Being American myself and wife over the course of 5 years I have had the opportunity to learn a lot about the experience. I wish I had this information, I would have done things very different. Everybody's financial situation is different, many people are able to make it happen from $500 a month to 10K a month. I personally had a budget of 5k a month in passive income. I acquired friends all living the same dream with different budgets, some happier than others heh.
Over the course of five years I spent considerable amount of time in Puebla, MX, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Lake Tahoe, Panama, Hawaii, and Colombia only Medellin though. I sent my daughter to various schools mostly elementary school private and public.
I would be more than happy to talk about healthcare in these countries, schooling,medicines and procedures, nightmare scenarios, ect. Nice to meet y'all.
This is above Squaw Valley north Lake Tahoe, CA
Riding Horses with my daughter 20$ for two hours
Volcano Arenal, Costa Rica
Monkey on my room, Manual Antonio, CR
Kona, HI