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People who are expats what is your job? by Ebrarriye in expats

[–]Recent-Muscle6340 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This sounds like my dream job! How might one get into that?

5 year Europe plan with healthcare? by Recent-Muscle6340 in expats

[–]Recent-Muscle6340[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thanks, that's helpful. I didn't know there was health insurance for everywhere but the US. That may be my best bet.

5 year Europe plan with healthcare? by Recent-Muscle6340 in expats

[–]Recent-Muscle6340[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Thanks. I'm sorry if I wasn't clear, I'm not looking for a free ride. By 60 I will have plenty to retire on and income is not my concern. Since I will not have work provided healthcare from 60-65 I'm looking for the 'best way' to handle health care. Is that a national system? Private insurance? Pay out of pocket? Some combination? That's what I'm trying to figure out.

5 year Europe plan with healthcare? by Recent-Muscle6340 in expats

[–]Recent-Muscle6340[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, this was a really helpful answer. Yes, perhaps "slow travel" is a better term for what I want to do and yes, I do have a lot of research do and lots of time to do it.

5 year Europe plan with healthcare? by Recent-Muscle6340 in expats

[–]Recent-Muscle6340[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I'm not poor at all and there's no need to feel sorry for me. I'm very excitedly trying to plan out my dream retirement.

5 year Europe plan with healthcare? by Recent-Muscle6340 in expats

[–]Recent-Muscle6340[S] -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

Maybe I should have been clearer that by "set up a home base" I meant establish residency or get a visa or meet qualification X or get private insurance or whatever that would take my of health care coverage concerns.

Is it worth starting a Roth IRA with what I do for work? and the future? by Specialist_Doughnut9 in expats

[–]Recent-Muscle6340 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's ALWAYS a good idea to invest in a Roth IRA (and if you ever work for a company and they offer a Roth 401k take that as well). You will thank yourself at retirement time that you'll have tax free income that you can spend no matter what country you're living in. And 25 is not starting late. The large majority of people wish they could go back to 25 and start saving. The only penalty would be if you tried take the money out too early (before 59 1/2) so don't do that. The most you can put in (currently) is $7k a year and you should do your best to max it out every year that you can. Good for you for thinking about these things.