How to See the World as a Full-Time House Sitter

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After experiencing the loss of both a marriage and a business, Vanessa Anderson left the UK in June 2013 to visit Ian Usher in Panama… and never returned! Through house-sitting and teaching English online, they’ve been able to fund their nomadic lifestyle and become part of a larger sharing economy.

Here’s her story:

It actually begins with Ian’s side of things back in 2006. Blindsided by the breakup of his own marri...