Author: Jane Mepham, CFP®

How to Build US Credit from Zero

How to Build Strong Credit as a New Immigrant

How to build US credit from zero when new in the – In this post, I break down what US credit score is, what it’s used for and how to start building it with zero credit history. This is addressed to those brand new immigrants, but applies to anybody that’s looking to start building their credit history.

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Mastering FIRE Tax Strategies on a Work Visa

Part of being able to successfully implement the FIRE strategy on a work visa is saving or minimizing on taxes.

Having to pay tax penalties because of tax-compliance issues goes against that. In this post, I discuss ways to be tax-compliant with overseas assets and avoid having to pay tax penalties.

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Tax-Loss Harvesting: How To Boost Your Portfolio Gains

Once you start investing, sooner or later, you are going to come accross the term tax-loss harvesting strategy.

In today’s post, I explain what it is, how it works, when it makes sence to practice it, as well how to think about it in a cross-border context.

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FIRE Retirement Challenges: How to Overcome Them on a Work Visa

How does the strategy of Early Retirement planning (FIRE) look different for tech workers in the US. on work visas, specifically for those from India, China, Canada, the UK, Russia, Brazil, and other countries looking to retire in the next 10 years around the age of 40.

This post has the specific details.

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Best Savings Strategies for Visa Holders

Where exactly should you next dollar go? Saving, investing, vacation, insurance, buy a house etc?

In this post, i’m providing you a nice FREE flowchart that you can use to answer that specific question.

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