by Jannik | Dec 19, 2022 | General
After moving to Portugal, I think the most asked question is how to get a remote job or how you can become a true digital nomad. As I probably started the digital nomad lifestyle back in 2008-2009 I have been doing this since before it was invented and I have a few...
by Jannik | Dec 13, 2022 | General
Who am I to tell you this? No one, just yet another expat spending a few years in Portugal. However, I’ve seen more than 100+ houses for sale, inspected them, attempted to buy a home and decided that it’s too dangerous. Let me explain. My family and I...
by Jannik | Dec 12, 2022 | General
Good news! The Portuguese Government has decided to update the law and the maximum deposits are now limited to the amount equal to 2 months’ rent. For the longest time since the introduction of NHR, we have seen a rental market under increasing pressure. We have...
by Jannik | Feb 16, 2022 | General
Having lived outside of my own country since 19 years old I have truly felt the pain of high roaming costs related to retaining my old local phone number. We see more “unlimited” roaming package deals BUT they are not all so ‘unlimited’ in reality. If you read the...
by Gilliana | Sep 23, 2021 | General
I realise that the more we learn about the property market here in Portugal, the more there is to learn. We are looking for a main home. The main requirement is that we want to be a reasonable commuting distance to school. We don’t have grand criteria otherwise and we...
by Jannik | May 25, 2021 | General
When you transfer funds from your home country into a bank account in Portugal there is a few things you need to look out for… There is a transaction fee for IBAN – this can easily be from $2-$10 – or sometimes 1%. When you are changing the currency...
