Expats Keep Disappearing In The Panama Highlands For over 170 years, travelers have gone missing in Panama’s highlands. Long before the Canal connected the Atlantic to the Pacific, gold prospectors began landing on Panama’s Atlantic coast. They were racing to the great California Gold Rush, and the quickest route was to walk across Panama and […]
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Own A French Village For Just $26,500 For the price of a mid-range car, you can own a village in Europe. Somewhere that offers peace, solitude, and time to contemplate the important things in life. I’m not talking about some ancient ruins on the Siberian tundra… I’m talking about charming villages in romantic locations around
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A Dazzling Trip To Spain’s Costa De La Luz (Coast Of Light) I’m back from a week inspecting property in Costa de la Luz, on the southern Atlantic coast of Spain… This area is a favorite vacation home choice for wealthy Spanish people, which is always a positive sign for a property market. It’s not
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How To Buy Property Overseas: Our Belize Guide Belize is a small country, but it has an amazing range of property options on offer… stunning Caribbean islands, beaches on the mainland in Corozal, Toledo, and Stann Creek districts, nature-rich riverfront homes, and farms, jungles, and cooler mountain properties, too. Aside from figuring out where in
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Property Investment In Northern Cyprus Vs. Portugal How do you decide which real estate investment destination is best for you? Comparing real estate investments in your home country is easy because information on the market is available. You are generally comparing apples to apples. When comparing real estate markets of countries that are thousands of
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Buying a property in Italy sounds rather extravagant but it doesn’t have to cost a fortune. In fact, it’s possible to find a stone house in a hilltop town with panoramic views for the symbolic sum of 1 euro (US$1.10). What’s the catch? The properties on offer have been abandoned for decades and require major
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Own Beach Paradise For Just US$18.50 Per Day A forgotten place of raw natural beauty is about to be rediscovered… A place with long sandy beaches and perfect Mediterranean weather. It’s steeped in ancient culture and history… Underpopulated, overeducated, and possibly the cheapest place to live in the Western world, it could cost you as
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The Rules For Buying Off-Plan Real Estate Buying off-plan property has many advantages, but it also has many pitfalls. I bought an off-plan apartment in Leeds, U.K., 20 years ago. It was the third property I ever bought. I naively trusted someone whom I had known for years, and I lost my rear end to
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When To Sell And Reinvest “When should I sell a rental property?” is a popular question among readers. For most people, the answer depends on the situation… Of course, if you need the capital from the property for something like a medical emergency, the answer is easy. But if you’re looking to reinvest the capital,
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One of the questions I hear most frequently is why I chose to live in Mazatlán, rather than better-known Puerto Vallarta. In fact, even here at Live and Invest Overseas, Puerto Vallarta tends to get more coverage and higher ratings. So why choose Mazatlán Let’s compare the two. In Some Ways, Both Destinations Are Similar…
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