We have a lot to update you on! We closed on two sales in July: we sold one of our two Tamarindo condos; and we sold one of our three Florida condos. We also moved from a 2-bed condo in Florida to a 3-bed, to get more space. We considered and ultimately decided not to […]
We miss travel but were anxious about traveling out of the country while our kids aren’t fully launched and somehow getting stuck outside the US for an extended period. At the same time, we were anxious about how our properties were doing in Tamarindo and Langosta and just curious about how Costa Rica was doing […]
Photo is of a sculpture in downtown Denver – a giant bear peering into the convention center. After just over two weeks in New Mexico, visiting Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Taos, and viewing the total lunar eclipse, we drove to Denver, CO. It was a beautiful, clear Saturday, and it was so green on the […]
Previous posts in this series: Planning, Heading West, Albuquerque, Viewing Eclipse After a fantastic week in Albuquerque, we headed north. We wanted to spend time in Santa Fe and Taos. Given that Taos is 2 hours north of Santa Fe and we didn’t want to just cover it in just a day trip, we split […]
Previous Posts In This Series: Planning, Driving West As mentioned in the previous posts, we scheduled a road trip to New Mexico around the lunar eclipse. It would be practice for us in being digital nomads again, since we have been grounded from travel and homebound for over a year. Our youngest tagged along and […]
Two towns in Italy – Santa Fiora in Tuscany and Rieti in Lazio — will subsidize 50% of your rent if you work from there. You would need to be a digital nomad because authorization to work in Italy isn’t included in the deal. These towns are so small there likely wouldn’t be work awaiting […]
How are you determining (without MLS in CR) the value of the home? They ask for $400K just because they believe it is worth that price point. Most don’t seem to have a P&L to back ROI. – Dom Yes, it’s true that there is no MLS, or Multiple Listing Service, in Costa Rica, so […]
Our oldest turned 25 recently – yikes, we have a kid old enough to have a quarter-life crisis! That milestone, as well as Mother’s Day just around the corner, put the work and family juggle back on my radar. (Speaking of yikes, our youngest turns 20 in a few months, so soon both kids will […]
I’m a self-employed CPA struggling with the R in Fire. Financially I have the means to retire and I have been saying “no” to prospective new clients. I can’t believe it’s so hard to prioritize restructuring my business to free up my time. I’m always tackling client affairs and mine go on the back burner. […]
Our current portfolio is mostly traditional investments, including paper assets and rental real estate. However, we currently have about 5% of our money in two private loans: one to fund a fix and flip; and another to fund a growing start-up. We have considered other alternative investments (such as a coffee farm in Panama or […]
