A few weeks back I started a membership site. It generates enough income that I could live off of it. My plan, however, is to invest the income back in to the community to make it better.

This is a guest post by Sean Ogle, a Tropical MBA alum. Today he launches Location Rebel. It teaches you how to get started living a location independent lifestyle by learning real skills that people are willing to pay for.

I only know a small handful of muse business owners who make their money this way. Contrast that with the 100s of mobile entrepreneurs I’ve met in the past few years and interact with daily. Most lifestyle designers are too busy with their business to blog about it.

I got an email from freelance writer and editor Elisa Doucette (sweet name!) this morning about a writing project she is working on. One question got me thinking: Do you feel like aspects of the lifestyle are glamorized?

Ian and I have been interested in offshore corporations for just over a year now. Before that time, our discussions on business structure revolved around LLC vs C-corp and California vs. Delaware. We heard about offshore corporations, but we thought they were the domain of the rich and powerful-- the jetset and ballin'.

Thanks to the McKeegan family, who run an exceptional business preparing expat tax returns, for one of the coolest housewarming gifts I’ve ever seen.

I have the top end fiber service here in Bali (it’s only available in certain areas). I pay $125 a month for it, and it’s the fastest home connection of anyone I’ve so far met. It’s rare to see 1MEG+ connections in Bali.

I was reading an article about John Mayer recently. Despite all the tabloid drama, John is truly a world class guitar player.

Gary Vaynerchuck famously said that anyone can 'cash in on their passion' creating online communities that revolve around engaging content. The truth, though, is that you are never cashing in on your passion.

I’m a big fan of the Foolish Adventure Podcast. I’ve listened to most of the episodes. I learn a lot from Tim and Izzy. A few months back I started emailing Tim. Then we started talking on the phone.

The other day I was on the phone with my mastermind group. These super smart and successful guys were totally cracking up making fun of lifestyle design bloggers. RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY FACE!!!

I was having a conversation over dinner with one of my good friends the other night. He was telling me about his ex co-worker Daniel’s success in the real estate market.

I’ve imagined the owners of competing companies in extreme detail. Khaki shorts and t-shirt, beer in hand, half-bored with some friends on a Sunday watching a concert in the park.

For people who aren’t natural born lemonade stand entrepreneurs (I am not), the toughest part about making the transition to the entrepreneurial lifestyle is coming up with a profitable business idea.

If you happen to know any enterpreneurial, travel-ish, makin’-money-from-their-laptop type people who might want to join the TMBA team, please share this post with them!

The TMBA guys and I spend a lot of time comparing the Philippines and Bali. A few months back, 3 of us met up in Bali to do TMBA stuff. Eventually, we all needed to make visa runs (ah Indonesia!).

When I was in my early 20’s I didn’t have a lot of opportunities to travel. I’d hustle them up any way I could. One of my biggest coups was using student loans to go live in France for 2 months.

What came next was pitch-perfect entrepreneurship. Mr. Entrepreneur took the competitor’s successful model, made a few innovative twists, and applied it to a new market.

In 2011 we’ve made it a top priority to improve our network of like-minded people. That’s the reason we’ve pulled together the house, started a mastermind group (currently closed), and started organizing summits.

Way back in 2007, when I was putting in 60+ hour weeks in the office, 20+ hours behind the wheel of my car, and checking emails 24 hours a day, it was the idea of winning back my time that struck me the most while reading the 4 Hour Work Week.