I moved to a South Carolina island where there are no cars. It's like being transported back 200 years in time, but you can still get Instacart.

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Jerry Jaskowiak, upper left, lives in an $800,000 home in Haig Point, a private community on Daufuskie Island in South Carolina.

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My 10-year-old spends up to 5 hours a week learning to code. Here are the best resources I've found to help him get ahead in his future career.

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Joel Gratcyk.

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As Microsoft's former VP of HR, here are 4 things I would never do as an employee

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Chris Williams.

Chris Williams

I moved to Japan to teach on a US military base. The whole experience cost me thousands when the job didn't work out.

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Brianna Stultz in Okinawa, Japan.

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My family makes an extra $20,000 a year renting out part of our home on Airbnb. We started with a goal to cover day-care costs, but now we've expanded to a second property.

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The LaDuca family.

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A couple hasn't paid for flights since 2018 and lives in homes for free. Here's how they quit their corporate jobs for house-sitting gigs all over the world.

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Fran Cassaniti and Marco Ilagan in Grenada, an island country in the West Indies. The couple looked after two German Shepherds.

Fran Cassaniti and Marco Ilagan

A beginner's guide to graphics cards and how they help power your computer's images

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High-quality graphics cards can significantly improve the visuals on your favorite computer games.

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I work remotely from a Caribbean island. Here's how I relocated from Oregon, found love, and started a family, without comprising my career.

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Shelby Smith. At right, Curaçao at sunset.

Shelby Smith

A father-son duo built 2 vacation homes on a remote Australian island that rent for $6,200 a night — and Chris Hemsworth was their first guest

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Timmy and Michael Maxwell.

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I'm a former senior leader at Amazon. Mentorships can be a waste of everyone's time unless you do it right — here's how.

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Brandon Southern says mentees should have specific goals.

Brandon Southern

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