One of my favorite places on earth will be getting a lot of positive attention starting later this month when “Survivor” begins filming its 21st season in and around San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. Then, for 14 weeks this fall, some 13 million U.S. households will tune in to CBS every Wednesday night to watch [...]
July 28, 2010
Categories: Great places for holidays or investments, Real Estate Investments, Today a better day than tomorrow, real estate . Tags: invest overseas . Author: Greenfield Staff . Comments: Leave a Comment
The rental market in Paris has shifted. Last year, when the euro was strong, tourism was down. The short-term rental market suffered. Today, the Greenback has about 20% more buying power in this part of the world than it did a year ago. Tourism is up sharply, and short-term rentals are back in demand. Meantime, [...]
July 24, 2010
Categories: Attitudes, Great places for holidays or investments, Investments, Real Estate Investments, real estate . . Author: Greenfield Staff . Comments: Leave a Comment
“Last evening,” writes France Correspondent Lucy Culpepper, “we sat in the spring sunshine on the main square in Cessenon-sur-Orb watching the swallows dipping and diving over the roof tiles. “As the family relaxed, I took a look in the window of the local real estate agent’s office. He has some interesting small ‘vacation’ homes on [...]
July 10, 2010
Categories: Great places for holidays or investments, Investments, Real Estate Investments, real estate . Tags: second home in France . Author: Greenfield Staff . Comments: 1 Comment
“I’m over in the Languedoc region of the ‘other’ south of France,” writes Correspondent from that country Lucy Culpepper. “As we drove from the Béarn in the Pyrenees Atlantic department on the west coast of France to the Languedoc department on the east, following the line of the Pyrenees Mountains, I was particularly struck, this [...]
July 10, 2010
Categories: Great places for holidays or investments, Investments, Real Estate Investments, real estate . Tags: French country springtime . Author: Greenfield Staff . Comments: Leave a Comment
How much will it cost you to live in the overseas Shangri-la that’s calling your name? The bulk of any budget is given over to housing–rent or a mortgage, if you have one–so start here. Are you going to rent or to buy? I strongly recommend that you rent at least at first, for 6 [...]
July 10, 2010
Categories: Great places for holidays or investments, Real Estate Investments, real estate . Tags: budget your life overseas, new life overseas . Author: Greenfield Staff . Comments: 2 Comments
A developer friend is launching a new project in Belize. I’ve written about early-in investment opportunities with this project once before, when the developer, Phil Hahn, made his initial Founder’s Guild package offer earlier this year. Phil sold the three packages he had available within 24 hours of my alert. That’s how compelling the offer [...]
July 9, 2010
Categories: Great places for holidays or investments, Real Estate Investments, real estate . Tags: eco investment, eco investments . Author: Greenfield Staff . Comments: 1 Comment
Croatia is my other top pick (alongside France) for spending time in Europe. This is a country of impossibly beautiful blue-green waters that, unfortunately, is better known for its tumultuous history. The fighting, though, in this part of the world is nearly two decades in the past, and the cultured, educated people of Croatia have [...]
July 9, 2010
Categories: Great places for holidays or investments, Real Estate Investments, real estate . Tags: living in Europe, living on the continent . Author: Greenfield Staff . Comments: 2 Comments
Panama is an extreme example of why thin-slicing your live and retire overseas options is important. First, there’s Panama City, which isn’t one good choice but at least a half-dozen, including El Cangrejo, Paitilla, Costa del Este, the banking center, and Casco Viejo. These are markedly different options for city living. El Cangrejo is up-and-coming [...]
July 9, 2010
Categories: Great places for holidays or investments, Real Estate Investments, real estate . Tags: Panama real estate . Author: Greenfield Staff . Comments: 8 Comments
Clear turquoise waters lapping gently against soft white sand. Palm trees rustling in the warm breeze. Fishing boats bobbing on the horizon. Birdsong and island tunes all around… Ambergris Caye, Belize, is unadulterated, unpretentious Caribbean…the sea, sand, and sunshine of the Caymans or the Virgin Islands without the price tag. San Pedro town, a former [...]
July 8, 2010
Categories: Great places for holidays or investments, Real Estate Investments, real estate . Tags: 18, 97% yield . Author: Greenfield Staff . Comments: 1 Comment
Property developers I consult with have been contacting me over the past few months to ask for help creating financing offers for their respective development projects intended to make the buy decision easier in this age of tight credit. I’ve worked with at least a half-dozen developers to conceive financing packages that have, in every [...]
July 8, 2010
Categories: Great places for holidays or investments, Investments, Real Estate Investments, real estate . Tags: zero interest financing, zero interest financing Panama . Author: Greenfield Staff . Comments: 1 Comment
