Freelancing, living, and building from Portugal.
The honest version — what moves here actually cost, what the D8 visa and IFICI tax regime look like in practice, and what eighteen months in Ericeira teaches you that no listicle does.
2 posts on Portugal · Ericeira · lifestyle
Building Ericeira Review in Public — Log 01
The first build-in-public log on Ericeira Review. 19 days public: 421 visitors, 1,256 pageviews, 46 five-star reviews, 118 Instagram referrals, 20 countries — all from the database. What's working, what isn't, and what Log 02 covers.
Freelancing in Portugal in 2026: What Nobody Actually Tells You
An honest, first-person account of what it's really like to freelance as a tech worker in Portugal — the D8 visa, NHR changes, cost of living numbers, client acquisition, and the loneliness nobody warns you about.
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Six pages on the D8 visa, IFICI tax math, real cost of living, client acquisition, and the loneliness no listicle warns you about — written from Ericeira.
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