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Reminder from a long-term traveler: you can live abroad indefinitely for about $500 US a month plus your first plane ticket (infosec.pub)
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Hi, I've been traveling for about 15 years and a lot of US Americans are justifiably upset to be living in their country right now.

If you have a remote job that pays over $500 USD a month, there are dozens of other countries you can be living in. If you make closer to $1000 USD a month remotely, the world is wide open.

If you don't have a remote job yet, teaching English on or offline pays at least $1600 a month for 25 hours of work a week.

You can use the extra time and money to figure out how to get closer to your dream job, dream country or chill out and watch movies or play video games.

You can also access health care, education or other basic civil amenities that may be unaffordable or inaccessible in the US, if those are a concern.

Plane tickets Sep. 2025 from the US:

Canada: $16 Colombia: $46 Panama $96 Ireland, Germany, Norway, Italy: $147-149 Japan: $209 Thailand: $221 Vietnam: $267 Taiwan; $272

Stay out of the US 11 out of 12 months(calendar year, not tax year) and you don't pay federal income tax that year.

Let me know if you have any questions.

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[–] jet@hackertalks.com 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So long terms capital gains isn't excluded right?

And there is a 130k/yr cap on feie

So if someone builds up their nest egg they will still owe federal income tax on it if it's capital gains or over 130k/yr

Thank you for citing the source! I really appreciate that

[–] bitofarambler@crazypeople.online 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You're welcome!

Right, the FEIE specifically excludes earned income, not unearned income, where capital or investment gains would be grouped under.

The exemption was 126,500 last year, but it's a variable rate as determined by the IRS each year, going up a thousand or so annually.

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 1 points 2 months ago

There are more strategies that are worth remarking on

  • Setup a loan-out corporation for your work in your market of choice (such as the us)
  • Setup a friendly-holding corporation to own or license ip to the loan-out where you live, or in a friendly tax location (i.e. vietnam)

This lets you convert pay per hour work into long term capital gains, or dividends, maximize 401k, do the mega-back-door, and get payouts in a Non-Convertible-Currency (such as VND)... your imagination is the limit.