living abroad, what to know before you go

Living Abroad

• Retire Better• Happier• Healthier• Earlier

Home Sweet Home

Our Retirement Savings

• Where did they go?• What do we do now?

What Are Our Choices

• Florida?• North Carolina?• A College Town?• Tennessee?• California?• Utah?• A Nomadic Life?• Another Country?

Why Live Abroad?Lower Costs in Retirement

• Healthcare• Cost of Living• Taxes• Insurance• Recreation

Choosing a Destination

• What to Avoid?• What do you Want?• How Accessible? • What are the Risks?• What are the Costs?

Choosing a Foreign Destination

• What do you look for?

• Where do you look?

• How do you choose?

• City or Country?

• Rent or Buy?

What Do You Do Next

• Make a Plan• Define Criteria• Review Options• Narrow Choices• Visit Country(s)• Narrow to one or two Areas• Check it Out• Take a Property Tour

September 2008 Tour Group

What Resources are Available?

• Seminars• Books & Magazines• Blogs & Internet Sites• Personal Visits• Talk to Expats• Ask People how happy

they are

Can I Bring My Pets?

What Countries are Popular?

• Panama

• Costa Rica

• Mexico

• Argentina

• Italy

• France

• Brazil

• Nicaragua

• Columbia

Bogota, Columbia

Nicaragua

Panama City Skyline

Acapulco, Mexico Skyline

Italian Riviera

Quito, Ecuador Skyline

Guanajuato, Mexico

Pacific Coast of Costa Rica

Why We Chose Costa Rica

Questions?

See our other slide show labeled “Why Costa Rica” or “Relocate to Costa Rica” to

find out why we chose Costa Rica

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