Having a business in the Philippines can be quite… well… fun. They say it’s more fun in the Philippines, after all. Feyma and I started our first business in the Philippines sometime in 2000, within our first year of arriving here. It was all sort of done by accident. The business I am talking about […]
What should I bring with me? EAM
It’s another episode of the Expat Answer Man Podcast today! I am happy to see you back here again, and I hope you enjoy the episode. Today is episode 8 of the Podcast, so we are really getting into the swing of things now, and I hope you have been enjoying the show and finding […]
Robin Williams and his Philippine Connection
It was a sad week this past week for many people. A comedian and acting genius left us. Yes, Robin Williams checked out and moved on. Williams’ death was an apparent suicide, he had suffered from depression over the years, in addition to substance abuse problems. Apparently, Williams hung himself earlier this week. It left […]
Financial Considerations on retirement – EAM0007
I am back again today with another Expat Answer Man Podcast. Today it is episode EAM0007. For today’s Podcast, Tim called in to ask some questions about the financial side of moving abroad. How do you get your Social Security, and just in general how do you get money overseas from your US funds? Tim […]
Why you should not move to the Philippines
There is a fellow named Travis Kraft who has a very active YouTube Channel, mostly based on videos about the Philippines. I enjoy many of Travis’ videos and he has a video about just about any subject that you might think of involving the Philippines. Lots of interesting stuff. Recently, I saw a video that […]
Money in the Philippines
A while back, I knew a fellow who had just moved to the Philippines. Everything went very well for him regarding his move, but he had a few little funny incidents about adjusting to life here. I think that is true for all of us who move here. We have to sort of “learn the […]