I own property in four countries. Here's why I'm finally talking about it
For a long time, I kept this on the dl, not even mentioning it to friends and family. Owning property in multiple countries sounds like something you'd only bring up to brag, and that's just not me.
But in the past year, I've had the same conversation repeatedly with those in my inner circle. It actually started a few years ago when a cousin I'd never met called me out of the blue to discuss her retirement plans. She'd heard I had a single property in Mexico and wanted to know more. Within a few months, she and her husband purchased their home not too far from mine.
From there, it went quiet, until circumstances forced people to start rethinking whether they should have a life somewhere else as an option. A friend of a friend. Someone I met online. A passing mention in a random conversation. Each one with some version of the same question: Do you really have a backup plan? Could I actually do it?
I do have a backup plan. Actually, I have four of them. And I've spent years figuring out what I know — through trial, research, expensive mistakes, and a growing network of people doing the same thing internationally.
I'm not a lawyer. I'm not a certified financial advisor. I'm not a relocation consultant in the traditional sense. I'm someone who documents what she learns and shares it. That's it. That's this.
This blog is the ongoing documentation of what international property ownership, temporary residency, and building an escape hatch actually looks like in reality, not from the dreamy perspective of someone whose world is their oyster and has the resources to just pick up and leave.
If you're quietly wondering whether a setup like this could work for you, whether there's a version of "backup plan" that's practical and affordable, not just theoretical, you're in exactly the right place.
For a lot of people I've talked to, it's less about leaving and more about having a choice. That distinction matters to me too.
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