| Overseas
Retirement Library |
| - Overseas
Retirement Library Introduction |
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Retirement Library Index |
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| Expat
in a Foreign Environment |
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abroad experience, as a whole, can be greatly enjoyed and valued.
The key to this result is handling day-to-day life. Learning how
to keep your head above water, or as I prefer to say to, how to stay AFLOAT,
will enable you to make the most of your abroad experience. Jun/06 |
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| Expat
Tax - U.S. Taxation of American's Living Abroad |
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abroad for a full calendar year, or live there for 330 days out of
any consecutive 12 month period, you can exclude up to $74,000 of earned
income from U.S. Income Taxation for 1999. If you are married, and
both of you earn income and reside outside of the USA, you can also
exclude up to another $74,000 of your spouses income from taxation. |
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| Expats
In Asia - Bill Heinecke, Entrepreneur Extraordianaire |
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from the book, Expats in Asia by Harold Stephens - "Bill Heinecke is one
of the best known expatriates in Southeast Asia. His father, Roy Heniecke,
was a war correspondent, stationed in Bangkok, where Bill went to high
school. I first met Bill, or I should say when I first saw him, was when
he was still in high school, hanging around the Bangkok World newspaper
selling ads for a harebrained project he had. That was in 1966 and I was
a reporter for the World at the time. It wasn't long after that that Bill's
father kicked him out of the house. Bill had graduated from high school
but he didn't want to go to college. His father gave him an ultimatum:
go to college or get a job. Bill didn't wanted to do either." by Harold
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| Expats
Now Can Call Home For Less ~ Long-Distance Rates |
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Grant - For many people living abroad, the cost of long-distance service
means carefully monitoring how often they call friends and family.
An evolving technology called Broadband Internet Telephony is changing
all that. Calls carried over the Internet, and not a traditional
phone line, avoid many regulatory fees, allowing heavily discounted prices.
Sept./04 |
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| Expert
Expatriate ~ Author Offers Cyber-Story, Advice |
| - by Patricia
Linderman - Finding a book that explains to the new expat what he or she
should look out for has traditionally been very difficult. That gap in
books has now been filled with the publishing of the Expert Expatriate.
If there is one book you should buy about moving overseas, it's Patricia's
and Melissa's book. Sept./03 |
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| Financing
an Escape from the Rate Race-My Move to Morelia |
| - Sandy Caputo
looked at the horizon and decided to take the risk. She did and she succeeded
in finding a niche for herself in Morelia, Mexico.. Sandy writes, "Newly
divorced and with a very tiny nest egg, I sat there by that pool in Morelia
and began toying with the idea that I could, if I was careful and brave
enough, risk walking away from security to gamble on making life work for
me on a saner and more personally fulfilling scale. So I bit the bullet
a year later, resigned my position, cancelled plans to return to the agency
somewhere down the road, and dropped that dream-strangling hold that relying
on U.S.-supplied health and medical security had become. I now have my
novel AND a half-way completed book called Shortcut to Morelia with a major
publisher. I also consult for my agency and my living expenses are being
covered nicely under that arrangement at about one-fourth the number of
hours I was previously putting in." |
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| Finding
a Little Piece of Paradise in Belize |
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1980's my husband Bill and I bought a used R.V., packed it with everything
we felt we couldn't live without and moved from our home in Hollywood
California to Belize , Central America. |
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| Finding
Life and Property in Trinidad |
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fruit stands sprinkled everywhere and fresh fish and vegetable markets
a short walk away from where I was staying. Day by day, I found my health
returning to me. April/06 |
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| Finding
Our Place In Peru ~ Peru And Bolivia 2004 |
| - by Mark
McInerney - My wife, Karen, and I decided that it had been a couple of
years since we traveled in South America and a vacation down there was
just the thing we needed. Clearly, it’s no secret to our friends
that we love South America. We find the pace of the people in their
every day lives to be enjoyable. The focus on friends and family
is to be admired. Sure, not every thing works the way it does in the USA,
but all you need is a little more patience. Aug/04 |
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| Finding
Your Overseas Home - Financing Your Dream |
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you who want to move overseas need to know how you can make the money stretch,
how will you finance your new home - in short, what are your money options
as far as financing your overseas journey? The above article will help
you learn about how to finance your overseas home and at the same time
have the independence of living overseas and be able to afford it. Oct./03 |
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| First
Read Manufacturer's Instructions - Moving Day In Switzerland |
| - by Bonnie
Burns - Nobody likes moving day, and if you're living overseas, moving
day can mean hell. Find out what a moving day is like in Switzerland with
its multi-lingual population and electronics instructions. You'll see that
moving in your own country is a lot easier than what you might find in
your new home overseas - but moving will be part of the journey and fun.
Oct./03 |
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| Fond
Memories And A Common Sense Approach - Living In Morelia, Mexico |
| - by David
Wix - For me, living in Morelia was a very rewarding experience. It was
certainly far different than what I had been used to in the United States.
When I went there in 1997, technology existed, however, technicians were
at times limited in their knowledge compared to their counterparts in the
United States. Therefore, on occasion, computer equipment did not work
as well as what I had been accustomed to. And, computer services were much
more limited. For instance, when I first arrived at Centro Mexicano Internacional
(CMI, my school in Morelia), there was one computer available 10 to 30
minutes a day to students for email services. If I wanted additional time
and services, I had to go rent one of the two or three available computers
at a local cyber café a few blocks down the street from CMI. Jan/04 |
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| Four
Years of Living Dangerously In Taiwan |
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that the first step in any journey is the hardest. In an Asian country
it should be said that the first one hundred steps is the hardest. If I
didn’t have a clue what was happening in Scotland Taiwan left me completely
lost. Everything in Taiwan is in Taiwanese or Mandarin. Quite a surprise
considering they deal with a worldwide market on a daily basis but the
place is pretty unschooled on the way of English and English conversation.
After four years and being an Australian in Taipei I never want to hear
“Oh your koala very cute” ever again. There is an off chance that if I
do encounter a koala I may have to punch it in the face as a result. Even
a pretty koala looks ugly with a broken nose. Apr./07 |
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| Free
Software For International Lifestyles & For Expatriates |
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found some excellent free software that will add ammunition to your arsenal.
Scott Baker an electrical engineer from Ontario, Canada, created some excellent
software that is perfect for anyone wanting to live an international lifestyle.
The two pieces of software are an international clock and a converter.
They are absolutely free and they are incredibly versatile. We are
very impressed with this valuable software and we think you will be too.
Get them now while they're still free. |
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| From
Roatan to Bocas - Why we moved from Honduras’ Bay Islands to Caribbean
Panama |
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from Honduras’ Bay Islands to Caribbean Panama - "Prices in Bocas right
now are below what we found in Roatan when we arrived there in 1994. It’s
a smart time to buy. We were lucky enough to have been in Roatan for the
boom there and see the same dynamic is at work here in Bocas." From
The Best Of International Living Series - |
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From America Magazine - The very best way to get
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and we don't spam, period. If you want to find out how to live overseas,
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 Caribben
Property & Lifestyles Magazine - All about Living,
Working & Investing in the Caribbean! Subscribe Free! - Our Magazine
provides features and articles on how to "up-sticks" and move on down to
the blue water tropics of the Caribbean and relax under a palm tree. Information
on retirement possibilities, buying property, Caribbean lifestyles, job
opportunities, investing, Caribbean culture, classifieds and the Caribbean
Marketplace. Our stories of successes & failures are told by those
who have made that lifestyle change and moved to the Caribbean themselves.
Live the Dream! |
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| Getting
Out Of Dodge ~ Fulfillment, Adventure, And The Cash |
| - by Bruce
E. Pohlmann - When I left San Francisco in 1989, I never imagined that
I would still be living overseas 16 years later. As the Grateful Dead say,
it's been a long, strange trip. I’ve lived in the jungles of New Guinea,
the tourist mecca of Bali, the lively city of Lahore, Pakistan during the
days of the war in Afghanistan, and the seaside village of Sekongkang on
the remote Indonesian island of Sumbawa. In 1989, my eldest son was just
graduating from high school; he’s a lawyer now with a wife. My eldest daughter
who was my first child born overseas is about to turn 14 and is on the
verge of becoming a young woman, and the baby of the family will start
Grade 1 in a few months. May/05 |
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| Global
Nomadic Housing For Expatriates ~ Part One - Self-Contained Living ~ Mi
Casa Su Casa |
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Housing for expats? Why not? Design your living space &
workshop and take it with you... Maverick designer Colin Reedy
tells us how. "I felt like I had enough information to start designing.
I searched for examples of prior efforts to modify shipping containers
for housing. The companies that sold the containers sometimes made modifications
like windows or doors for the contractors to use at construction sites,
but nothing interesting. I found images from Hong Kong where people were
living in containers set on huge metal frames in an apartment-like arrangement.
Not much had been done to the containers except stairway access. The best
examples I found were not for shipping containers, but from mid-century
efforts at modular housing or “utopian” mass housing." |
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| God,
Man & French Chefs ~ Motivations For Living In France |
| - by Bill
Bonner - Why would someone live in France? Well, I can think of a number
of reasons and Bill Bonner has more than me. The above article takes a
look at why Americans love living in France so much. To live overseas you
have to have humor and Bill uses humor as his way of showing you his motivations
for living in France. Sept./03 |
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Medical Tips When Living Abroad ~ Staying Healthy |
| - by Jon Steele
- The reality is no matter how healthy you are, you will end up seeing
some type of doctor for something. Now generally speaking this is no big
deal but if you happen to live in another country, and if by chance it's
a country with another language that's not English then this could very
easily become a big deal. I will give you some easy tips that should make
any hospital or doctors visit go smoothly. Although, I can't fix your ailment,
I can show you how to organize yourself to make the necessary medical visit,
almost pain free. Sorry, I couldn't resist that one. Jan/05 |
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| Got
What It takes To Be An Islander? |
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of moving to an island is a bit like falling head over heels in love. We're
swept away by beauty, a sense of otherworldliness, and a natural high that
really rattles the endorphins. In such a state, we feel blessed, joyous,
excited, thrilled even. Just like love. Sept./06 |
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| Gratifying
The Wanderlust ~ The Best Rewards Of Escaping |
| - by Sandy
Caputo - Ex-pats often give newcomers among them an appraising eye as they
ask about “their story” – this, an invitation to describe what it was that
caused them to abandon home and hearth for distant parts. The answers,
of course, depend a great deal on the locale of the conversation. If it’s
a tropical beach where catching rays by day and dancing away the nights
are the primary attractions, you’ll hear one thing. If it’s a mini-version
of what was left behind, but doable at a greatly reduced cost of living,
you’ll hear another. Jun/05 |
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| More!
- Much More - Overseas Retirement Library Index |
| - The Library
Index; there are a number of different options and a number of different
access points and a wide range of material. Access to the library is free
of cost. Note that there are complete reports for many nations and subjects;
which are promoted by way of the advertisements you see above. The cost
of these reports is minimal; in most cases the fee is $20. If you have
made a decision on a secific nation; the reports will provide a great deal
of information that will save you time, hassles and money. |
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