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An Italian Home for Less Than $50,000
Date: 12/11/2007
December 12, 2007
Paris, France
I’ve just heard about a sustainable tourism project in Italy with restored properties selling for less than $50,000. The houses are in a cluster of abandoned medieval villages, the Borghi Nascosti in the Abruzzo region, and prices start at 29,000 euros ($42,530) for a studio or one-bedroom apartment. The price tag includes new wiring, plumbing, furnishings, and restoration work; some of the houses have antique floors or vaulted ceilings. The whole project is backed by the village councils. Labor and materials are largely locally sourced.
Read OnThree Questions You Must Ask Before Buying a Piece of Real Estate Overseas
Date: 12/07/2007Saturday, Dec. 8, 2007
Read more about international real estate in International Living Postcards--your daily escape
You’ve decided it’s time to invest in foreign real estate…or maybe you’re ready to expand your existing portfolio. You’ve identified the amount of capital you’d like to place…and now you’re wondering:
Where is the best place to buy right now?
Read OnPay a LOT Less for Property at the Uruguay Auction
Date: 12/06/2007
Friday, Dec. 7, 2007
Montevideo, Uruguay
Read more about Uruguay in International Living Postcards--your daily escape
There were about 10 of us assembled on folding chairs in the small second-floor gallery above Peatonal Sarandí, the pedestrian walkway that runs through Montevideo’s colonial historic center. A few people were laughing and joking as they waited--obvious regulars at the auction.
Read OnYes, You Can Use Your IRA Dollars to Own International Real Estate
Date: 11/30/2007International Living presents: A guest Saturday Edition from Larry Grossman, one of the first--if not THE first--financial advisers in the United States to develop a compliant method for assisting clients interested in moving their qualified IRA and pension plans offshore for asset protection and greater investment diversification.
Saturday, Dec. 1, 2007
Learn more about international investing in International Living Postcards--Saturday Edition
Contrary to what you have probably been told by your broker or banker, you can own real estate in your IRA, including non-U.S. real estate. Over the years, advisers have wrongly convinced many people they cannot own real estate, as well as a number of other alternative investments, inside their IRAs or other retirement plans.
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