Have you ever considered buying a rental property? How about a rental property in another country? Read on to hear the story of how we bought and rented out an apartment in another continent. Our family stumbled into owning real estate in another country. It’s certainly not part of our plan for becoming location independent, … Continue reading “How to Manage International Real Estate”
Hello! Welcome to “Location Independent, International Jobs,” the Wednesday series where I showcase stories from people who have become location independent, work internationally, and/or practice location arbitrage, as is the case with today’s guest poster. Today you’ll hear from Moose, who blogs about FI at MSoLife. It isn’t everyday that you meet a fellow Carolinian … Continue reading “Location Independent, International Jobs: Moose from MSoLife”
Hello! Welcome to “Location Independent, International Jobs,” the Wednesday series where I showcase stories from people who have become location independent, work internationally, and/or continuously travel. I’ve interviewed all kinds of people who all have slightly different takes on location independence or living internationally. Posts include Steve from Think, Save, Retire, Pete of Do You Even … Continue reading “Location Independence, International Jobs: Jim from Route to Retire”
Hello! Welcome to “Location Independent, International Jobs,” the Wednesday series where I showcase stories from people who have become location independent, work internationally, and/or continuously travel. I’ve interviewed some fascinating individuals who all have slightly different takes on location independence or living internationally. Recent posts include Mrs. Adventure Rich, Kerri, who owns a top-earning Etsy … Continue reading “Location Independent, International Jobs: Jonathan of Joney Talks”
Hi folks! Welcome to the second post in my Wednesday series. These are real stories from people who have become location independent, work internationally, and/or continuously travel. They’ll be sharing how they became location independent or how they got jobs abroad, but most importantly, they’ll share how their lifestyle has positively or negatively affected their finances and … Continue reading “Location Independent, International Jobs: Steve of Think, Save, Retire”
I am a big fan of fifteen-year mortgages. When we bought our first property in Chile, we actually took out a fifteen-year mortgage, and then paid it off a year-and-a-half early last December. But for some reason (money), we did not take out a fifteen-year mortgage with our first house in Atlanta. We did the … Continue reading “We Got a 15-Year Mortgage. Here’s Why You Should, Too.”
Happy birthday, Mr. ThreeYear! Today is the anniversary of another trip around the sun for him and I want to give him a special shout-out for being my partner in this crazy location independence experiment we’ve undertaken. As our family gets closer to our dream of location independence, I keep getting rid of more and … Continue reading “The Story of a Book”
Guess what? Like all good things, the three year experiment has come to an end. Don’t panic: The Three Year Experiment hasn’t come to an end, though my posts are certainly less frequent than they have been! But, the three year experiment, whereby my family worked towards location and financial independence within three years, has … Continue reading “December Net Worth Update”
We have crept into November, here in the Piedmont region of North Carolina. Our trees are now handsome shades of red and orange, and while nothing rivals the splendor of a New England Fall, the foliage is looking particularly lovely right now. And I don’t have to brace for seven months of winter, either. Life … Continue reading “October Net Worth Update”
Happy September! Labor Day has officially passed. School has begun for the kids and me, Mr. ThreeYear is off on his first travel trip of the school year. FinCon, the eponymous financial conference, has started, although I’m not there this year. A new season has started for many families in the US and it definitely … Continue reading “August Net Worth Update”
