Live and Invest Overseas

1 week ago | liveandinvestoverseas.com | Kathleen Peddicord

I went to work for Agora Publishing as a copy editor fresh out of school aged 21. Then I spent the next 14 years working my way up that ladder from editor to manager and eventually partner. With Agora I moved from Baltimore to Waterford, where I launched Agora Ireland. Seven years later, I made my second international move, again with Agora’s help, to Paris. Four years after that, I decided it was time to see what I could get up to on my own. At first I thought I’d try being retired.

2 weeks ago | liveandinvestoverseas.com | Kathleen Peddicord

In the four years following my divorce, my role at publishing house Agora continued to expand. Now I was a partner in the International Living business, rather than editor, and also managing the health division I’d launched. I’d put my marriage behind me and had fallen hard for a man at work. As my best friend, Beth, had warned me often throughout that relationship, “With a workplace romance, in the end, it’s always the woman who has to leave.”She was right.

3 weeks ago | liveandinvestoverseas.com | Kathleen Peddicord

“I’ve told the buyer from Dublin that the other buyer, the gentleman from Cork, is considering by how much he’d be willing to increase his offer,” John Rohan explained in a hurry as he burst through the door into the little room where Lief and I sat waiting. “However, the other buyer, the one from Cork, he’s gone. He said he’d reached his limit and excused himself from the bidding. He’s left the building. “Our buyer from Dublin doesn’t know this, but it won’t be long before he figures it out.

1 month ago | liveandinvestoverseas.com | Kathleen Peddicord

You’re moving to a new country. You’ll need a place to live. I say rent one. At least at first but maybe forever. Maybe your chosen haven won’t turn out to be all you hoped it would be. Or maybe you’ll find that the country suits you fine but the neighborhood where you’ve settled doesn’t. I’ve yet to meet an expat who regrets having made the move overseas, but I know many who weren’t happy with their initial location choices. That’s no problem—as long as you haven’t purchased your home.

1 month ago | liveandinvestoverseas.com | Kathleen Peddicord

“I am still surprised by the reactions I get when I tell people I live in Medellín, Colombia,” says Wendy Howarter. “A few years ago, my friends and family expressed fear, concern, and disbelief. Today I hear admiration, curiosity, even a little envy.”Few cities have experienced as dramatic a transformation in such a short timespan as has Medellín. In a handful of decades, it has transformed from one of the most dangerous cities in the world to one of the most highly acclaimed and sought-after.