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@brucabbro @levelsio Damaging the economy by spending money?

Do nomads "ruin the safe and friendly culture", or do they spend money in a different country. You could argue about damaging the local economy because of a possibly different purchasing power, but what does it have to do with friendliness and safety? Digital nomads won't rob you if you walk at night near a train station lol

Nice hot take but structurally false I think The European immigration debate is about mass, permanent, involuntary immigration: people fleeing poverty, settling permanently in Europe, heavily using welfare systems and changing demographics irreversibly Digital nomads are voluntary, usually temporary, high-income and pay their way. They're more like rich tourists who stay longer than any regular immigration archetype. Digital nomads don't claim welfare, they don't affect public housing queues, and because they're not resident, they need to keep having income remotely to pay for most things privately (like healthcare) There's no data attributing any significant crime to digital nomads in South East Asia. Actual crime there comes from different sources: Chinese-origin criminal networks (see the kidnappings in Thailand brought to Myanmar and Cambodia to scam people. Westerners on laptops drinking their iced latte are not showing up in any crime data in particular. Maybe some Russians in Bali for sure but that's not most digital nomads, and that's just because they're Russian! The average digital nomad earns $85,000/year and spends about 35% of that into the local economy: on housing, coworking, cafes, food, transport, directly supporting local jobs and small businesses Many countries around the world are trying to attract MORE digital nomads not LESS, like Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia rolling out special digital nomad visa for them, governments generally like digital nomads. They're a good contribution to the countries bringing lots of money, high tech (and high IQ) tech workers which can rub off on the locals The only argument you can make is gentrification, more digital nomads and tourists in a place can gentrify a place. See what happened in a place like Canggu in Bali. But that's more about too many hipster cafes, coworkings and brunch places and overbuilding of houses, which can be avoided by better regulation and zoning. Thailand for example has barely any of these issues. Luckily Bali is big so most of it is unaffected Anyway, apart from that digital nomads are generally a net positive contribution, while the current mass immigration in Europe is a net negative. And that's now provable with data. I'm an immigrant myself, and digital nomad, and we should change the narrative not that immigration is bad, but that there's good and bad immigration Europe is getting mostly bad immigration now which is causing severe social and economic issues now So yes it is completely logical and not hypocritical to see DNs go to South East Asia while they complain about immigrants in Europe, you just have to look at the data to get it

Source & more details: nomad.watch/taxes/special-…

🇨🇾 Cyprus Non-Dom Regime: Key Facts - Tax Exemptions: 0% Special Defence Contribution (SDC) on dividends, interest, and rental income. - Duration: Valid for 17 years from the start of tax residency. - Eligibility: Must be a Cyprus tax resident (183-day or 60-day rule) and not domiciled in Cyprus (not born there or resident for 17/20 years prior). - Context: Does not exempt from Personal Income Tax (top rate 35%) or Capital Gains (20%). Corporate tax is 12.5%.

@thealepalombo nomad.watch/taxes/special-… Pretty good for sure

Cyprus is becoming the default European base for globally mobile families. And most people are still sleeping on it. Here's why. 15% corporate tax. A 17-year non-dom regime, i.e. no tax on foreign dividends or interest with just 60 days of presence. No wealth tax. No inheritance tax. English everywhere. British common law. 340 days of sunshine. Direct flights to London, Dubai, and most of Europe. Affordable, high-quality healthcare. International schools in every major city. And the residency paths keep getting better: - Digital nomad visa from €3,500/month, up to 3 years - €300K in real estate gets you permanent residency - EU citizenship after 7 years - Fast-track citizenship in under 5 years for skilled tech professionals No other European country gives you this combination at this price point. The biggest criticism: "it's boring." But as other destinations tighten tax regimes and raise the bar on residency, Cyprus only gets more attractive. I've been saying this before it was obvious. 80% of families looking for a European base will seriously consider Cyprus in the next few years, if they haven't already. Bookmark this and check back. Living there or looked into it? What surprised you most, good or bad?

Claude down, time to touch some grass

@wander_investor Drones vs anti air missiles

Flying over Ukraine: banned Flying over the UAE: acceptable I need an explanation.

@grok @nic_amadio @grok what about Montenegro?

Croatia is top-tier for tourist/short-term rentals (3% transfer tax, low €0.60-8/m² annual property tax—exempt if long-term rented >10mo, 0% CGT after 2yrs hold, ~4-6% gross yields coastal, ~3% mortgages). But not #1 overall. Top 5 Europe 2026 (tax at buy/rent, net yields, apprec potential, CGT on sale, mortgage ~2.5-3.5%): 1. Bulgaria: lowest taxes (1-3% transfer, 10% flat rental/CGT), 5-7% yields, strong FDI/GDP growth. 2. Croatia: as above—great for flips/tourism. 3. Greece: ~5% yields, low ongoing taxes, tourism-driven apprec. 4. Portugal: 5-7% yields, stable but 28% CGT (exemptions possible). 5. Poland: 4-6% yields, 19% CGT, affordable entry + growth. Bulgaria wins pure cashflow; Croatia for lifestyle/tax efficiency. Pick by your horizon/location.

@grok does Croatia offer the best real estate opportunity in Europe right now? rank the top 5 considering taxation (at purchase time and on rental income), yields, appreciation, capital gains tax when selling, mortgage deals.

@panicsellingxyz Luxury real estate gets adjusted all the time to find a buyer. Gotta see the aggregate market to see if there is any influence from the current situation.

A JBR penthouse just dropped rent price 10% 🚨 📍 Hilton Dubai The Walk · Jumeirah Beach Residence 🏠 4 BR · 5,813 sqft · Panoramic views 💰 $272K → $245K/yr (AED 999K → 900K) -$27K (-AED 100K) annual rent reduction. 15 days on market.

Laravel is the best AI framework out there!

Gemini straight up refuses generating images now.

@steipete Can’t even run claude code

The new MacBook Neo has 8GB unified memory? Rough.

@marclou Would be nice to have your /stats page as an endpoint. Would be helpful for reports. Also maybe the leaderboard or granular filters/search.

@RuttyBuilds Awesome! Let me know if you need more endpoints / datapoints

Just created an open source Laravel AI tool for TrustMRR by @marclou, also available as an integration now in OpenCompany so you can chat with it on Telegram or make automations with the data. (Or even make PDF reports)

You can even schedule this to run every day or weekly for you. Only spend LLM tokens when setting up the automation. The automation itself is code.

Then you can ask a follow up to turn it into a detailed PDF report using Typst.

@marclou Just built a wrapper for Laravel AI sdk. Also integrated with my project. x.com/ruttybuilds/st…

If you build a wrapper, please let me know. I'd love to check it out! trustmrr.com/docs/api

I built an API for TrustMRR ✨ You can now access the $1.2B database of verified revenue programmatically for free. Use cases: 🤝 Get the 5 most recent startups listed for sale 🏆 Fetch revenue for the last 30 days for {xHandle} 💡 See whether SaaS makes more money than mobile apps I added a bunch of filters and sorting options so you can find clever ways to use the API. Go to your /dashboard to get started, or use the link below ↓

@marclou On it! Brb in 30 mins

@marclou Do you have a RSS feed?

I made a Telegram bot that pings you every time a startup goes up for sale on TrustMRR. Free, no login. > t.me/trust_mrr_bot