the people are warm, the medical care is excellent (and extremely affordable), and the weather is always warm. A full-time housekeeper will cost you $100 a week and a full meal at a local spot will set you back just $4.

You’ll hear, too, from Lee Harrison. For many years, he was our Ecuador correspondent. Now, based in Uruguay, he spends part of his time at the beach resort of Punta del Este, part of his time in Montevideo, and the balance roaming Latin America in search of the best retirement destinations and property buys.

Lee will bring you his best picks this October…including, for instance, a secret hot spot where the beaches are dazzling white and the tropical ocean waters are 80 degrees year-round. It looks distinctly Caribbean, though it’s not. Here you can dine extravagantly for a song in wonderful waterfront restaurants…and a 2,400-square-foot apartment with three complete suites (as well as service quarters and a laundry room) lists for just $125,000…

Also with us in Las Vegas will be many more names you’ll recognize from our daily IL Postcards and monthly magazine…

Steenie Harvey, our European Correspondent, will join us to talk about the destinations on the other side of the pond where your energies are best spent. She’ll bring you the places where you’ll find the best quality of life, property bargains, and good-value investments.

You’ll hear about Italy, for instance, and the medieval magic of hill towns just a couple of hours from Rome—and within an hour of sandy beaches. Often crowned with castles or watchtowers, most feature cobblestone streets, arched passageways, and heavenly mountain vistas. It’s every bit as wonderful as Tuscany—just minus the tourists. And here $171,000 buys you an historic home, ready to move into. You’re 50 minutes from an airport, less than an hour to the beach. And you can be skiing in 35 minutes.

Or how about your own pied-a-terre in France? Steenie will fill you in on the places where your dollars still stretch today…from cosmopolitan Paris to rural France…

We’ll have on hand Jessica Ramesch, our Panama expert, who will tell you about why Panama always earns such high marks as one of the world’s top destination for retirees.

She’ll give you the full rundown on the special program designed to entice them, which offers such perks as 50% off closing costs for home loans…20% off medical consultations…15% off dental and eye exams…25% off airfares…and more…

Plus she’ll point you to the very best opportunities in this country for living—city picks, beachfront havens, and mountain retreats. In a big city close to great beaches (but away from the hustle of Panama City), you can own a two-bedroom home for $73,000…there’s a colonial quarter in the capital where property values have gone up by 100% thanks to the revitalization…a mountain destination where you’ll be equidistant from the capital city and the country’s best-known beaches…and much more…

And Glynna Prentice, Editor of Mexico Insider, will join us, too, to bring you the straight story about the best opportunities for living, retiring, and investing you’ll find in her adopted country.

She’ll tell you about how to best take advantage of the considerable savings waiting for you on medical treatments, for instance. Hip replacement? Stateside it would be $43,000 to $63,000. In Mexico, $12,000. Cataract surgery? Up north, $5,000 to $6,000 per eye. In Mexico, $1,600 to $1,800.

And, of course, Glynna will share her favorite spots for pampered, good-value living…some inland, some coastal…and the places where she sees the most profit potential, too.

Without question, you’ll come away from this program in October with a firm understanding about the places in the world today where you can most easily and affordably improve your lifestyle…protect your wealth…and even turn a profit.

Practical, Real-World Solutions
to Save You Time, Trouble, and Money Overseas

Of course, knowing where you should head—whether you’re planning a full-time move or a part-time hideaway—is only the first step in securing your own dream retirement.

This program in October is designed to walk you through the whole process. To make it transparent…and even fun. So we’ll spend time focusing on the kind of practical solutions you need to make your overseas dreams a reality quickly and easily. We’ll talk about…

• How you can best prepare for a move—no matter where you may find yourself headed. You’ll get useful checklists and the kind of “been there, done that, made that mistake” advice you can only pick up from folks who have walked down this path before you…

• The best, most convenient, most reliable, and most affordable ways to keep in touch when you’re living, traveling, and investing overseas. Get the real-world skinny on everything from cell phones to Internet access…from calling plans to snail mail…

• How to manage your health risks worldwide. Find out about the places that offer the most reliable, good-value health care…what to do about health insurance…and the questions you’ll want to ask before you leave home…

• The most efficient (and safest) ways to manage all those practical necessities, too, like banking, insurance, utilities, and such…

You could, no doubt, figure this stuff out on your own. But it’s the sort of thing that eats up hours and days, drives you nuts, and can potentially cost you hundreds—if not thousands—of dollars in unnecessary mistakes.

In October, we’ll spare you all of that and simply hand you the know-how (and contacts) we’ve gathered in our many decades of experience living, working, traveling, and investing all over the world.

It means that instead of flailing around, hoping you’re asking the right questions, you’ll know exactly who to turn to. Resources that are reliable, well-respected, and ready to show you exactly what you need to do to make your dreams come true…quickly and easily.

You can be off-and-running in the right direction fast and with confidence. We’ve had people come up to us in years past at the end of this annual event and tell us that it would have been well worth the price for this kind of intelligence alone…

Where—and How—to Find Real Estate Profits Outside the U.S.

But there’s actually much more to this event that I haven’t even mentioned yet.

As you probably suspect, investing in real estate overseas is different than investing at home. The specifics differ from country to country—and often from region to region within a country. So the process can be confusing and intimidating. And for lots of folks, that’s enough to deter them.

But it shouldn’t deter you. This October, we’ll lay it all out for you in simple, easy-to-understand terms. So you’ll be in a position to take action fast and with confidence.

We’ll show you…

• How to buy property…the questions you’ll want to be sure to ask…the resources you have at your disposal…the safeguards you’ll want to put in place…and more…

• Why—and how—to guarantee your purchase is safe and secure. Find out where to get property insurance, how to know if it’s a good deal, and what specifics you’ll want in your policy…

• How to raise capital overseas…and stretch your potential margin for gains…

• How to think—and act—like a global property investor. We’ll tell you the profit cues…the indicators to watch for…the warning signs that should spell caution…

Plus, naturally, we’ll talk about the specific destinations around the world where you can position yourself—and your portfolio—for the most significant gains right now. The places where you can hedge wisely against a sour economy at home.

Ronan McMahon, Editor of Real Estate Trend Alert—along with other savvy global real estate investors and developers—will share with you their experiences and their picks, like…

• Crisis investing opportunities that hold tremendous profit possibilities for you. “Crisis investing” means buying when everyone else wants—or needs—out. At a macro level, markets overreact and overshoot both on the up and down sides. Assets become mispriced. But mispriced assets can equal profit opportunity…if you grab the right assets, that is. Right now in certain markets, high-quality, completed units have been left sitting, waiting for buyers. Banks want out. And developers will take crazy-good deals, simply to move the properties off their books. In the right situations, these deals can be pure gold. We’ll show you where to find them…

• How you could pay 15% less than the launch price with an early-in deal on a brand-new development in Fortaleza, Brazil. And you can get in for something on the order of 1% down. That could be less than $1,000… and the best thing is that both the domestic and foreign tourism markets here are booming. Short-term rental returns are excellent—among the best we’ve seen anywhere. So this offers the prospect of capital appreciation during construction along with a strong rental yield on completion.

• A spot in “already-discovered” Costa Rica where the rainforest meets the ocean…and the views are jaw-dropping glorious. You’d think prices would be sky-high. Only it’s hard to get to…or, at least, it has been until now. Road improvements are underway, and there’s a real pocket of opportunity here as local prices increase to meet those in neighboring areas.

Protect Your Personal Privacy and Financial Freedom… the Same Way the Very Wealthy Do

Have you ever wondered why—even in a real economic downturn—the very wealthiest people seem to effortlessly maintain their quality-of-life…and even grow their wealth?

Very often, that’s because they pay well-informed advisors to show them how to do it. So this October, we’ve invited Larry Grossman, Director of Sovereign International Asset Management, Inc. to show you, for example, how you can liberate your IRA or pension plan… and double, triple, even quadruple the number of investment options you have…so you can increase your profit possibilities exponentially.

And you’ll hear, too, from Peter Laub of Jyske Global Asset Management. He’ll talk about how offshore opportunities can provide you asset protection through currencies, securities, and more.

You see, you don’t have to have tens of millions in the bank to take advantage of the same international structures the very wealthy rely on to minimize their taxes, protect their wealth and privacy, and boost their disposable income. You can do it, too.

A Chance to Ask Questions of the People Who Will Know the Answers

Throughout this event, you’ll not only benefit from each speaker’s formal presentations, but you’ll also have a chance to rub elbows with them in an informal way, too.

To be honest, that’s one of the real benefits of our live events. They aren’t stuffy. Our speakers don’t swoop in, grip the podium for an hour, and then retreat to a “green room.”

Instead, they’re friendly. Eager to share their insights. And incredibly accessible. That’s our trademark.

So beyond the formal sessions and many small-group workshops we have on the agenda, you can always chat with our speakers at breaks, at the bar, or at dinner.

You’ll have plenty of time to pick their brains about everything from renovating a home…to shopping for groceries…from wealth-protection strategies to finding quality medical care…from real estate rules in Panama or Mexico to getting young kids educated in a foreign land.

This year’s program is, arguably, the most important one we’ve hosted in the last decade. Because, let’s face it: the world is changing. And changing fast.

You’ll come away from this year’s Live & Invest Overseas Conference in Las Vegas with what amounts to a real-time template for your own dream retirement… a roadmap to help you guarantee your own comfort and prosperity…no matter what the economy back home does.