The Saipan Living Relocation Guide: A comprehensive guide for moving to, finding a job, working, living, retiring or simply vacationing in the Northern Mari

by Walt F. J. Goodridge

Overview

Saipan Living: The Relocation Guide! (Updated for 2022)
A comprehensive guide for moving to, finding a job, working, living,
retiring or simply vacationing in the Northern Mariana Islands of Saipan, Tinian and Rota.

Where exactly is Saipan? Is it a place I can escape to? What's it really like? Can I retire comfortably there? What taxes will I need to pay? Will I be able to vote in the US elections? Do I need a visa or passport to go there?

Read Saipan Living and get answers to these and other questions about cost of living, job opportunities, labor laws, expat presence, churches, schools, gun laws, crime stats, the economy, dating, mosquitoes, humidity, bringing pets, land ownership and more!

This unique volume has been researched, compiled and presented by a former New York City dweller turned rat race escapee and now CNMI resident author with over 10 years experience observing, exploring, writing about, offering tours, answering questions and personally enjoying Saipan living! It is your A to Z index of topics from "accommodations" to "zoning laws" with specific, up-to-date information and answers to the most frequently-asked questions as well as answers to "tropical island lifestyle" questions you probably haven't even thought about asking--with details and nuance that the CIA website, Wikipedia, travel guides, and many blogs don't get quite right.

Indexed TWO ways for your convenience: (1) by Frequently Asked Questions and (2) by topic, you get:
• The truth about Saipan including the good, the bad, the beautiful and the ugly

• A step-by-step checklist for your relocation

• Tips and advice for a smooth transition and adjustment

• Contact numbers, websites & email addresses for vendors, organizations and all government offices

• The latest census information with "reality checks" from those who actually live here!

• Facts as well as valuable opinions from past, current and even future residents!

• Completed tax forms with instructions to show how to pay taxes on Saipan!

• 10 years of questions collected from the saipanliving.com website, along with
the actual responses from past, present and even future residents

• "Relocation scenarios" featuring people's real concerns and the answers they received!

• Photos of the islands you won't find anywhere else.

• Chamorro, Carolinian, Filipino, Chinese, Russian, Korean, American,
Japanese viewpoints and perspectives on Saipan living
(including interviews with people who've lived here since the 1970s)

• Predictions plus a manifesto on what Saipan really needs business-wise

Yes, you get all this and more to help you decide if Saipan is the right place to visit, vacation,
venture into business, retire or simply escape the rat race!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798823132756
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	10/15/2022
Pages:	170
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.36(d)

About the Author

Walt F.J. Goodridge is from the Caribbean island of Jamaica and holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Columbia University. After seven years working as a civil engineer for the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, this frustrated employee walked away from his career to pursue his passion for writing and helping others. His mission: "I share what I know, so that others may grow!"

In addition to identities as the "Hip Hop Entrepreneur author," "the Jamaican in China," and the "Ageless Adept," Walt is known as the "Passion Prophet," author of Turn Your Passion Into Profit and creator of a unique PassionProfit™ Philosophy & Formula.

Using that philosophy and formula, Walt escaped from America to live on the Pacific island of Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), and has written several books about his new home: Saipan Living, Doing Business on Saipan, Chicken Feathers & Garlic Skin, Saipan Now, There's Something About Saipan and others.

He writes freelance articles for the Saipan Tribune, Marianas Variety and Guam Business Journal; conducts writer workshops to help aspiring authors; offers tours of the islands; has been featured in books and documentaries about the region; was recognized by a Senate Resolution for his contributions to CNMI society; and has received three Governor's Humanities Awards for (1) Preservation of CNMI History, (2) Research & Publications in the Humanities, and (3) Outstanding Humanities Teacher.

The Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur Magazine, Source, Billboard, Time, Black Enterprise, Essence, Ebony, South Africa's SArie Magazine as well as Guerrilla Marketing guru Jay Conrad Levinson, music industry pioneer Chuck D and others have featured, quoted or endorsed his work. His books have been used as texts for university courses in the US and Europe. Walt currently owns and operates over 50 websites, has written well over two dozen books, 400+ business articles and over 500 of his unique inspirational "life rhymes."

He lives an untethered, minimalist, vegan, nomadic lifestyle, but responds to emails to !