Four Questions to Ask Before You Retire to Another Country

2.How far is your preferred location from access points? "I've been living abroad for a decade," reports Kelly Hayes-Raitt, author of How to Become a Housesitter: Insider Tips from the HouseSit Diva. "An often-overlooked criterion for choosing a new destination in which to retire is how far the nearest airport is to catch a flight back to your home country-and family, health care, and so on-and how expensive those flights are," adds Hayes-Raitt. "Some countries people consider retiring to have 'kangaroo courts' in which judges are bribable for a few thousand dollars.'" Ę, G.M. FILISKO is an attorney and the consulting managing editor of Experience.