By FutureExpat, on July 27th, 2010

We recently got a whole new perspective on selling stuff in preparation for our move.
In the past, between eBay, Craigslist and other such venues, as well as the traditional garage or yard sale, you could move pretty much anything you owned in good condition.
That’s changed. With the US economy still a mess, more
Continue reading Selling those White Elephants
By FutureExpat, on June 12th, 2010
On June 10, EFAM published an article titled America — the Grim Truth. And grim it was indeed!
“Americans, I have some bad news for you,” the article starts.
“You have the worst quality of life in the developed world – by a wide margin.
“If you had any idea of how people really
Continue reading Americans, I Have Some Bad News for You
By FutureExpat, on November 4th, 2009
Guest Post by Kathleen Peddicord, Overseas Retirement Letter
If you haven’t yet taken action toward realizing your dreams of a new life in retirement abroad, I say now, get moving.
Many Overseas Retirement Letter readers have taken off for new and exotic lives in the overseas retirement havens that called their names (and we
Continue reading What’s Holding You Back?
By FutureExpat, on October 22nd, 2009
A couple of weeks ago, I posted a poll asking the question “how important is health care in your decision to move abroad?”
Fully 75% of all respondents indicated health care was very important in their decision.
Nobody selected not a consideration as a response. The other choices were evenly split, with 8% going
Continue reading Health Care Poll Results
By FutureExpat, on October 2nd, 2009
I spoke with a real estate agent yesterday to see whether we have any realistic prospect of selling our house in this economy. I mentioned to her that we would be leaving the area, so of course she wanted to know our plans. “We can’t afford to retire here,” I explained, “so we’re
Continue reading Health Care: Is it Driving US Citizens to Move Overseas?
By FutureExpat, on August 31st, 2009
We recently ran a four-part poll to find out a little about readers’ plans for moving overseas. We asked four simple
Continue reading Our First Poll Results
By FutureExpat, on August 21st, 2009
OK, we’re halfway through our survey. If you missed parts I and II, you can find them here and here.
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Is there something you’d like to know about your fellow Future Expats? Click on the Comment link below to let us know what you’d like to see us ask in the future!
By FutureExpat, on August 20th, 2009
If you responded to yesterday’s poll question, thanks. If you haven’t and would like to, go to http://futureexpats.com/archives/688 to register your response.
Once our poll is completed, we’ll share the results with you. As always, your responses are completely anonymous.
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Continue reading Getting to Know You II
By FutureExpat, on July 20th, 2009
Tell us about your first visit to the community abroad that you now call home (or plan to shortly). Inquiring minds want to
Continue reading Tell Us About It
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