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Expat Health Insurance – Our Plans for Panama

Expat health insurance – the one piece of retirement unique to those living in another country. One of the biggest struggles for folks wanting to pull the trigger on early retirement in the U.S. tends to revolve around healthcare. Unfortunately, I can’t help you with that one except to say to plan for the worse. You have to build the unknown into your FIRE number because it can be the one wildcard that can throw off anyone’s plans. That sucks, but it’s our fault as a country for letting the healthcare industry get as powerful as it has. Unfortunately, that puts most of us in the U.S. in a tough spot where medical care costs more here than any other

Should You Buy Disability Insurance?

When I used to think about disability insurance, it used to be a “yeah, yeah…” subject for me. In fact, if you asked me a year ago if I should buy disability insurance, I would have told you that I was already covered. Here’s the problem… I’m really not. I’ll talk about the “why not” part shortly, but first, let’s dig into what disability insurance is all about… What is disability insurance? Disability insurance is intended to help cover you in the event that something happens to you rendering you unable to work (partially or fully). This could be some kind of accident or a sickness that makes it so you can’t perform your regular job duties. And, if you can’t work, you’d

Protecting Your Assets

So, you’re going down the right path on the road to financial freedom slowly but surely, but you want to make sure that you’re protecting your assets in the meantime? Well, hopefully, this post will help you with some ideas! I’ve noticed that as I’ve started to build up my assets, my needs have started to morph as well. I now have rental properties, multiple LLCs, and growing and expanding savings, investment, and retirement accounts. And, as the accounts continue to grow, a lot of the money is starting to work more for me instead of the other way around. But, I now have a lot more to lose than when I first started down this journey. Making sure that I don’t