Lee Harrison

Lee has been living overseas for nearly two decades, making his first purchase abroad in the colonial city of Cuenca, Ecuador. He's traveled extensively across Latin America and Europe looking for the best property deals possible. Lee’s network of property insiders from those travels, along with his understanding of local cultures and languages, has helped him develop insight into local property markets that only the locals usually possess. He offers overseas real estate advice as a contributor to Overseas Property Alert.

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Arequipa, Peru’s Real Estate And Residency Are Eye-Catching

The Basílica catedral is mandatory place to visit when looking at Arequipa, Peru's Real Estate

Peru: Offering The Best Destination You’re Not Hearing About  Plus: She’s Stealing Your Apartment! And Where To Invest US$150,000 My first trip to Peru revealed one of my absolute best discoveries in Latin America… and also one of my most disappointing. And my biggest and best surprise was found by looking into Peru’s immigration and […]

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Panama’s Organic Avocado Plantation Offers Low-Risk, High Returns

Avocados Offers Low-Risk, High Returns On Investment

Earn 16.2% Per Year By Investing In Organic Avocados Plus: Taxes On Worldwide Income, Post-Earthquake Ecuador, And Ignore Walter From Panama I get a number of questions each week about how and where to invest in international real estate. In many cases, the investor has limited funds available to make such an investment, so simply

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How To Cash In On Cali, Colombia’s Lucrative Rental Market

A Low Entry Point Into Cali’s Lucrative Rental Market Plus: Receiving Medicare Abroad, And Pairing Belize With Mexico For Overseas Living I was out taking photos of Cali, Colombia, and I came across an attractive Italian bakery on a corner in the El Peñón neighborhood. In a provincial style, it had a heavy wooden door

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How To Take Total Control Of Your Self-Directed IRA

Making Offshore Investments

Plus: “My 8-Year-Old Students Can Write Better Than You…” I’ve often made reference to self-directed IRAs, and the fact that you can use them to invest in property overseas… as well as for many other non-traditional investments. I’ve even compared them to self-directed 401Ks. This is a popular and important topic, and many of you

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Uncovering The Best Condos For Sale In Mazatlán, Mexico

Best Condos For Sale

1 U.S. dollar equals 18.00 Mexican pesos. Just last week, we closed on a brand-new condo right on the boardwalk here in Mazatlán, Mexico. This came after two years of exploring up and down the Mexican coast and then evaluating one neighborhood against another within Mazatlán’s 20 miles of beaches. I preferred Mazatlán on Mexico’s

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Portugal’s Golden Visa Program Offers Residency And Profit

Algarve rock - coast in Portugal

Obtain European Residency With A Chance To Profit In Portugal Plus: A Potentially Great Path-Of-Progress Buy Obtaining residency in a foreign country is one of the most important benefits of buying real estate abroad. I write frequently about obtaining residency through property purchase, and the examples of good programs are almost always in Latin America.

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Do Corrupt Countries In The World Affect Their Expats?

Corrupt Countries In The World

Plus: I Thought You Said You’d Never Invest In Brazil I got an email comment this week from a guy, also named Lee, in California: I was surprised to read the quote from Lee Harrison in Valentine Fouché’s article about Medellín: “Medellín… has the same diverse natural beauty as Ecuador but (and this has become

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The 6 Rules For Making Money Buying Property Abroad

Making Money Buying Property Overseas

Plus: “How About The Risks Involved With That 17% Return?” You don’t make money when you sell a piece of real estate, but when you buy it. Before making any property purchase anywhere, you want to feel comfortable about the basic fundamentals. First, that you’re getting a good value… Second, that you’re buying into a

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