How to Live Rent-Free as You Travel the Globe

How to Live Rent-Free as You Travel the Globe

It’s early, and the sun isn’t yet up. I walk outside, and look out across the expanse that stretches to the horizon. The water sparkles in the early morning light. The first rays of the sun are bursting forth. A new day has begun in Costa Rica, and the house we’re staying in, with this view, is absolutely free. The home is on a coffee farm, nestled at the top of a hill high above the small town of Hojancha on the Nicoya Peninsula, a large landmass that juts out into the Pacific. My husband, Fred, and I simply care for the two dogs while the owner takes a trip to Australia.