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Why Emotional Investors Lose
Date: 05/09/2008Saturday, May 10, 2008
Read more about investing in real estate overseas in International Living Postcards —Saturday Edition
One rule for investing in real estate overseas is to buy what you like, whether it’s beachfront condos or old farmhouses. This rule can become problematic, though, when you become emotionally attached to a place...when you like the idea of the property so much that you don’t want to sell it, even though your appreciation might have peaked and your money could be better invested elsewhere.
Read OnWhere to Find the Best-value Lots in Costa Rica
Date: 05/08/2008
Friday, May 9, 2008
Southern Costa Rica
Read more about Costa Rica in International Living Postcards—your daily escape
Some of the most amazing scenery in Costa Rica is in the southern zone, in an area that runs south of Quepos to the border with Panama. Landscapes here are dramatic—panoramic ocean views…lush tropical rainforest…and sheer jungle-clad slopes, rising sharply away from pristine stretches of sandy beaches.
Read OnBeware of Investing With the Masses
Date: 05/02/2008Saturday, May 3, 2008
Learn more about international real estate investing in International Living Postcards—Saturday Edition
There are more than 24,000 condos listed for sale in Miami, according to the Florida Association of Realtors. They say that is a five-year inventory...but with another 19,000 units coming online in 2008, it seems like it’ll be closer to 10 years before that market reaches equilibrium again.
Read OnCheck out This Beach View
Date: 05/01/2008
Friday, May 2, 2008
Uruau, Brazil
Find out more about beachfront property in Brazil in International Living Postcards—your daily escape
Every time I take a trip near a coast, no matter what country I’m in, I try to see what type of beach house I can buy for $100,000. These days, it’s getting hard to find any type of house near the beach for that price.
But because the cost of land is low in northeast Brazil, and the cost of construction so affordable, you can buy a lot and build your own beach home here for less than $100,000.
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Off the radar for Americans: Beachfront lots for $17,500 on Brazil’s Northeast coast
Date: 04/29/2008
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Invest in a Piece of Italian History…From $31,000
Date: 04/29/2008
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Alberobello, Italy
Learn more about buying property in Italy in International Living Postcards—your daily escape
Small, conical, dry-stone-roofed houses, or trulli, cover the hill like barnacles on a turtle’s shell. The Lord of the Rings is what first springs to mind when you see Alberobello in Puglia’s Itria Valley, between the Adriatic and Ionian seas.
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