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SECTION ONE - EXOTIC REAL ESTATE - AMAZING ARCHITECTURE . How to Buy a Private Island - 9 Steps to Successful Private Island Purchase  By Chris Krolow and Renée Redmond  How to Buy a Private Island - 9 Steps to Successful Private Island Purchase - If you're thinking "a private island… sure, maybe when I win the lottery," don't despair - buying a private island is a much more attainable goal than you probably realize.   Amazing Architecture: Casa Batlló in Barcelona, Spain By Michael Felton-O’Brien Amazing Architecture: Casa Batlló in Barcelona, Spain - Barcelona is a city filled with an unbridled spirit of joy which is made evident in everything from the tasty tapas to the flamboyant Flamenco dancing; it can even be seen in the many examples of the city’s world famous architecture.   North East of Brazil for Retirement and Real Estate Investment  From The Bionexus Team North East of Brazil for Retirement and Real Estate Investment - The Northeast of Brazil found its avocation: to be the tropical paradise where Europeans spend and invest their euros. Portuguese, Spaniards, French, Italians, Germans and Scandinavian are invading the region to do business, spend holidays or enjoy their retirement in a place with pleasant climate and at prices much more affordable than those in Europe.   A Whole New Kind of Real Estate  By Janet Darbey A Whole New Kind of Real Estate - I have been writing about Real Estate in Greece for some years now. I spent some time working in Real Estate in England, before I moved permanently to Greece twelve years ago. I have also researched and co written a book about buying a home in Greece. So why, after five or six years of searching the properties listed by Real Estate agents in Corfu, have I still not bought one? The question is more complex than you would think. Let me explain.   Who needs an Environmental Evaluation? Contributed By Smartlink Who needs an Environmental Evaluation? - In Costa Rica, as in most other regions, everyone can benefit from having an Environmental Evaluation done on your property, or one you are considering to purchase. Whether you do it for your own use or as part of a governmental requirement, this is a valuable tool for your project.   Real Estate in Monaco  By Roger Munns Real Estate in Monaco - While Monaco enjoys the attention of the world's media for one weekend every May, she also attracts many people long term to become residents due to her tax haven status, and residents enjoy a zero rated income tax. In recent years Monaco has attracted the wealthy for another visit. The annual Monaco Yacht Show in September has the most exclusive yachts in the world moor at the harbour in Fontvieille, and the hotels in Monte Carlo and Monaco are booked full nearly a year in advance.   Off Plans Delivery in Spain  By Mark Wilkins Off Plans Delivery in Spain - The dismantling of a builder’s crane – which some now say is now the national bird of Spain – is a fairly new sight on Spain’s Costas del Sol or Blanca. For many, it signifies an important step on the road to obtaining the keys to their new property. It implies that the “off plan” property, reserved up to two or more years ago, is approaching “delivery”   Real Estate In Brazil -  Imobiliária Em Brasil - By EscapeArtist.com New - Real Estate In Brazil - See our new page dedicated to resources and information on Real Estate In Brazil -  Articles, links and resources on Real Estate In Brazil - Imobiliária Em Brasil - Note, this is not an article page, but a new EscapeArtist.com resource for international real estate. By EscapeArtist.com   International Real Estate Marketplace Featured Listings International Properties With Color Photos International Real Estate Marketplace Featured Listings - See this month's featured real estate listings - Real estate in New Zealand, Chile, Brazil, Croatia, Panama, Belize, Costa Rica, and from around the world. Each month we feature new properties in our featured listings, colored photographs and access to our entire database of properties from around the world. Find your dream property and plan your escape.   INTERNATIONAL REPORTS ON OVERSEAS RELOCATION Uruguay for Retiring, Investing, or Just Good Living by Lee Harrison - Uruguay for Retiring, Investing, or Just Good Living by Lee Harrison - If you've never considered Uruguay as a place to live,  or even to visit you’re going to be completely surprised by all it has to offer - The country is diverse. Montevideo is a old-world European style city with fine restaurants, colorful markets, sycamore-lined streets and a cultural scene second to none. Here you’ll encounter an honest, European culture that’s representative of what you’ll see throughout the country. In Colonia, you’ll find that the original Portuguese settlement has been restored, and its residents have made it one of the finest examples of old colonial architecture in South America. With it’s year ‘round tourist trade, Colonia is a great place to invest in a colonial restoration or a rental property.  Living & Investing In Panama - Find Out About Living & Investing In Panama - As things continue to deteriorate inside the United States intelligent people are looking offshore for a stable relocation safe-haven - Panama has it all - Panama is affordable - Panama is modern - Panama is two and one-half hours by air from Florida - Panama is stable - Panama has great real estate - Panama uses the US Dollar - Panama has almost no crime - Panama has a good climate - Panama is enviromentally pristine - North Americans, Canadians & Europeans are welcome in Panama - Find Out About Living & Investing In Panama - Everything You Need to Know About Immigrating to Australia - Everything You Need to Know About Immigrating to Australia  - “Thinking about working in or immigrating permanently to Australia  … and frustrated with trying to get answers from government sources? Don’t spend a single cent – or waste a minute more – on your visa application until you read about this report -

. See This Month's International Real Estate Marketplace Featured Listings . . . X   Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages.  - - H. L. Mencken

Taxing the World  From Doug Casey's "What We Now Know" Taxing the World - Longtime readers will know where we stand on the subject of taxes. They are theft, just like anything else that coerces you out of your hard-earned money at the point of a gun. True, it is part of the social compact that we put up with a certain amount of taxation in order to pay for government services that we want. But—without getting into any discussion of the “necessity” of most government services, not to mention pure pork barrel spending—this does not in any way change the nature of the transaction. It’s still theft.    The Only Three Reasons To Be In Real Estate  By David Lindahl The Only Three Reasons To Be In Real Estate - There are only three reasons to be in Real Estate. If any one tells you any differently, then they don’t understand real estate investing. The three reasons to be in real estate are Cash Now, Cash Monthly and Cash Later. Let’s take a closer look at each one of them.   The Pros and Cons of Off Plan Property Investment  By Rhiannon Williamson The Pros and Cons of Off Plan Property Investment - Because stock markets around the world have lost a lot of their appeal, the excess money in people’s coffers has been ploughing into international real estate at a rate never previously experienced.  As a direct result of this intense interest in overseas property the demand for real estate in many locations such as Dubai and Spain is outstripping supply by up to 75%.  ...

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Making Money Overseas - Writing eBooks For EscapeArtist.com By EscapeArtist.com Making Money Overseas - Writing eBooks and Reports For EscapeArtist.com - Yes, you can make money writing eBooks and reports for us, good money. In fact you can make enough money to live on overseas. We are now seeking eBook reports on almost any subject; not just on expatriate issues. We have had so much success with our eBooks that we have decided to expand our library to include more subjects - - subjects that are important even if they are not directly related to expatriate issues. By EscapeArtist.com . Offshore Medical Schools - Foreign Medical Schools - Covers the Offshore Medical Schools in the Caribbean as well as Europe & Asia.  Our Foreign Medical Schools Section - Covers the Offshore Medical Schools Options. Entry into American Medical Schools is hampered by AMA quotas. Ward Dean M.D. of The Center for Bio-Gerontology, Pensacola, FL  spoke out on this issue in an article entitled Solving the Medical Care Crisis in the United States with a Free Market Approach. In this article he stated, "Open [up the] enrollments in medical, nursing, and other health-care related fields like X-ray, laboratory technology, physical therapy, etc., to allow all qualified applicants to enroll. Acceptance into medical, nursing, and other schools in the health care field is very competitive. For example, there are probably 10-20 qualified applicants for every vacancy in medical school. Most nursing schools have 2-3 year waiting periods (despite an alleged chronic shortage of nurses). Many highly motivated and talented people wind up going into other fields. If there are not enough vacancies, or not enough schools to accommodate the demand, the class sizes should be increased, or more schools should be built!"  We agree with Dr. Dean - Until his advice is taken, if it is, students have the option of attending Foreign Medical Schools rather than abandoning their dream.  Dont Let The US Governement Crush Your Dreams Attend A Foreign Medical School ...... INTERNATIONAL REPORTS ON OVERSEAS MONEY MAKERS Get a Job on a Luxury Cruise Ship - Quickly & Easily! -Get a Cruise Ship Job! - Click Here "Discover how you can Travel to the World's Most Exotic Places...having the Best Time of Your Life...and Get Paid for it!" - “Now is the best time in history to get a job on a cruise ship” - Get Paid to Travel the World Having the Best Time of Your Life! - “It’s almost the perfect job!” -  Careers In Yachting - A Unique Lifestyle Career - A Special Report -  How To Get A Yachting Job - Where to go to look for a yachting job. • Who to talk to get it. • Where to stay while searching for employment. • How to make ends meet until you find a job. • About and how to deal with crew agencies. • Extremely effective means of obtaining employment outside of agencies. • The ins and outs of interviewing. • The pros and cons of working on a charter yacht versus a private yacht. • Crewing as a couple. • Vital tips that will put you ahead of the pack. • Crucial mistakes not to make and much, much more.  The Portable Professional - Earn A Living Worldwide - The Portable Professional - Earn A Living Worldwide - It is now possible to make a living from anywhere you can log on.  The technology is there and the opportunities are there.  Mark McMahon has written an eye-opening report on how to make a living worldwide.  Earn US Dollars and/or EUROS from wherever you are on the planet.  The options are limitless and the time is now.  Learn more about how to break free - learn how you can live your life like it belongs to you - Live Where You Want To Live! ~ Live How You Want To Live! ~ And Make Money Doing It! - .

Travel Writing and Photography Workshops Next Live Event - Paris May 24-27, 2006

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.  - - Douglas Adams

An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.  - - H. L. Mencken

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SECTION FOUR -  ASSET PROTECTION / PRIVACY

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PRIVACY STRATEGIES - A Practical All-in-One PC Security Solution  By Mark Nestmann PRIVACY STRATEGIES - A Practical All-in-One PC Security Solution - Big brother wants to track you on the Internet. Thanks to The New York Times, we now know that the NSA is illegally screening virtually all Internet and email traffic going or coming to or going from the U.S. If that’s not enough, the USA PATRIOT Act requires ISPs to hand over customer information, e-mail records, browsing records, etc., without a warrant. . Obtaining Residency And A Second Passport From The Dominican Republic - Obtaining Residency And A Second Passport From The Dominican Republic - John Schroder has written numerous articles for EscapeArtist.com - He has devised a unique residency / passport program that is quick and effective. While not given mention by the so-called 'instant passport' websites, John's program results in residency in less time than any program we know about.  In addition, with John's program one ends up with a legitimate passport, unlike the sort of document that the 'instant passport' scam artists proffer.  Take the time to contact John and find out what he can provide in terms of residency. The feedback that we get from John's clients demonstrates that John has the speed record for providing offshore residency.  Getting a passport after residency involves method.  John knows the method.  If you want residency and a passport in hurry, go see John -  ..... Don't let anyone with a 91 IQ deprive you of your privacy or your liberty!  Fight back, send them to the Hague and to their prison cells.  Protect your privacy by understanding how the current gang of thugs who have molested their way into the White House are robbing you of your right to privacy.  Without privacy, we have nothing, or less than nothing. Privacy is a human imperative because privacy of self is an important biological necessity of a sane and stable sense of self. It is a scientific fact that a rational person cannot have their autonomous sense of self (their sense of privacy of self,) compromised and still function as a healthy individual. Thinking and creativity require the capacity to make independent judgments, an invasion of our privacy such as that going on in America today violates that capacity. Get The Privacy Report and protect your privacy . INTERNATIONAL REPORTS ON OFFSHORE INVESTING How To Get A Second Passport - Now you can get a second passport - click here for details - This is the only book that will get you a second passport; without the hype, the rip off, the B.S. and the run-around common to most books on this subject. This book will also show you how to get residency, work permits, retirement residency, and student visas in every region of the world. Twenty seven nations covered - 241 pages of rock solid facts. Retirement Planning for Offshore Living - The advantages of outsourcing your retirement have never been better! Why not start a second "dream" career, or retire in a low cost, tropical country? Spend less than 25% of your present monthly budget while maintaining or even enhancing your lifestyle.  Say "goodbye" to your financial planner and her "advice" that you must accumulate at least $1,000,000 or more in liquid assets before you retire or leave your "day job". "Retirement Planning for Offshore Living" will become your personal coach and roadmap to "offshore living". Use the standards provided to identify, compare and analyze your optimal country and retirement or second career haven. A No-Nonsense Expats Guide to Asian Sales and Marketing - No-Nonsense Expats Guide to Asian Sales and Marketing - Interested in making money in the Asian Market?  If you're willing to work hard the yields are very lucrative.  I have spent more than 25 years in China trade and Asian sales and marketing generally, and am based in Kuala Lumpur where I have been for 7 years now.   I've set up a number of American and European companies out here, and have had great success at doing it, so I know that what I have to say will be of interest to anyone who has an interest in entering the Asian market. If you want to enter the Asian Market my report has the information you'll require.

Don't let anyone with a 91 IQ play games with your assets - It's Your Money! You've worked hard to get where you are...  you've earned your money the old fashioned way, by ingenuity and hard work.  You don't mind helping others, but you don't want to squander your money and you don't want others to squander it for you.  Your money belongs to you, and that means that it belongs offshore. Today there are a wide range of choices in going offshore - To find out how you can go offshore quickly and painlessly in offshore jurisdictions around the world - Click Here - Protect Offshore Real Estate - Click Here . Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.  - - Albert Einstein . . Never explain--your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway. - -Elbert Hubbard .

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SECTION FIVE - UNIQUE TRAVEL - EXPATRIATE TRAVEL

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Return to Guatemala—now safe and affordable for tourists  By Don Ediger Return to Guatemala—now safe and affordable for tourists - In today’s Guatemala, you can have a great time and maybe find a great buy on a piece of beachfront property or an old Spanish-colonial house—if you exercise due caution.  The future looks bright for the country that is home to the Mayas—a people whose civilization has endured far worse than its recent misfortunes. But we won’t mislead you.  The country’s reputation as unsafe is not entirely undeserved. . EscapeArtist.com Announces A New Travel Magazine - - Coming Soon EscapeArtist Travel Magazine ? EscapeArtist Travel The travel magazine and website with a point of view; a world-view. EscapeArtist.com and EscapeArtist Travel is about more than travel; it's about personal exploration through world travel and international relocation.  EscapeArtist is for the independent thinker; the self-aware traveler passionately seeking an interactive cultural experience, meeting local people, examining cultural conditions and exploring unknown lands. Departments and service features will surround the adventurous travelers with every aspect of their obsession -- world music, living abroad in multiple nations, second nation residency visas, columns on travel photography, travel ethics, work vs. travel issues, historical journeys, travel health, travel-tech, and road gear. In creating this website we did so with an international perspective - - we've moved overseas, some of us from the USA, others from London, some of us from other nations: and now we live overseas; or to be more precise we live an international lifestyle picking and choosing our locational preferences. We travel the world gaining from each nation what each nation has to offer, we don't judge other nations based on the prescribed political view of any other nation - - we make our own judgments, we're independent people and independent thinkers.  We are what might be called international perspective sophisticates.... and we believe that you are too, or you wouldn't be here on this website seeking information on international relocation. Editor Robin Sparks - - EscapeArtist Travel - Travel In The 21st Century .

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SECTION SIX - CONFERENCES - CLASSIFIEDS  - EBOOKS - ANNOUNCEMENTS & MORE

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Writers Workshop In Turkey - With Robin Sparks

Writers Workshop In Turkey - With Robin Sparks - 3-10 June 2006 - Learn to Write "The Personal Travel Story" - Join Escape Artist Travel Magazine Editor Robin Sparks and Travelers' Tales Executive Editor Larry Habegger aboad a classic Turkish Gulet along the Ancient Shores of Turkey. June 3 - 10 - 2006 - There are places for only 8 participants and they will fill up fast. Click here [pdf] to reserve your spot -
 

Travel Writing and Photography Workshops - Paris May 24-27 - 2006

The Ultimate Travel Writer's and Photographer's Workshop - Paris May 24-27 - 2006 - Hosted in enticing destinations the world over, you gain an entire course worth of knowledge in just four days. Devoted to either travel writing or travel photography (and, occasionally, to both) these programs always provide fast-paced, concentrated learning from expert instructors ready to share their hard-won secrets. You'll come away with publishable articles and/or photos in hand, learn the insider's tricks for turning your observations and snapshots into cash, landing travel perks, and enjoying the freedom, independence, and travel that freelancing delivers... Note: If the workshop date posted above has passed - click here for next workshop date -
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Classified Ads

Classified Advertisements - Success Story Continues! ~  See This Months Classified Advertisements - Due to popular demand the listings in our Classified Advertisements Section continues to grow and provide readers with the best way to advertise on the Internet at the most reasonable prices. Escape From America Magazine created a low cost way for EscapeArtist's to advertise, and for other EscapeArtist's to make contact with their services, products, ideas, real estate and escape routes. For those of us who've  spent hours of discovery peering through the classified sections of magazines like Mechanics Illustrated and Popular Science, a classified section is like looking through a collectable store for those surprises that make the hunt a pleasure as great as the discovery Place A Classified - You can place a Classified Ad that reaches over 350,000 individuals twice a month at almost no cost. In addition, we're interested in your ad...  read on...

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eBooks For Expats

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We have added  three new eBooks to our website: Moving to Argentina, Retirement Planning for Offshore Living and a travel guide for Cozumel -  Moving to Argentina -Moving to Argentina - Click Here - The advantages of Coming to Argentina is a unique experience! The people are unforgettable and the scenery spectacular. You know you are in Latin America. My husband and I legally immigrated to Argentina.  After years of traveling and living in most of the Spanish-speaking world, I chose Buenos Aires, Argentina as my home. My husband and I made our decision in April, and we stepped off the plane in Buenos Aires with visas in our passports in August of the same year. The Moving to Argentina E-Book has invaluable information and amusing experiences of our life in Argentina and how we legally moved here. I have not found another source that will give you this detailed description of legal immigration to Argentina. Retirement Planning for Offshore Living - Retirement Planning for Offshore Living - The advantages of outsourcing your retirement have never been better! Why not start a second "dream" career, or retire in a low cost, tropical country? Spend less than 25% of your present monthly budget while maintaining or even enhancing your lifestyle.  Say "goodbye" to your financial planner and her "advice" that you must accumulate at least $1,000,000 or more in liquid assets before you retire or leave your "day job". "Retirement Planning for Offshore Living" will become your personal coach and roadmap to "offshore living". Use the standards provided to identify, compare and analyze your optimal country and retirement or second career haven. Cozumel - The Complete Guide - Cozumel - The Complete Guide - Click Here - Cozumel Vacation the complete guide offers more than 200 pages of reviews, business listings, tours, attractions, and money saving tips for island visitors. Cozumel, the largest island in Mexico is a vacation hotspot visited by thousands of people each day. Some stay only for a day and some stay for weeks at a time. Visitors travel to Cozumel arriving by plane, ferry, and cruise ship. This beautiful island has long been known as a cruise ship and diver's paradise. World-famous dive sites discovered by Jacques Cousteau and beautiful white beaches, Mexico's Cozumel is home to one of the biggest barrier reef systems in the world.  For the past ten years, author Patricia A. Holt has been coming to Cozumel and experiencing all it has to offer. The one thing Cozumel was missing was a complete guidebook for visitors to find things. That was her purpose in compiling over 10 years of real life experience into the perfect island directory. Now you can benefit from the knowledge she has gained visiting Cozumel for more than a decade. You can relax and enjoy your vacation knowing that anything you need to know from A to Z is at your fingertips. If you are coming to Cozumel for the first time or coming back for the 10th time this book is a must have for your travel bag. eBooks for Expats - International Relocation Reports - Offshore Investment Reports - Reports On Offshore Real Estate, Moving Overseas,  and a wide range of subjects for those seeking to restart their lives overseas.  eBooks are a great idea.  Consider This: If, for example, you are trying to figure out how to move to Bolivia, buy a ranch, get residency and a passport; you won't find a standard book on how to go about accomplishing those ends at your local library.  You will here.  We have hundreds of great eBooks lined up and coming your way.  Diamond mining in Africa, play the European lottery, where the odds are ten times better than the USA, Homestead in Belize, Moving to Thailand, Working Worldwide from a lap...  our list of titles is growing daily.

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Announcements

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Communal Living Wackos, beaneaters and cop-outs from responsible society or exponents of a new morality, a new ethic - a truly alternative way of life? Personally, I like my space and don't always want to share everything with the group.  But what do you think?  I would love to hear from anyone who has experience of communal living, good or bad.   Gilly Rich - Editor Escape From America Magazine    gilly@escapeartist.com

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Letters to the Editor

Now an even more interactive magazine - Letters to the Editor - The Offshore Real Estate and Investment Magazine cordially invites readers to send their comments and suggestions in the form of praise or criticism to the editor of the magazine.  Each page of the magazine is linked to a form page where readers can easily express their thoughts, thus providing insightful feedback to the magazine staff.  Letters can also be shared with other readers if the sender so desires. Your comments will provide us with the valuable information needed to make The Offshore Real Estate and Investment Magazine even better and also provide you with the best information available to help you make your escape to great adventure, unique travel, and residence abroad. Contact The Editor
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Directory Of All Articles - Articles On Living Overseas, Jobs Overseas, Investing Overseas and Offshore Real Estate - On Our Website - By country & by category - a list of thousands of articles on Living, Working, Investing & Traveling Overseas &  International Real Estate - Our website has wide spectrum of articles on living overseas, international real estate, investing overseas, unique travel and expatriate resources and contacts around the world.  If you want to teach school in Japan, buy a condo in Rio de Janeiro, homestead beachfront land on the mosquito coast, run a coffee farm in Costa Rica, live on an island in Panama, or struggle through the traffic of downtown Bangkok, we've got the articles....   We hope you make your escape.   ...We're willing to show you the routes.

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The Classified Ads ~ Broadcast your Products and Services Worldwide The Escape from America Magazine ezine is sent to over 350,000 subscribers each month, and an additional 25,000 people per day view the online edition of the magazine. In each and every issue of the magazine, you'll find classified advertisements directed specifically towards your type of individual. You can place a Classified Ad within the pages of Escape from America Magazine at a very low cost. - Information On Placing A Classified - Click Here - Back Issues of Escape From America Magazine & The Offshore Real Estate Quarterly  Yes, see eight years of very fine articles on moving overseas, jobs overseas, overseas real estate, offshore opportunities, unique travel, overseas retirement, and other subjects for those seeking to live an international lifestyle. Our archived issues are posted in full with all our past articles.  Find just what you're looking for in the Escape from America Magazine Archives. - Read Back Issues of Escape From America Magazine - Click Here - For Real Estate & Offshore Investing -  Read Back Issues of The Offshore Real Estate Quarterly- Also see our complete article section with articles listed by country and by subject. Read Articles About Living, Working, Investing & Traveling Overseas - Including International Real Estate - Submit an Article Are you Living Overseas?  Are you traveling in one of the four corners of the world?  Running a hamburger stand in Tegucigalpa?  Tell like-minded people about it!  We can assure you that our readers want to know about what you're doing! We want articles from anyone living an usual lifestyle. What we're looking for are ideas, not Pulitzer Prize writers. Ideas are what fuel our magazine, and our website. You don't have to be a professional writer to submit an article - especially if you've walked the walk. Send us your article ideas, we are very interested in hearing from you.  We are currently seeking articles on living overseas, adventure and discovery travel, jobs overseas, those who've started overseas businesses, worked overseas as a telecommuter,  internet businesses, and articles on the subject of offshore investing. We are also seeking articles by those who have invested offshore who will share their experiences, both positive and negative.  Anonymous bylines are okay.  We are seeking articles from those who have been successful at starting and running businesses abroad or on-line from overseas locations. We're continually looking for articles on overseas living lifestyles - let us hear from you. - Submit An Article -  Unsubscribe To Our Magazines - If you no longer wish to receive our magazines - click here to reach the unsubscribe page -