You can benefit from others who have gone before you and already live abroad. Why reinvent the wheel? There is so much great information available, it just makes sense to do some reading to insure that you don't make costly mistakes. Find the books you want/need easily in slideshows nicely organized by topic and country. Just go to the top tab: Books and you will see a list of book topics, click on the one that interests you. A wealth of information that's worth a few minutes to peruse.