The International Living Guide to Retiring Overseas on a Budget: How to Live Well on $25,000 a Year

Reinvent your retirement Imagine retiring 5 or 10 years early to a charming villa with a guest house, an ocean view, a weekly home cleaning service, and fresh milk and flowers delivered every morning. Now imagine living this life on $2,000 a month or less while expanding your horizons and having the grand adventure of a lifetime. This is no fairytalethis is the reality that millions of baby boomers are discovering as they enter or near retirement. In this book, youll discover where to find the good life at a price you can afford, and how you can make this dream future your own. Authors Suzan Haskins and Dan Prescher are a married couple who, over 12 years ago, left Omaha, Nebraska in search of a new life. Ever since, they have written about their expatriate experiences for International Living magazine, the only print magazine in the United States that focuses on living better for less overseas. In the pages of this book, their expertise is at your disposal, along with the most current information on purchasing property, securing health care, documentation requirements, banking, and more. The first step to relocating to paradise is finding the post–career haven thats right for you. The International Living Guide to Retiring Overseas on a Budget is a practical and inspirational manual for imagining a new lifeand then making it happen. With the little–known information, tools, and insights in this book, retirement can be everything you always hoped it would be. Live your adventure! For more information, see www.InternationalLiving.com.

Introduction What if you could retire better, more affordably, and even earlier than you expected? Part 1: Contemplating an Exciting Move… Chapter 1: Can You Afford to Retire Where You Live? Chapter 2: Can You Really Live ( Well ) Overseas On $25,000 a Year? Chapter 3: What’s Your Deal Breaker? Chapter 4: The Most Common (and Avoidable) Mistakes Expats Make Chapter 5: Health Care: Myth vs. Reality Chapter 6:  The Challenges of Language and Culture Chapter 7: Belize – No Shirt, No Shoes, No Problem (and It’s All in English!) Chapter 8: Costa Rica: Your Easiest Choice Chapter 9: Ecuador: Something for Everyone Chapter 10: Mexico: The Top Foreign Destination for U.S. and Canadian Retirees Chapter 11: Nicaragua: Ready for Prime Time Chapter 12: Panama: The World’s Best Retirement Program (and Much More) Chapter 13: Uruguay: More First World Than the U.S.? Chapter 14:  Europe: All the Ingredients for the Good Life Chapter 16: Boots On the Ground: Zeroing in On the Community That’s Right for You Chapter 17: You Found Your Paradise. Now What? Should You Rent or Buy? And How to Know When Half–Way Isn’t the Wrong Way Chapter 18: Once You Know Where You’re Going: Put Your Plan in Action Part 3: Once You Get There: Adjusting to Your New Life Chapter 20:  When the Hammock Gets Boring… What to Do After You Retire and Move Overseas Chapter 21:  Moving On: This is Not a One–Way Highway Epilogue: If We Knew Then What We Know Now

SUZAN HASKINS and DAN PRESCHER have been writing about life outside the United States for more than 12 years. Suzan and Dan ran a marketing firm in Omaha, Nebraska. In 2001, they moved to Quito, Ecuador to write for International Living . They have traveled and lived in numerous locations in Central and South America.