If you aren’t just traveling abroad but living abroad as a nomad, flexpat, or stable expat, a US address to receive mail and access it in a timely fashion is essential. Whether you’re receiving a replacement bank card, tax documents, or an apostilled background check, having a central, continuous, and stable address and mail scanning … Read more
Invest in the global stock markets to amplify the power of your georarbitrage opportunities with FIRE financial philosophies Most expats import the assumption that owning a home equals success. Abroad, the rules change. The smarter play is to fund maximum freedom from the best opportunity available, then use those returns to capitalize on the structural … Read more
Healthcare costs can destroy your early retirement plans faster than a market crash. If you’ve built a location-independent life and are using that mobility to live cheaper and better in Southeast Asia, Latin America, or southern Europe, you’ve likely already arbitraged your housing, your daily expenses, and probably your tax situation. But most nomads, flexpats, … Read more
That dentist appointment you’ve been avoiding because it costs $3,200 in Seattle? It’s $450 in Mexico City, with the same materials, better service, and a bilingual specialist trained in California. Medical tourism isn’t some sketchy underground movement anymore. It’s a legitimate, rapidly growing industry where millions of people cross borders each year to get everything … Read more
When I initially left home to travel the world, every place felt perfect. Every place felt interesting and satisfying. Likely because every place was new, and at the beginning of my journey, novelty and scintillation were the only payoffs I needed from travel. These days, nine years later, whether as a nomad working on the … Read more
This article on the best VPNs has been sitting in my drafts folder for nearly a year. So, what finally triggered refreshing and publishing? (A Note: There are no affiliate links in this article, and I make nothing off writing it. This article is meant to solely to serve your personal data and digital security … Read more
Why it exists, what to accept, what to plan for, and how to tackle it A group of travelers, taking a break from each other to check their phones I’m a millennial. One of the defining traits of our generation is that we were lucky enough to be “digital pioneers.” We grew up in a … Read more
with lower cost living and higher quality lives… Picture Andre. A young American man from California. At 35 years old, he knew himself well. He knew his love for wine and a delicious steak. He knew that time outside, whether walking between tall pines on hiking trails, or between ancient buildings and centuries old architecture, … Read more
Many of the cheapest cities to live in the world not only deliver low prices, but high quality of life and value as well, if you know where to look. In this report, we’ll share the best cities around the world to live on a budget of $1,000, $1,500, or $2,000 monthly while maintaining a … Read more
Looking out over the silted green lake, reflecting the lush mountains on either side, I sipped my coffee and stared miles out as my laptop sat untouched. The hills towering out of the water could easily be mistaken for fjords in Bergen, Norway, or Kotor, Montenegro, if not for the white Peace Pagoda barely visible … Read more