Good morning! I am pleased to present a guest post today from The Outlier Model, where they talk about their financial choices, who are definitely not the norm. Head over there to check my guest post about cheap holidays on the US West coast! The Outlier Model is a personal finance/lifestyle blog based on… Read more
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Little house in Guatemala, week 4
This is the fourth part about the (slow) conversion of the land I bought in Guatemala and my new life here, you can read Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 if you missed them. Good morning everyone, hope you are doing well! This last week was busy busy and we started a lot of… Read more
Things I am thankful for and a $100 giveaway
Good morning all! Below is my first giveaway, where you can win $75 in cash or Amazon vouchers! If you can’t get enough of me, please check out my guest post on Daily Money Shot where I talk about how my PIANO was stolen and other robberies, together with a few tips to stay safe… Read more
Little house in Guatemala, week 2
This week starts with the great news of getting electricity. The electrician had already been fixing the wiring from the meter to the house, and inside the house. Most wiring had been stolen, maybe by thieves, maybe because the previous owner stopped paying wages to his guardian some months ago and the guy may have… Read more
Earn money while traveling? (part 2)
This post is continued from last week’s post No income while traveling? No problem! as a small series answering a reader’s question about how I manage my income while traveling the world. I spent the first year after graduating college traveling around the world, and backpacking on a tight budget. What I did after a year of… Read more
Little house in Guatemala, week 1
Happy Monday everyone! Time to start a weekly update about the Guatemalan land, don’t you think? I have been so busy last week, with the move, getting settled, no light… that I had little time to write, let alone get online and share. But here I am! Let’s start with a photo tour of the… Read more
Breeding cattle as an investment
I own 56 bulls at the moment, down from 110. They are a happy lot, living in BF’s ranch in Guatemala, eating only grass and getting only an anti-parasite shot once per quarter. I don’t know anything about cattle, I just went with my guts on that one. There are more people on the planet,… Read more
One suitcase for one year of travel, what to pack
Before I move to Guatemala, I need to put all my valuable possessions into one suitcase, and one carry-on luggage. A task that is not much different to packing for a 2 weeks holiday, since in this case I will be able to wash my clothes on site. Still, I don’t plan on coming back for… Read more
Obama-ize your life! A valuable lesson of time management
Ramit sent an email last week about how President Obama manages his time. Basically, since he has so many BIG decisions to make, to keep his decision-making abilities sharp, he makes no decisions about his daily life. Of course, everything is being taken care of, but he also only wears gray or… Read more
France or Guatemala, three real-estate options
As Mo’ Money Mo’ Houses was thinking about buying property in the US,I was considering where to invest the flat money that I should receive in a couple of months. My sale will be definitive on Friday, so until now I am not making offers on anything, but my plans have shifted dramatically. You see,… Read more
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