Hi, I’ve been traveling for about 15 years.
You can access quality housing, food security, health care, education, transportation and other basic civil amenities abroad that may be otherwise unaffordable or inaccessible to you.
If you have a remote job that pays over $500 USD a month, there are over a hundred countries you can be living in. If you make over $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 $1600-10,000 a month.
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 all day.
Stay out of the US 11 out of 12 months(calendar year, not tax year) and you don’t pay federal income tax on your first ~$126,500 USD that year.
Ask questions here and feel free to post in the community.
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This is sourced, publicly available information I hope can help some people.
China is the easiest place to start teaching for $10,000/month.
I recently posted some job listings in Beijing offering 400 RMB/hr teaching English. That’s ~$57 USD. Here’s one from today.
57x40 hours per week = 2280
2280 x 4 weeks = 9120
If you live outside of the US for 330+ days a year, you don’t pay income tax on that money, either.
Don’t forget to pay your SE taxes though!
Good point, the feie is for earned income, so if you are self-employed or make royalties/dividends/capital gains, you’ll still pay income tax.
All of those taxes can be completely offset for US taxpayers by the savings on their cost of living, of course.
How in the world do you earn that much, teaching English online? Do you need crazy credentials or d6i you “just” wing it?
I winged it, wung it up.
With almost 2 billion English students worldwide, English speakers can begin teaching very easily. Pay is largely dependent on the country you choose; credentials and experience help but are not necessary to begin teaching English.
Recent job postings in Beijing offer 400 RMB/hr teaching English. That’s ~$57 USD
Here’s one from today.
57x40 hours per week = 2280
2280 x 4 weeks = 9120
If you live outside of the US for 330+ days a year, you don’t pay income tax on that money, either.
Thanks for all the great info!
I’m swedish (so close to, but not native), no official teaching diploma but maybe I can wing it too 💕
For sure! Feel free to ask any questions here or in the community whenever.
You can definitely take wing, i knew teachers from everywhere.
Saved your post & subbed!
Thanks, that means a lot!
Have a good one
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Fortunately not!
With long-term visas or visa runs, you can stay in plenty of countries indefinitely.
Storage and budget become similar non-issues with so much free time and extra money as a traveler.
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Do you have to get work or digital nomad visas?
If you’re teaching in-person, you should get a work visa because if you get noticed and kicked out, they won’t let you back in to that country.
If you have online work, you don’t need a digital nomad visa unless you’re planning on living there long term so you can avoid visa runs(exiting and entering a country to renew your stay). Most countries have specific exemptions for online work or don’t mention it at all.
