Hey folks! July had me in Poland. A couple of concerts in Warsaw, some sightseeing around Krakow, and catching the World Cup with friends in a bunker. What a blast. Meanwhile, the market had its fair share of red days in July. This time it suited me fine. I had around $50k sitting on the
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Welcome to August crew! Grab yourself anything else you weren’t allowed in class, because this month is back to school. I was wandering through a bookstore here in Valencia and asked the sales assistant if they had any books in English. He said, “Yes, we have exactly one left,” and walked me straight over to
Hey folks, I saw an Instagram post recently claiming you could move to Europe by enrolling in language school. France, Spain, Italy, Germany and Portugal were all apparently options. My first thought was, surely it can’t be that easy. So I went digging through the immigration rules. Surprisingly, quite a lot of it checks out. There are
Hey folks! Quick one before we get into it. Sorry for the lack of updates. Between writing the new book, classes, assignments, and the odd Camino… I’ve been flat out. Meanwhile, the market’s been all over the shop. AI noise. Geo-political stuff. At times it’s felt like a proper bipolar rollercoaster. Which… is exactly where
Markets Going Crazy. I Was Hiking. Still Made 4.25% this cycle. Read Post »
Welcome to another deep dive into Geo-Arbitrage Topics that can save you thousands…or in some cases…millions. What inspired me to write this article was a member of the Retire with GEO-FIRE community. The member moved to Panama and went through the process of leaving the Australian tax net and moved permanently to Panama. But then made
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How I’d Get an EU Passport If I Wasn’t Already Doing It Another Way Why France Might Be the Most Powerful Move You’re Not Considering Hi Geo-FIRE Folks, Let me start with a confession. When people ask me about getting EU access, my first answer is usually Ireland for English speakers. Then Spain for anyone
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Hello, Geo-FIRE Fam! This month’s book review is an oldie but a goodie: The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss. When this book came out in 2007 it was pretty radical. Ferriss basically asked a question most people never think to ask: Why are we all following the same life script? Work 40+ years. Save aggressively. Retire
Yes. But only if you stop thinking about retirement the way society taught you to. I retired at 35. Spent the next five years living in Panama and hiking across Europe. Not because I earned a lot. Because I stopped solving the wrong problem. Most people have a number. Some giant figure they need to
Hi folks, June. Where do I start. The NomadFest conference happened in Bansko, Bulgaria and that was wicked! Talking to a room full of digital nomads trying to figure out how to bulletproof their financial freedom. A really cool experience and Bansko is truly stunning. The mountains and the town itself look straight out of
36% on paper profits! Yes, you read that right. A tax on “gains” you haven’t realised yet. If you lived in the Netherlands and your portfolio rose €200,000 this year, you could owe tax on that gain — even if you never sold a single share. That is not a dramatic exaggeration. It is the
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