International Real Estate

My time in Europe is almost at an end. Latin America beckons. In less than two weeks I’ll board a plane in Lisbon and cross the Atlantic to Cancun. And from there I’ll be spending some time in Costa Rica, Panama, and of course at my base in Cabo. But it’s been an eventful summer Read more...: Buying Overseas For Pleasure

Last week I spent three days in Portugal’s second city, Porto. It’s a place I love to visit, and I return often. It’s walkable, laidback, and the food is great. The famed historic neighborhood of Ribeira lies right alongside the River Douro where, along with barrels of fortified wine, the barges now carry tourists on Read more...: Porto’s Best Kept Secret

As an Irish man, my home country will always have my heart. I spend my summers (when the weather here is at its best) in my home county of Cork and use that time to also explore the rest of the country. Ireland is a small country, it’s just 302 miles long and 171 miles Read more...: Irish Cottages for Less Than $110k

The South of France is synonymous with glitz, glamour, and out-of-this world real estate prices. But look beyond the beaches of Cannes and the high-end celeb hangout of Antibes and it is possible to find bargain homes in the South of France. And one region in particular is worth paying attention to… Languedoc-Roussillon essentially covers Read more...: South of France Homes for Less Than €100k

Have you heard the story about Mr. Goxx, the crypto-trading hamster? This isn’t the opening line of a joke. And the kicker is…he’s doing better than most human investors! Putting Mr. Goxx’s hamster skills to use as a crypto trader was the brainchild of two Germans in their 30s. Mr. Goxx’s owner told the BBC: Read more...: A German Hamster and the Italian Invasion