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I Should have made Small-Scale Investment Risks (in Myself) long ago

Allen Francis / March 2nd, 2020 / No Comments

Several years ago, I converted a small academic pension into a decade long annual annuity. I used to be a teacher and an academic adviser many years ago. So, I had a small pension that I could have looked forward to in old age. A mini-retirement nest egg. When I converted my pension into an annuity, the investment and pension company created a contract where I would receive an annual payment for a...

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Countries Where you can buy a Second Passport

Allen Francis / February 20th, 2020 / No Comments

One of my favorite plot tropes in action films is when the agent/spy/hero goes to a safe deposit box in a secure location, pulls out numerous documents, the currency of multiple countries, and plots their next move. I would always imagine that it was I who was shuffling multiple passports of various countries and contemplating my next move. Well, you can’t own a dozen passports like Jason Bourne...

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Side Gigs That Make More Money Than A Full Time Career

Allen Francis / February 5th, 2020 / No Comments

The average American makes about $47,000 annually, or about $900 weekly for the typical 40-hour workweek. Even though the unemployment rate is the lowest it’s been in decades, many Americans are struggling with making ends meet. If you have marketable skills, or an enterprising spirit, then there are many part-time side gigs where you’ll make good money. In fact, you might make more money with...

Posted in: Career, Career and Work, Money, Online Income, Personal Finance Tagged with: part time job, side gig

Amazing International Cities That Will Pay You To Move There

Allen Francis / January 8th, 2020 / No Comments

Dublin, Ireland. Do you ever dream of leaving it all behind, packing everything up, and moving to a new country? I don’t mean for a visit either. Could you leave everything behind, the life you know, relatives and friends, your culture, and the conveniences of Western living, to live in another country for multiple years? Or, even permanently? Well, there are several international cities that will...

Posted in: Business, Career, Career and Work, Life Hacks, Personal Finance, Travel Tagged with: cities that will pay you to move there, International cities that will pay you to move there