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In this video, International Living Executive Editor Jennifer Stevens talks to CNBC about the growing number of U.S. retirees moving overseas — to countries like Panama, Mexico and Ecuador. Jen also talks about International Living’s just released retirement competition. We’re looking for someone to spend a month in the world’s top retirement haven—on us.
As the US real estate market continues to tumble, a little known “mortgage erasing” strategy is gaining nationwide attention. In fact, 600,000 Americans are using it right now. Download this report now to learn how to take advantage of this strategy and never worry about your monthly mortgage bill again.
Sell your winter clothes, and prepare for the adventure of your lifetime. In Ecuador, …
This isn’t a remote outpost. It’s a 90 minute drive on a modern highway from a major international airport with hundreds of direct flights to North America.
So it’s easy to get here. Not just for you, but also for friends and family who’ll want to visit…and for renters. It’s already popular with upmarket travelers. And the government wants to triple the number of tourists to this coastal hot spot.
It’s chic here. You can enjoy yoga retreats and soothing spa treatments. You can chill out on secluded beaches or snorkel over the huge coral reef offshore. You can explore Mayan temples, or watch baby sea turtles shuffle their way to the sea under a moonlit sky. You can sip an organic coffee or savor a gourmet meal.
On this chill weekend, you’ll stay in a five-star resort. It’s stacked with amenities. On one side of the resort, the crystalline, turquoise Caribbean Sea laps powder sand beaches. A 27-hole signature golf course and clubhouse lies on the other side of the resort. In between, you’ll find swimming pools, restaurants, cafes, bars, a gym, and a spa.
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Ecuador’s southern Pacific coast boasts mile after mile of beautiful beaches. This coast reminds many of Southern California…without the sticker shock. It’s home to some of the best value beachfront property you’ll find—for now.
Stake your claim before it’s too late. Join us this May 1st – 5th, 2012, for a four-day tour on Ecuador’s South Pacific coast. You’ll see the best real estate opportunities …all the way from bustling Playas to the peaceful haven that is Olon.
You’ll see condos, single family home and lots, with prices running between $50,000 and $200,000. Don’t think that these low price tags mean you have to settle for less. You’ll find good infrastructure, modern hospitals and shopping malls, marinas and yacht clubs. In fact, all the amenities you have back home—but at a fraction of the price.
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In a place where your dollar goes further… where today’s economic crisis is creating new opportunities… instead of taking them away.
Where costs of living, healthcare, and property are still affordable – like they once were in the US. And you can still live luxuriously… even hire a maid… on nothing more than your social security check.
Discover our top retirement destinations for 2012 at International Living’s Seventh Annual Ultimate Event.
Nestled between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean…on the slim precipice between the Americas…a little country with a lot to offer awaits you…
Sophisticated shopping and sublime shores…expatriate enclaves and secluded sanctuaries…rainforest canopies and rolling green hillsides …stability and safety… wilderness and adventure…
Join us this April to discover everything you need to know about Panama to help you decide if it’s your ideal retirement or relocation destination…
We’ve complied details about all those tax-reducing, privacy enhancing, life-improving secrets, techniques, and destinations …
There’s a lot to consider when buying a home anywhere, but especially one overseas. First thing you want to know is how much it’s going to cost. With bang-for-your-buck in mind, Ecuador comes out on top, offering some of the best-value real estate in the world. For $50,000 you can buy a penthouse suite in a colonial town or a beachfront condo.
Are you looking for a place with perfect weather year-round, a U.S.-dollar-based economy, top-notch medical care at one-fourth to one-tenth the costs of the U.S., affordable private health insurance plans and a new free government health plan, a retirement program that will save you thousands of dollars a year?
If yes, join us in Ecuador this August for our Fast-Track Ecuador: Lifestyle & Opportunity Conference. Discover a place where you can live life like it’s meant to be lived.
Maybe you long for your own cottage on a quiet beach… a grand apartment in a city vibrant with concerts and cafes… a mountain villa where the air is crisp… or even your own vineyard amid gently rolling hills. Whatever you fantasize about… come with that idea in mind. We’ll show you the places in the world today where you can live your dream, for a small fraction of what you’d pay for a comparable life at home.
Costa Rica is one country that may truly have it all: a year-round tropical climate, modern cities, Caribbean beaches, Pacific coastline, rain forests, lush valleys, and mountains.
Join us in Costa Rica this November, and we’ll tell you exactly where to go, who to see, and what kinds of properties make sense if you’d like to buy in this country.
This time next year—you could be living your dream life in Costa Rica. And the Fast-Track Costa Rica: Lifestyle & Opportunity Conference is the best, most efficient way to make it happen.
There are a number of special benefits, discounts and breaks you can gain access to as a retiree overseas. Some countries stand out for the amount and quality of benefits they offer foreign retirees. Panama tops the category with an organized program of discounts and perks called the pensionado. The program is open to foreigners and there’s no minimum age requirement.
In our Retirement Index this year, we’ve changed how we do things, narrowing down the countries we focus on to the top 19, and considering each across eight crucial categories: real estate, special retirement benefits, cost of living, ease of integration, entertainment and amenities, health care, retirement infrastructure and climate.
Look at the right places beyond our borders today, and you’ll find you have more good choices than ever for a comfortable – even a pampered – retirement. In any one of our top 19 havens for 2012, a lifestyle well beyond your reach in the States could be yours for pennies on the dollar. In this, our annual Global Retirement Index, we bring you the top choices available on the planet today.
The quiet turquoise waters of the Caribbean…a mountain retreat with views of snow-capped peaks…an elegant pied-à-terre in one of the world’s most historic cities…where is your ideal “live overseas” location? Take our 45-second quiz and instantly discover your ideal overseas haven. Plus, you’ll get a free country report you can use right now. It takes less than a minute.
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Ecuador is the world’s #1 retirement haven. It offers an unbeatable combination of low-cost living and bargain property prices. It’s increasingly popular with retirees and those looking for an affordable second home.
But most property buyers look to Ecuador’s highlands for a second home. They don’t realize that Ecuador’s Pacific coast offers some of the most affordable beachfront and ocean-view homes in Latin America…
We’ve pinpointed one location on Ecuador’s Pacific coast that offers natural beauty, combined with huge upside potential. It’s a place where right now you can buy a brand-new 1800 square foot home in a beachfront community for $134,600.
And it’s a place that’s about to get a stampede of tourists, retirees and property shoppers… Read More
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