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The Nomad on FIRE Podcast | Travis Luther | The Fun Side of the Wall | Episode #40 Shownotes
Guest Bio
Travis Luther is an author, musician, and entrepreneur. Forbes.com called Travis a Retirement Abroad Authority. We discuss retirement in Mexico and his new book The Fun Side of the Wall: Baby Boomer Retirement in Mexico . We talk about why people might want to leave the US to retire in Mexico, some of the reasons they choose to stay in Mexico, and the most popular locations in Mexico for ex-pats. We also discuss Travis’s entrepreneurial ventures and so much more!
Links Mentioned
- The Fun Side of the Wall: Baby Boomer Retirement in Mexico by Travis Scott Luther
- The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss
- The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman
- The Lake Chapala Society
- Expats in Mexico
- The Best Places to Live in Mexico as a U.S. Expat International Living
- InterNations: Community for expatriates & global minds
Show Notes
- What is Travis Luther’s background? 00:57
- Reasons, why people might want to leave the United States, including money, ageism, and a sense of community. 05:20
- What does a typical American baby boomer look like that moves to Mexico? 07:30
- Why do baby boomers want to stay in Mexico? 10:00
- What are some of the key locations in Mexico for ex-pats? 18:40
- Would Travis retire in Mexico? 25:20
- How dangerous can it be in Mexico? 26:43
- What does the healthcare situation look like in Mexico? 29:42
- What types of resources would Travis recommend? 34:24
- Travis Luther talks about his other businesses 36:53
- Be honest about what your skillset is 40:56
- Connect with Travis Luther 56:56
Significant Quotes
- I came across Tim Ferriss’s book The 4-Hour Work Week, as I am sure a lot of your listeners have read, and I was like, wow, I am busy. But here is this busy entrepreneur and he has found these websites to outsource some of his work 01:59
- The baby boomers that have come to Mexico in the last 10 years since my original study are upper income. They are very educated. In fact, if they were their own generation, they would be the most educated generation in U.S. history 07:30
- (Baby Boomers moving to Mexico) If you could have this same kind of life in the U.S., how many of you would return to the United States only about 8% of the people said that they would be willing to return to the United States 10:22
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