LIFE ABROAD CAN GO WRONG FAST
Most People Only Find Out After It Costs Them
Most move-abroad advice sells the dream. I write about what happens after the dream meets landlords, banks, police stations, visa clocks, local fixers, paperwork, scams, and systems that do not care how optimistic you were when you booked the flight.
Hi, I’m David. I’m an American who has spent 27 years living, working, and traveling abroad. I’ve lived through two revolutions in Ukraine, pandemic lockdown in Georgia, long stays across Europe, and the quiet daily absurdities most relocation gurus never mention.
On Expats Planet, I write about the real machinery of life abroad: the good, the bad, the funny, the stupid, and the moments where one bad assumption can turn into an expensive lesson.
Expat Survival Tools
These are not glossy relocation guides. They are built for Americans who want to think harder before life abroad starts thinking for them.
The Expat Autopsy
What 27 years abroad revealed about hidden traps, scams, and silent disasters relocation gurus never mention. Read this before you make a move you can’t undo.
The Expat Contingency Protocol
A critical-thinking survival system for the ugly question most expats never ask soon enough: What would I do abroad if everything went wrong?
The Bulletproof Expat Bundle
Includes The Expat Autopsy and The Expat Contingency Protocol in one survival stack. See what breaks abroad, then pressure-test what you would do when it does.
Get both together and save.
The Expat Contingency Briefing
A private 50-minute contingency session built around your move, your weak spots, and the “what would I do if…” scenarios you do not want to face for the first time under pressure.
Bring your plan, your worries, your assumptions, and your worst-case scenarios. We’ll pressure-test the parts most generic relocation advice never touches.
Best before booking: Read The Expat Autopsy and work through The Expat Contingency Protocol. You’ll come in with the traps mapped and your scenarios pressure-tested, so we can spend the briefing on your real situation.
Have a quick question?
Email me: David@ExpatsPlanet.com
After purchase: Follow the instructions on the checkout page to book your briefing and complete the short intake form.
Why This Exists
Most expat content starts with the fantasy: cheaper rent, better weather, less stress, more freedom.
Fine. Those things can be real.
But the part that breaks people usually starts later, when the landlord suddenly changes the rules, the bank locks the account, the visa clock gets ugly, the fixer disappears, the paperwork does not match reality, or the system decides you are the problem.
That is the part I care about.
Expats Planet is for Americans who still want the adventure, but want to bring a better brain with them.
Experienced Perspective, Not Relocation Theater
I do not sell residency packages, tax plans, investment schemes, offshore structures, or “move here and everything will be easy” fantasies.
I help you think through the assumptions, risks, tradeoffs, and ugly little failure points most people ignore until they are already standing in the middle of them.
Disclaimer: I am not a relocation specialist, tax or financial advisor, immigration lawyer, or residency consultant. I provide practical perspective based on 27 years of living, working, and traveling abroad.