Living abroad

Just as in November of 2016, there were reports that Canada’s immigration site crashed again last week as it became clear that the angry orange one had enough votes to occupy the White House, this time as a twice-impeached convicted felon even. Since it’s clear my countrymen enjoy electing someone more unhinged and less qualified …

I haven’t talked about this much on here, but I’m the editor of the Nomadico weekly newsletter on Substack.  It has grown from nothing when we launched it in 2022 to a round-up that serves 11,500 readers (so far) and actually makes a decent profit from advertisers. If you’re a remote worker who likes to …

Since I first started traveling a few decades ago, I’ve had the great experience of living abroad in three different countries. I enjoyed the first two experiences, but they weren’t made to last. I really enjoy living abroad in Mexico though, even though a whole lot of people don’t get it.  When I lived in …

Have you excitedly announced you’re going to go travel around the world or work remotely from another country, but the response from your friends and relatives was kind of muted? Was their first reaction “Be safe!” “Be Careful!” Did they say something dumb like, “Gosh, that must be nice to be rich!”? As a backpacker, …

Over the years as I’ve written about moving abroad and published the best-selling book on the subject, readers have often told me they worry about buying into global real estate markets. Some see international real estate as more risky than buying property where they live now. There are some valid fears behind that, which I’ll …