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Millionaire Expat
How to Build Wealth Living Overseas
Third Edition
Andrew Hallam
Copyright © 2022 by Andrew Hallam. All rights reserved.
Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Published simultaneously in Canada.
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Library of Congress Cataloging‐in‐Publication Data:
Names: Hallam, Andrew (Teacher), author. | John Wiley & Sons, publisher.
Title: Millionaire expat : how to build wealth living overseas / Andrew Hallam.
Other titles: Global expatriate's guide to investing
Description: Third edition. | Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, [2022] | Includes index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021044853 (print) | LCCN 2021044854 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119840107 (paperback) | ISBN 9781119840152 (adobe pdf) | ISBN 9781119840145 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Finance, Personal. | Investments. | Retirement income—Planning.
Classification: LCC HG179 .H238 2022 (print) | LCC HG179 (ebook) | DDC 332.024—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021044853
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021044854
Cover Design: Wiley
Cover Images: U.K. passport © Jeff Fullerton/Getty Images; U.S. Passport © S.Perry/Getty Images
Only a fool would take his wife on a multi‐month cycling tour…while trying to write a book. An even bigger fool would attempt the same thing during a 17‐month adventure in a camper van (trying to drive from Canada to Argentina). I have done both. Note to all single women: if you believe your future spouse might try such a stunt, run. Fortunately for me, my wife didn't just stick around she helped with every aspect of this book's production (and every other book I've written). Named after the Hawaiian fire goddess, Pele sometimes spewed lava in my general direction while I pretended it was normal to write books from bicycles and vans. And although I'm not fully rehabilitated, I'm a better man for it. So Pele Hallam‐Young, this book is dedicated to you. You're amazing. I love you more every day.
Acknowledgements
If I were hit by a bus, I can imagine my wife eventually venturing back onto the dating scene. But I'm pretty sure she wouldn't date a writer. I can hear the checklist in her head right now: adventurous, check; handsome, check; caring, check; intelligent, check; writer…oh shit. Writing is an anti‐social gig. The best part (for me, anyway) is gleaning stories from people that I can share and learn from. But then, as all writers do, I spend thousands of hours trying to make sense of it all. Only 0.01 percent of authors earn enough compensation to exceed a minimum hourly wage. I made that up. But it's probably true.
So, I have to thank my wife, Pele Hallam‐Young, for helping me with this book. She encouraged me. She helped with