Plus: A sample portfolio for buying abroad with your IRA I retired when I was 49. I did it by seizing a “second-chance opportunity” much like one that I see playing out today. In 1991, my employer offered an amazingly generous early retirement plan. In order to incentivize people to retire, they added five years […]
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Plus: Medellín Versus Puerto Vallarta… And What To Do In Brazil? Costa del Sol, Spain 1 euro equals US$1.11 Spain is currently the third most-visited country in the world, behind only France and the United States, and is expected to break through the 66 million visitor barrier by the end of this year. It’s this
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Plus: Buying In Lagos, Portugal San Pedro Town, Belize The properties in this report are priced in U.S. dollars Belize is at the top of the list for anyone who dreams of clear, warm waters, swaying palms, sport-fishing, and white sandy beaches. It’s a well-recognized destination among North American mainstream travelers. Belize is a also
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Plus: Finding Properties On The Non-Gringo Beaches Of Nicaragua Granada, Nicaragua The properties in this report trade in U.S. dollars Over the past 15 years of scouting and evaluating overseas properties, I’ve learned to look for each location’s “specialty.” That is, the one thing it does better than anywhere else… the thing that sets it
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Plus: Finding properties on the non-gringo beaches of Nicaragua US$1 equals $1.42 Australian dollars For North Americans, there’s no better place to ride out the winter than here in Australia. South East Queensland, with The Gold Coast, The Sunshine Coast, and the regional capital city of Brisbane, is one of the most beautiful areas in
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Plus: “You’re An Ignorant, Anti-Oil-Sands Know-It-All!” Puerto Peñasco, Mexico US$1=16.8 Mexican pesos Dear Overseas Property Alert Reader, Expats and second-home owners here are enjoying miles of wide, sandy beaches… warm, crystal-clear waters… and one of the most convenient and hassle-free experiences you’ll find outside the United States. I’m spending the week in Puerto Peñasco, Mexico,
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Plus: “Why Should I Get A Visa In Colombia?” Beautiful, unspoiled beaches, warm weather, and friendly, English-speaking people. New Zealand fits the bill just about perfectly for anyone wanting to escape the harsh North American winter. And thanks to a dramatic shift in currency exchange rates, U.S. dollar-holders now have 38% more buying power in
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Plus: Best Place For Golf And Renovating A Property Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past several months, you’re probably aware that the U.S. dollar is doing quite well. This has caused overseas property buyers to spring into action, seeking currency bargains in places like Colombia, Chile, Europe, and Mexico. But what
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After 14 years of traveling and scouting properties in 17 different countries, there are not many countries left where I try to combine a real estate scouting trip with a vacation… at least not on the second or third trip. But I just realized this morning that we’ve vacationed in Nicaragua four times now. Almost
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“I’ll Assume You Have No Clue…” Readers Speak Out Aug. 25, 2015 Medellín, Colombia Dear Overseas Property Alert Reader, As of today, I have 99 pages of reader questions—of which, some 40 are unanswered. So I’m going to hand this issue over to the readers of Overseas Property Alert. This is a good way to
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