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.
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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.
The icing-sugar sand is cool against your feet. The turquoise sea pushes perfect ruffled whitecaps gently up on the beach. Sitting in the shade of a coconut palm, an exotic cocktail in your hand, you fall in love with Caribbean living.
If you’re looking for an overseas dream home in a place that has great weather, unspoiled beaches and a more relaxed lifestyle…on a tight budget…no problem.
If there’s a finer stretch of white Caribbean powder sand and turquoise water…I haven’t seen it. Perched just above the tree line of gently swaying palms, this roof terrace gives the best vantage point for sunset. The only sound is warm turquoise waters lapping on the crescent of white, warm coral-sand beach.
Today I’m going to show you how to rate the value of any real estate you may be interested in buying. I’ll use a current property for sale as a case study. In fact, this is a killer deal near the Pacific Coast. In the place pictured here…bright, thick green jungle canopy rolls down to a coast of sandy beaches and rocky points. It’s truly stunning. While prices in other parts of the country soared, prices here stayed low because it was difficult to get to. Now a new smoothly paved coastal highway has changed that.
When the developer first kicked the dirt of this Pacific Coast project, his drive time from the country’s capital city was more than eight hours. This capital…only four hours from Miami…is a sophisticated and fun place. Now thanks to the new road in this photo, you can drive from the capital to the coast in three and a half hours.
With her bright, green, soaring jungle-clad hills, white sandy coves and a kaleidoscope of nature’s colors on land, in the ocean and in the air—this is one of the finest stretches of coast on my beat. I’m talking about the same Pacific Coast deal…a killer deal…I introduced you to yesterday.
Beach property is very desirable. Buyers will pay a premium to live on, or close to, a beach. My beat is undervalued real estate. I look for locations where your real estate dollar stretches further…and where you can look forward to capital appreciation.
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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… a vineyard amid gently rolling hills… maybe a full-time maid… plenty of time and funds to travel…This fall, we’ll show you where you can make that dream your reality… for as little as $649 a month.
InternationalLiving.com unearths rock-bottom pricing in colonial properties in the historic districts of Panama City, Granada and Cuenca. High-quality colonial-era real estate is coming onto the market with price tags from as little as $115,000 in historic city districts across Latin America.
Castles. The word conjures up images of fairytale towers, knights on horseback storming drawbridges, and pretty princesses waiting for rescue in stone turrets. Castles hark back to a bygone age of chivalry, war and romance. They don’t seem part of the modern world.
Attendees at this week’s International Real Estate Investment Forum in Toronto heard about a new deal in Brazil. Brazil is now a middle class country. And it’s bursting with millionaires. More and more Brazilians can afford to retire to chic beach cities like Joao Pessoa.
“I’m kicking myself for not getting in on that deal you told us about three years ago,” he confided. “At the time, I thought ‘Is he crazy?…’” If the guy had followed Ronan’s advice back in 2008, you see, he could have made more than $38,000 on an investment of $2,234.
I couldn’t help doing a stealthy Google search as Lee Harrison revealed his favorite up-and-coming oceanfront destination in Uruguay. He had just shown a four-bedroom home smack dab on the beach, with two terraces overlooking the ocean. The asking price is $92,000, but Lee thinks the owner will take less.
When you’re buying real estate for investment, look for moats – barriers to entry that keep the competition low and boost your potential for profit.
Perched above the fine white-sand beach and turquoise water, Tulum’s ancient Mayan ruins have the best seat in the house. The Mayans typically built their temples inland. In places that are sheltered from the storms that sometimes brush by. This is Mexico’s only Mayan ruin that sits on the coast.
International Real Estate Investment Forum Audio Kit
At out International Real Estate Investment Forum, we gathered some of the world’s best international real estate experts to show you the best opportunities available right now. They’ll share with you their hard-won investment skills… and to “teach you the ropes,” of international investing.If you couldn’t join us in June at the International Real Estate Investment Forum in Toronto, Canada, don’t despair. We’ve found a way to share this information with you at home…
I’d be excited about this place no matter what. But I’m particularly enthusiastic because I’m purchasing this condo in an unusual way—with tax-deferred funds.
Investing in international real estate has never been more profitable…or more varied and confusing. Finding the gems among all the possibilities on markets around the world is a daunting task, but it’s what Ronan McMahon does best.
In this video, Dan Prescher reports from Panama with your weekly wrap-up of International Living postcards for the week ending April 16.
Buying a property overseas is exciting, fun and potentially one of the most profitable investments you can make. You just need to do your homework and avoid the “Margarita Effect.”
In this video, Dan Prescher reports from Boca Chica, Panama with your weekly wrap-up of International Living postcards for the week ending April 2.
Ronan McMahon wrote in to say that that now could be the perfect time to buy that home on the Emerald Isle you’ve always dreamed of.
Green tropical forest sweeps down to golden-sand beaches washed by the rich blue Pacific. It’s some of the most outstanding coast I’ve ever seen.
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