Substack
Thailand's Rampage Against Foreign Property Owners
The nominee crackdown is legally correct and potentially economically reckless.
Writing
Columns, essays and field notes.
Everything I've published on relocation, property, tax and the strange business of belonging somewhere else.
The Diplomat
ASEAN's quiet competition for digital nomads
Southeast Asia's new visa regimes are less about tourism than about capturing mobile income.
Expat Arrivals
Renting vs buying in Singapore: what the 60% rule actually means
The arithmetic most expats skip before signing a lease or a mortgage in one of the world's costliest markets.
Times of Israel
Where the tax actually lands when you leave
Departure is rarely the clean break people expect — residency follows you longer than your furniture does.
Substack
The retirement visa myth
Why the headline age and income thresholds tell you almost nothing about whether you can genuinely stay.
Substack
Nine countries, nine mistakes
A ledger of everything I got wrong buying property abroad, and what each error cost in cash and years.
City Nomads
The strange business of belonging somewhere else
On building a life in a place that will never quite call you local, and why that can still be enough.