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
Friends David Stubbs and Lucy Culpepper retired overseas early and haven’t looked back since… “I retired to Costa Rica in 2004,” explains David, “at the age of 48. I was late. My goal from my teenage years was to be in a position to retire by the age of 35. As I approached that milestone, [...]
July 10, 2010
Categories: Investments, Real Estate Investments, real estate . Tags: retire overseas, retiree tale . Author: Greenfield Staff . Comments: 1 Comment
Here’s perhaps the most important thing to understand about France: It can be a far more affordable place to spend time than you might imagine. Paris is the best place on earth to seek out a luxury lifestyle on a budget. Whatever your idea of the high life, you can find it in the City [...]
July 9, 2010
Categories: Investments, Real Estate Investments, real estate . . Author: Greenfield Staff . Comments: 1 Comment
You aren’t going to retire to Panama or France, not to Belize or Croatia, nor to Uruguay, Malaysia, Ireland, Nicaragua, or the Philippines… Ah, but a new life in a small beach town on Panama’s Pacific coast…a fresh start with a renovation project in a centuries-old city in the heart of France…in an apartment in [...]
July 8, 2010
Categories: Investments, Real Estate Investments, real estate . Tags: thin slicing paradise . Author: Greenfield Staff . Comments: 2 Comments
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
Back in the office in Panama City after a week in the Big Apple, I’m struggling to catch up with everything that’s new since I’ve been away… First, tomorrow is the final day for the Early Bird Discount for our Live & Invest in Belize Conference, scheduled for June 21-23 in Belize City. Starting Saturday, [...]
July 7, 2010
Categories: Great places for holidays or investments, Investments, Real Estate Investments, real estate . Tags: Hong Kong, Panama . Author: Greenfield Staff . Comments: 2 Comments
You know, of course, that you have to report any financial accounts you hold outside the United States with a value of more than US$10,000. Now, though, foreign financial institutions are required to report on the investment activities of U.S. citizens. It’s been increasingly difficult for some time for an American to open an international [...]
July 6, 2010
Categories: Investments, Real Estate Investments, real estate . Tags: Marketwatch . Author: Greenfield Staff . Comments: Leave a Comment
Buying wholesale or otherwise getting into an opportunity early is one of the four ways I look to make money from global real estate. But buying wholesale isn’t as easy as it might seem. Research and timing are critical…and, in some cases, the real key is having the right contact. For example… Friend and fellow [...]
July 6, 2010
Categories: Investments, Real Estate Investments, real estate . Tags: Belize, Belize real estate . Author: Greenfield Staff . Comments: 1 Comment
