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
We’re moving slowly this morning. After about 18 hours of travel, we arrived at Charles de Gaulle to find (quelle surprise) the French airport workers were en greve (that is, on strike). We waded through hundreds of people to make it to the immigration line…where we waited more than an hour to be admitted to [...]
July 26, 2010
Categories: Real Estate Investments, Retire overseas . Tags: Paris . Author: Greenfield Staff . Comments: Leave a Comment
A friend in Europe called this week to ask if I thought my Marketwatch members would be interested in bank foreclosure deals in Mediterranean countries. My friend has been active as a broker and developer in Spain and Croatia for more than a dozen years and has contacts elsewhere in Europe, as well. I assured [...]
July 25, 2010
Categories: Real Estate Investments, Today a better day than tomorrow, real estate . Tags: overseas real estate . 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
After cost of living and housing, the question of foreign residency options is a key one to consider as you make your retire-overseas plans. The truth is, not every country welcomes foreign residents or retirees, and, in those that do, the requirements for qualifying for residency status vary greatly. Furthermore, some countries (for example, Panama) [...]
July 24, 2010
Categories: Real Estate Investments, Retire overseas . Tags: retire overseas . 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
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
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
