Good choice Andrew. Malaysia is the perfect place for retirement. Our weather which is quite hot all year round is actually very good for health as you will sweat more. People here are more friendly than other south east asian countries. The food in malaysia is really unbelievable. We have chinese, malay, indian and even portuguese food which you will really enjoy. Maybe you can try relocate your retirement to malacca which is not too big like in KL and also not too small. Malacca is really a very nice city and you can also find lots of big shopping centres. Thank you for choosing malaysia as your retirement home. Assure you, you have not made a wrong choice. Stay safe and healthy Andrew.

Another reason ... Travelling ... within 2-3 hours flight you may be in Thailand, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Indonesia/Bali, India. for 6-8 hours flight ... you are in Korea, Japan, Australia, Middle East, China. Most of that through a single direct flight.

I just turn 60 , and my husband and I planning to travel around the world , I was born in Vn but I move to US almost 40 years ago , I have been back in Vn since last 10 years , and visited kulalumpur , and I love it Malaysia , more than Vn , thx for sharing your story , I love your channel , always SUBSCRIBED, ❤️👍

Very intelligent Wise decision Malaysians speaks proper English Is not expensive Great food peaceful lower cost gasoline low taxes not many beggars or grinding poverty like their neighbors Orderly commonwealth member Congrats

G'day mate, the old MM2H scheme does still exist in Sabah. The only extra requirement is that you go to Sabah once a year for 2 weeks, which is a great holiday anyway.

Love your candor... you're really good. I am surprised you don't have more subscribers. Perhaps put out more content more often and I am sure your subscribers will explode. Seriously.... you have got great story telling skill. So happy you found someone. That is I think the number one motivation to move to any geographical area. Keep your videos coming.

Thanks for sharing your interesting experience in Malaysia...very useful for research and your chill approach is nice! Good luck in your very nice retirement! Cheers.

I am Ukrainian. I adore Georgetown, Penang. So much hope to come back when the war is over. Males now are forbidden to leave country

Great to hear your story as I watch through your videos ! I appreciate your willingness to share.

In Asia it is very customary for new owners to do rennovation work. We have 2 going on now from July to November. I befriended Management and made them finish the hacking within 3,days for wiring and no noise before 10 AM

I really loved hearing every word of this journey. Thank you for sharing it!! 🤩

Enjoyed watching your video, full of tips and pitfalls to watch out for.

Hi Andrew. Im a Malaysian. I love to watch your channel. Really informative info. Easy listening. 👍🏻

So fun to watch, many LOL moments! I’ve got too many family ties here to move abroad, but you sure make it tempting 😀🌈

I love your story and want to know more about it. I am planning to retire either in Malaysia or Turkey one day.thank you for sharing your story with us

Very informative through personal experience. Thank you Andrew.

Love your videos only wish they were longer. My partner is Malaysian and we both live in Australia but for us it’s easy to just pop on up for a holiday and pop back. Almost no time difference and the airfare is very reasonable. Those new visa requirements for retirees are onerous indeed, so, unless the government changes them they’ll get almost no applicants. They may want it that way of course but eventually I think money rules and they’ll change it again.

Welcome to Malaysia, we wish u an enjoyable and healthy retirement life in Malaysia and enjoy the local foods.

Excellent lns and Outs, about the Direction facing the Sun and Heat and rennovation.

You can zoom your friends and family members. Love listening to you.

Hello fellow KZfaqr! So nice to have stumbled on your channel. We are planning the big jump to retire soon too. You are such an inspiration.

Hi John. Welcome. I am just a couple of years younger and will retire soon. Enjoy yourself, wherever you maybe. We only live once so grab hold of whatever we can get and make the most of it. The only thing stopping us is ourselves.

You are a very brave man. Not many can let go of everything and put their life in bags and search for something better at the point that you were at. I say Brave Sir. I hope you find your peace. 😊

Great video! I am a minimalist and your channel is inspiring

Great video with some good information

Thanks for posting. Great information .🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Nice video sir.. enjoy your life here in Malaysia...

Great (love) retirement story. I'm did it the other way round. Migrated from Asia to Europe. Enjoy your retirement in Malaysia !!

Enjoy your life here in Malaysia, sir!

I’ll be visiting Penang and Taiping from 9/2 to 9/21. Looking forward to yummy cuisines.

This was a really nice watch! looking forward to watching other videos and hearing your thoughts.

happy retiring sir

Hilarious to listen to your *"Renovation"* story, you are such a good story teller Tailor !😂😂😂

🌜... Enjoy your life Andrew.... Be happy. 😊.. keep smiling . You will be good. 👍... 🌛🇲🇾

Good sharing. Please visit Batu Caves when in KL, Cameron Highlands, Fraser Hill and Malacca for their Nonya food. I bet you will like it.

Look after your health And your health will take good care of you All the best

New Sub, great info, thanks for the info.

relax in your videos.. Looks like you reading a script. Calm down. You doing well . Love your personality hope you show more of your life not just where you go. xxx

I like that you seem to be like the "rest of us " Hoping for more videos helpful vids about retiring in MALAYSIA. Stay Healthy .Be Safe .Thank you !

I am in the same boat at age 56 but Malaysia looks to me a far stretch. Looking at Panama or Malaysia but again my wife is concerned about Malaysia. Let your videos come I'll be watching it !

Very interesting my friend , i'm much like you actually. Cheers

We are retiring next March at 55 and 60 in Mexico. Malaysia used to be an option, and I am not up to date on it, but I believe the retirement visa is much more difficult to qualify for ? We lived in Costa Rica many years ago. It is not inexpensive any more. We also prefer cool weather and speak Spanish, so are heading for San Cristobal de las Casas. 7200 feet in elevation means no more hot, sweaty, sticky days. We hope to take 4-5 years and very slowly travel through Central and South America with our last stop probably being Arequipa. Peru. By the we should be able to pick our favorite place and put down roots

You’ve had some beautiful apartments!

Would be interesting to discuss the option of using Medicare on rare trips back to US.

I'm totally sold!

Great video. I am new to your channel. Retirement is coming soon. Costa Rica got expensive in the last 10 years. It is not affordable anymore.

The new condos reno given three months to reno for all units as to not be a nuisance when occupants started moving in.

South East Asia certainly fantastic! Good choice... 👍

Hello Andrew, you've made some really informative videos on Malaysian retirement. Thank You. I have a question. Coming from the USA, my one concern is adapting to driving on the opposite side of the road and driving a car with the steering wheel on the opposite side. Have you found it difficult to adapt?

Same as kyrgyzstan New Apartments are not finished Some just a shell Some kitchen needs to be done

Hi Andrew, I have been enjoying your channel and plan to cruise through Malaysia to check out my retirement option early next year. I have looked at Thailand in the past and it really doesn't appeal to me (well the expat crowd didn't appeal to me anyway). The thing that puzzles me is, what do you do to fill your days? I'm 64 and not working at the moment. I currently try and keep occupied with activities that include one or two sessions a week at the local primary school growing vegetables, I'm on the management committee of the Local Town Hall and take the lead role in restoring the gardens with a team of volunteers, I participate various tree planting projects, and I am training as a guide at the local art gallery. I have a couple of daughters that I see regularly and and assortment of grand children to spoil. I see friends a couple of times a week and have a florescent garden. I average around 15,000 steps a day. The thing is, I often find myself with many blank hours to fill. Do you think that retirement in Malaysia would help me fill those blank hours? Cheers Mark

Enjoy ur life boss.welcome

Well done

Good for you

thank for the video, I live in Sydney Australia and is about your age.. I think Australia is too expensive for retiree like me and thinking I might retire to somewhere in SE Asia with lower cost of living. I am a bit worried about the health care when I start getting issue in my old ages.. I can speak Cantonesee and Mandarin which make it easier for me to live in Malaysia too. But I think I prefer to live in smaller city with slower pace of life maybe Penang.. Ipoh... rather than rat race city like KL.

In Malaysia , plenty places to visit especially malacca and Johor even Singapore.

G'day mate, I have a sad story about that air conditioner that caused so many problems. I have sold air-cons for 40 years. Your problem was ants building their nest in the last four inches of the drain pipe on your balcony. A pipe cleaner shoved up the end of the pipe every few months fixes it.

First time watching your vlog.Interesting tho.I am a retiree also.

I am only 43 but I want to retire in Cambodia, I have a lot of khmer friends

Hello Andrew, I am Liz from KL. Enjoy listening to your story. I guess I might even send you an email to exchange knowledge. Thanks.

I pay 175 usd for a 2 bedroom marble floor in Fethiye Turkey along the Turkish Rivera. Learning the language is difficult but some people know english and many brits live here. From here i can travel all over the med and europe.

thanks , I am living in China now .In June I will retire in Malaysia

What would be the comparable cost for cleaning an equivalent apartment in the US? As you said in Malaysia, it would cost you USD60. Thank you

Mr. Taylor, would you mind doing an episode on renting vs. buying a condo? How will this decision impact on visa application? your recommendation on location since this new MM2H situation is getting more complicated.

I'm 65 and looking to retire in Mayasia in a year or so, I'll have plenty of savings and monthly social security payments but the new MM2H visa STINKS. I'll be moving to Sarawak with the excellent S-MM2H visa.

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Nice

I've been retired here from Seattle for 9 years now on MM2H, and its been pretty good. But having said that for future applicants its going to be very very difficult to meet the new requirements of $10,000/month and depositing $250,000 in a fix deposit. What do you think?

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Today I am revisiting the expat life... I put it on hold when I 'unretired'. I am within 2 years to my official retirement age. I am looking at several countries and Since I only speak English it's a little scary to attempt to go to Latin America with the exception of Belize. I have a question about the visa and residency. If you do not have that overinflated income they require, can you go to Sarawak and get residency there, then live in KL or Penang? I think the requirements is that you only have to be there 15 days a year... If you don't do either, can you do a border run at 90 days? Have you made any videos about that?

Enjoy your retirement 🙏👍😬thank you for sharing 🙏

Andrew, hv u tried looking at east malaysia ? Sabah n sarawak are two states where even makaysians think of retiring at.

Great for youu 👍 have a good day ahead. Youre welcome to visit every places in Malaysia. Do come to the mosque and learn to know the beauty of Islam 😊

Hi Andrew, Is private insurance expensive in Malaysia? I would love to move from Las Vegas to retire in Sarawak but am concerned about the ever increasing medical insurance premium.

Hi Andrew, we are interested in the MM2H visa as well. What we understand is that the requirements are much higher (an agent told us that Sarawak MM2H is going to shortly follow suit) and we would never qualify. Do you have any other suggestions? Thanks in advance.

I am approaching 50 and want to retire!!

Do you ever consider buying? I worry about perpetually renting. Like, what if rents suddenly shoot up? As i get older, the thought of always moving to new rentals makes me anxious. How do you feel about that?

Renovation in perpetuity.

How are you affected from The Malaysia, my 2nd home change from proof of monthly income from MYR 10,000 to MYR 40,000. That is a large difference and I don't know many who would qualify

What are the minimums to have in the bank to get this visa? You actually have to have a pension? As well as the minimum amount in the bank there?

Sorry have to ask this question and I don't you want to hear it. By the way, do you ever think that you might die in Malaysia? My question is how much is the funeral cost in Malaysia. I have a friend that lost his father in-law recently and it cost about US14000 in US. My sister-in-law passed away last year and her kids have to get a loan because she doesn't have life insurance.

You can afford retiring early with American dollars. I can't because my ringgit is depreciation faster than me aging

Unfortunately,since the revamp of the MM2H, the requirements are high. Example, An Australian on the pension does Not qualify but then is forced to live below the official poverty level in Australia. The amount would be enough to live a reasonable lifestyle in Malaysia. Glad you got in early. The situation in the USA, Australia,UK etc for retirement is becoming critical, people are already starting to die because they can’t afford heating in winter. I’m thinking of how I might be able to make it work, only really need 6 months of the year there.

Wow 1400 sq ft 128m For 500 usd a month Nice

how you i from sabah hope doing good

Your voice are quite slow. I have to open full volume. May be better microphone will help.

you've been living in 3 BEDROOM condos all theses years?! Were you planning to adopt an instant family when you moved to Malaysia? :-)

Have you managed to learn Malay in your time there.

Thank you for the info! Never considered Malaysia! I speak Spanish so Latin/South America more fitting.

I was planning on moving to Penang, after I retire so I could travel thru out Asia and have Penang as a home base for the next 3-5 years. How is the MM2H affecting your stay in Malaysia? How would MM2H be for new retires interested in coming to Malaysia? My alternative with the best expat Visa would be Sarawak,Cambodia or Vietnam.

Gonna retire in Texas upon 100 years. Any possibility join crowd with Bama Bush Clinton and many more

First, before you retire in South East Asia, understand and respect the culture and norms of other countries and respect their citizens

visa ? What visa you can stay in Malaysia for 90 days Retire to sabah Pop over to Brunei And return 90 more days No visa fees No Id cards to pay etc

Why not to retire in Thailand, or Vietnam? In those apartments are furnituries included in the rent or you have to have your own?

i like u

I lived in Philippines and ended up leaving over the mask "rules" there, sadly a deal breaker. I think Malaysia is similar but not certain. It's a huge problem in Philippines though, makes it unliveable for a lot of us.

I think the Philippines has a better deal at least today for retirees. Here English is also widely spoken and all signs, etc are in English. The income requirement is only $1,000 monthly (vs $8900 with mm2h) plus $1500-$10k bank deposit (v 233k mm2h), depending on visa type, inexpensive cost of living and no income tax on retirement income. Also travel to the US is much easier - direct flight to NY is 15h.

The new mm2h sucks!!!!

Hi Taylor We have sent you an email We would love to invite you for cocktails . We have our American 🇺🇸 friend who lives here to meet you too 👍🏻