In this video Kristin Fagerback encourages viewers, especially younger people or those with fewer responsibilities, to consider moving to another country. She stresses that a stable digital income is the foundation for such a move, recommending starting with online English teaching, freelance work, or a small side business. Once a reliable online salary is secured, she suggests investing in ventures like Airbnb arbitrage—running short‑term rentals in the U.S. while living abroad—to stretch earnings further. She highlights that AI tools now make finding remote jobs and building online businesses easier across fields such as marketing, sales, and engineering. Fagerback warns against moving with debt, urging at least two separate income streams to provide a safety net. For the relocation process, she advises scouting target locations (e.g., Thailand, Bali, Vietnam’s Hoi An or Nha Trang) as a tourist, consulting visa‑help agencies, and arranging rentals before transitioning from a tourist visa to a longer‑term stay. Throughout, she includes a disclaimer that the advice is not financial advice and asks viewers not to sue her.
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You want to move to a different country. I highly recommend it, and the younger you are, the more I encourage it. Encourage you to do that. The less responsibilities, the more freedom you have. So, I mean, even if you're a single mom and you have a kid, and you dream of moving to Thailand, you can do it. I you definitely can do it. I have seen how an American single mom moved to Thailand. And reestablished herself there. You just get yourself a little online income. You can start small, start with first, you know, teaching English online, having a little side business on the side. But you first need that, uh, what do you call it, a stable income that you're getting digitally. And then you can start investing into a business, say like Airbnb business. Not giving— this is no financial advice. You You cannot— please do not come sue me. I'm just giving advice that might work, and it's worked for others. Um, and then from there, you get a stable online job that you can work anywhere in the world for. So depending on your career path, there's lots of different choices, even if you're in marketing, sales, engineer. And with AI these days, it's easier and easier. to apply for jobs, make your own website, business, these things. Um, and then if you earn income from the United States and you go live in Thailand, that money goes way further. So you can operate your little Airbnb arbitrage— arbitrage, is that how you say it?— in the United States and then go be living in Thailand and Living like a queen over there with their little baby. So it's definitely possible. So yeah, I definitely recommend if you feel like you need to move to another country, don't just get up and move with no money or go use debt. Don't do that. Stop. Do not use debt to go move to another country. I don't recommend that. Get yourself stabilized with some sort of business investment income and online salary. Make sure you get your, your, your incomes in different baskets, I would say, in case one fails and you're over in Thailand, you gotta apply for a new job. I think it's not good. Have at least 2 different streams of income and then move to the other country. If it's Bali, Thailand, whatnot, get over there and, um, you can first check it out as a tourist Check out which city you want to be in, talk to some agencies that can help with visas, and on-site— let's say if you're in Vietnam and you go to, let's say, Hoi An or Nha Trang, you want to go live over there— go check out some rentals, go find some agencies that can help you change your visa from tourist to the other, then you can go back to the States.
