We are a couple of 30-something vegan nomads who recently left Germany to explore the world, starting with SE Asia. Most of the time you will find us eating vegan carbs up and biking everywhere. We are semi-retired and support ourselves by freelancing, but are also figuring out the best way to diversify our income streams. Learn about it all here!
We learn about real estate everyday and are getting better and better at evaluating properties! Now we can just look at a property and know whether it fits into our strategy or not, without having to do the math. But sometimes we do the math anyway just for fun. At the moment we’re still in
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Well, we’re still here in Montenegro and we love it so much! Montenegro is a blend of what we like in Europe and South East Asia. Temperate weather, great fruit, European comforts, friendly people, relatively low cost of living. We can see ourselves coming back here for an extended stay! Our rent is a little
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Martin is now on board with my plan to house hack a duplex or triplex in southern Ontario! It’s not because I forced him, but it usually takes him longer to accept ‘new’ ideas than it does me. Also because I’m the one who proposes the life changing ideas so I’ve had more time to
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While I no longer make a livable wage from freelancing, I do take on the occasional ‘fun’ job to keep up the contact. This was pretty much nixing our income, but it was a decision I made shortly after we moved to Thailand. I don’t regret it. I thought things would just trickle out, and
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We’re in Montenegro! Flew into Podgorica, the capital, and took a 90 EUR taxi over to our Airbnb in Tivat. 😕 We’ll be staying in Tivat for a month, and then spend 10 days in Dubrovnik before flying to my hometown Toronto. Travelling with bikes can be a drag. Our transportation costs go way up
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Alright, I found another duplex that has piqued my interest! Like the last duplex I looked at, I have no idea whether it’s a good investment or not. Let’s see! Buying costs Buy: $130,000 (but it’s listed at $160,000) 5% closing: $6,500 Reno: $23,000 (listing says it needs new roof) Total house cost: $159,500 Monthly
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This is a house I want to buy, maybe. It’s a side-by-side duplex with two 2-bedroom, 1 bathroom units and listed on the MLS for $120,000. Long-term tenants currently live there and pay $700 and $750 including utilities. Another member from Bigger Pockets recently bought a side by side duplex in this same city, probably
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It looks like I will need to get a job in Canada, and probably not as a bike courier. 🙁 We are gearing up to go through Canadian immigration and while there is no minimum income needed to sponsor a spouse, I’m pretty sure it will raise red flags if I’m earning $200 as a
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Martin and I have been spending some serious time living at his parents’ house in rural, north east Germany. We spend our days living what I call an ‘idyllic country life’, but what Martin just calls ‘normal’. A post shared by Jessica (@jiskca) on Jul 21, 2017 at 5:35am PDT That includes feeding the geese,
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We just cancelled our Romania and Serbia trip. 🙁 Feeling sad because I really wanted to go, and we lost about 200 EUR for it too. Originally we planned to fly into Timisoara and cycle over to Tivat with a stop off in Belgrade along the way. Total distance was around 700km and we had
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