International Living

If you read many travel message boards, or talk to many traveler types who are sick of their job, the fantasy of working overseas somewhere is high on the wish list.Whether they’re looking to escape something or just have a cheaper cost of living, one of the biggest considerations is how to earn a living …

Those who live a location independent lifestyle have some 200 countries to pick from and different places within them. So where do the digital nomads go when they stop moving for a while? Some truly are nomads. They never stop in one place for long enough to settle in. That can get tiring after a …

I interviewed a couple people who had bought a house in Portugal when I was doing the research for A Better Life for Half the Price, but this week I caught up with Suitcase Entrepreneur Natalie Sisson when I heard she had just gone through the process this summer of buying property in Portugal. She …

The question I get the most when talking about moving to another country to cut expenses in half is the one that shows how badly we’ve been programmed since childhood. It changes a bit from person to person in the exact wording, but it’s usually some variation of this: “How do I get a job …

This post on the cost of living in central Mexico was updated in June of 2020.  I’ve been coming to Mexico since the early ’00s and have been living in central Mexico with my family off and on since 2010. As I update this post in 2020, it’s actually cheaper here now than it was …