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Combining A Love Of Travel And Property: The Best Places To Buy A Holiday Home
If you’re one of those people who would spend all year traveling if they could, why not consider investing in a holiday home? If you’re eager to explore while also protecting your financial future, laying down some roots in a different place may be a good move. If you’re thinking about buying a house or apartment abroad, here are some ideas to get you thinking. The UK The UK may not boast great weather, but it does have plenty to offer. The scenery is spectacular, there are sights aplenty, and there’s no language barrier. Importantly, the economy is relatively stable, and the housing market is buoyant in most places. If…
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Nonconforming Financial Independence
People seeking financial independence are dubbed as nonconformists. We seek ways to be financially free and a few seek to retire early, which goes against the norm of what majority of the population are used to: go to school, get a degree, get an advanced degree maybe, get a job, work until you’re 70, then retire! You’re finally free! Ever since I found the financial independence movement 5 years ago, I began reading more about productivity, effectiveness, optimization, and money. This is all for the sake of having more time in my life to do things that matter to me: spending time with family or friends, and experiencing life in…
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Why We Bought A House (even if we travel a lot)
To own or to rent: an eternal question that boggles us who have been in the workforce long enough to have saved a bit of money and want a place to live in. After the huge housing crisis circa 2008, we fast forward to 2015, when the prices of homes began to go higher, making it harder for most folks to own a house of their own. After a few years of renting, Peter and I buckled down and decided to buy a home. Here’s part one of our journey through home ownership — the hows, what & the why. Why We Bought A House: A Background Peter and I used…
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Tips for Managing Your Money On The Road
Everyone says they want to travel, but few do so why is that? When pressed for an answer, most invariably mention its perceived excessive costs. With a strict discipline when it comes to saving and some smart, creative planning, you can wander the world for months at a time without worrying much about your nest egg or your expenses back home. In this article, we’ll drop a few tips that will help you manage your cash on the road like a pro. Sign up for online banking This may sound like a stupid tip, as most of us manage our financial lives online these days. However, there are still a…
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A Philippine Slovak Wedding in America
If you are a returning reader to our blog, you will know that the partnership behind this blog is getting married Saturday, May 28, in Sarasota, FL. If you’re a new reader and you didn’t know this, well, now you know as well! I proposed to Ruby in April 2014 in a historic Slovak castle, and it has taken 13 months to get to this point. I’m going to lay out just what type of planning went into this event, and the level of detail for weddings that I wasn’t aware even existed. We dubbed this a Philippine Slovak Wedding in America: a union of three (unlikely) countries and continents…
