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5 Best Values On Beach Property Markets For 2016

5 beautiful beaches with glamourous oceanfront property

Plus: “How Can You Recommend This Guy?” This week I’m going to focus in on the most popular of all overseas properties: beaches. Mountain lifestyles and city living are popular, to be sure… but beaches draw people to a full-time or part-time life abroad more reliably than anything else. Thanks to today’s volatile (and favorable) […]

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Searching, Buying, And Renting Property Abroad In 2016

Searching for property, buying property, and renting property

Plus: Crime In Mazatlán… And Where To Settle In Brazil I’ve been here in Mazatlán looking at houses and condos since mid-December. And as usual, I’m struggling to find the perfect property. I have two problems that continue to slow me down when looking at real estate abroad. Counterintuitively, it’s actually harder to pick a

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Montevideo’s Overlooked Sector That Offers An Enviable Lifestyle

Plaza Independencia montevideo

Plus: “Are They Really Turning People Away From Ecuador?” Montevideo, Uruguay Uruguayan properties trade in U.S. dollars Dear Overseas Property Alert Reader, Montevideo’s Centro district is one of the city’s least expensive areas for living and buying property, but it offers what I believe to be the city’s best urban lifestyle. Centro has the character

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Pick From Over 20 Miles Of Sandy Beaches In This Popular Getaway

playa pueblo bonito

Plus: Managing Crime Rates And The Language Barrier May 5, 2015 Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico US$1=C$1.23=15.83 Mexican pesos Dear Overseas Property Alert Reader, As you can probably tell from my recent articles on Álamos and Mazatlán, I’m spending a good bit of time rediscovering Mexico. In some ways, it’s like becoming reacquainted with an old friend.

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Why This Coastal Pacific Market Offers Fresh Opportunities In 2015

centro colored houses

Plus: Looking For Projects That Are Close To Nature April 28, 2015 Mazatlán, Sinaloa, MexicoUS$1=C$1.23=15.83 Mexican pesosDear Overseas Property Alert Reader, Mazatlán, Mexico, opened its first tourist hotel and restaurant in 1850 and has been a major international tourist destination since the 1940s. It began to fall out of favor in the 1970s, as more

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Enjoy the high season while earning income in the off season

The beach and Marina in Salinas draw visitors all year

Plus: “I’d Be Bored To Death In A Beach Resort” April 21, 2015 Medellín, Colombia Dear Overseas Property Alert Reader, I have a continuing dilemma when it comes to part-year residences. My goal—like anyone’s—is to have a property I can use for part of the year, while renting it out during the rest of the

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Discover Authentic Spanish Colonials In Historic Mexico

alamos mountains

An Undiscovered Trove Of Authentic Spanish Colonials I’ve just found a small treasure trove of authentic, historic properties from the Spanish colonial era. I’ve been traveling the Americas and looking at colonial homes since 1998, and I’ve never seen anything remotely like Álamos, Mexico. I’ll put this into perspective. My first choice among the properties

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11 Secrets To Buying Beachfront Property In Mexico

Photo near the author’s home on the Mexican Caribbean

Plus: Dual Citizenship In Italy Sisal, MexicoUS$1=13.25 Mexican pesosDear Overseas Property Alert reader,Whether you are searching for your perfect beachfront home in Mexico or dreaming about it, these tips will help you discover your property and plan your purchase. From erosion to government restrictions, it’s important to know what to look for when buying a beachfront home

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Xalapa: Elegant, Non-Gringo Mexico Starting At US$38,000

This Xalapa house, for US$147,000, is a contemporary artist's dream

Plus: Awaiting The Collapse Of The Dollar Since my first visit to Mexico’s Xalapa in 1998, it’s been one of my top choices in Latin America and my favorite in Mexico. The city is an extremely rare blend in Mexico of modern conveniences: a rich, traditional, and educated Mexican culture and the energy and spark

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