Comments by "Matthew Nirenberg" (@matthewnirenberg) on "8 Best Countries to Move to from the USA" video.

  1. To a certain extent its possible if you're a person of modest means however its gonna be a lot harder, unless you're a multinational from birth (2-3+ citizenship's from birth - ideally one of those would be an OECS or EU (Schengen) country). You'll have a harder time getting visas and establishing residence, you'll need to also afford to rent (1yr +) or buy a home and prove that you have enough left over and/or consistent income to support yourself. The six figure+ clients that get mentioned have things much easier as they can easily buy or rent property, they can easily prove their ability to support themselves and can easily show large income; more importantly, they can easily afford to do CBI which will always be easier than residence/visas. Speaking conservatively, it'll cost $300,000-$550,000 for most people to completely move abroad and support themselves for a year - yes this is assuming a residence is purchased (usually a requirement for residence - not everywhere permits 1yr + rental contracts) and one's possessions are shipped. All shipped possessions have import duty that will have to be paid on them unless you're moving to a handful of countries that permit citizens to return with all their possessions once in their lifetime without having to pay import duty on those possessions (Poland, Hungary; there's two others but I can't remember which two others). This is why some people get a secondhand catamaran and live aboard, such vessels can be found for $300,000; just make sure you're into sailing and know how to sail if you want to live aboard a boat.
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