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My Budget’s Really Tight — How Can I Explore a New Country?

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It's time for another peek in the expat mailbox. I recently received an email from Matt. Matt's a medical professional who's starting to research a move to one of the Central or South American countries. He's not sure how transferable his professional credentials are and asks: "Thank you once again. I really want to get this project off the ground, and I'll take all of the help I can get. "Which leads me to another question: how can one get started in this without much money?" When Money is …

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10 “Bests” for Expats

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Everybody loves lists, and expats (and future expats) are no exception. Here I've pulled together a list of ten "best of ____" for expats. Some of them are silly and some are serious. Enjoy! Best Expat Banks, a list of banks that do well by expats, based on home-country currency Best Expat Jobs in France shows a list of jobs available for English-speaking expats there 10 Friendliest Expats Cities. It's easy to find lists of the "best" cities for infrastructure, economy and other "hard" …

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A Digital Family Room for Expats

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Many expats create businesses overseas by spotting a need and figuring out how to fill it. Marie Molinet is one reader who turned a source of family frustration into a business that helps expat families. Here's how she explains the creation of the first digital family room. "Since the day my husband and I met I think we knew we were destined to be nomads. Neither one of us seems very good at staying in one place for too long, whatever the reasons may be. But when we had our first girl, we …

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So You Want to be a Travel Writer or Photographer?

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Somehow travel writing, photography and the untethered expat life just seem to naturally flow together. What career tools are more portable, after all, than a laptop and a camera? If you can write or photograph, you have the means to support your overseas life. If you can do both, you can carve out a big niche for yourself. But what if you need to develop some skills before you get that first paid assignment, or sell the first story or image? Join a limited number of others for an outstanding …

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Can You Afford to Give Your Bank 30% Of Your Savings?

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Last year, Congress passed a law which was supposed to get Americans back to work. Buried in it, however, are provisions for restricting the free flow of funds from US bank accounts to offshore accounts. The Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act will require foreign financial institutions to report annually on accounts held by US citizens. This doesn't just mean banks, it includes all financial institutions -- trusts, investment funds, any and all investment "structures." The IRS …

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Turn Your Blog Into a Cha-Ching Machine Part II

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If you want to build a portable career that will give you an income overseas, basing a business on a blog can pay off handsomely. A few days ago I told you that this site is generating some income for me through affiliate links. Eventually we'll get into an in-depth discussion about affiliate links as part of the Blogging for Expats series, but I wanted to give you some of this information now, because it ties in with the previous article. Here's a quick summary of how I choose products and …

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