Granada, Nicaragua, is my favorite city in all of Central America. This is saying a lot, given the number of popular retirement spots I’ve visited over the past 15 years… especially in Panama and Costa Rica. Granada offers a number of strong selling points: Granada is aesthetically beautiful… a picture postcard of what colonial Spanish […]
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Colonia is the most attractive and convenient town in Uruguay. It’s busy all year with a thriving local population as well as travelers from Uruguay’s other cities, Buenos Aires, and around the world. It offers a solid, long-term property and rental market. Colonia has everything you’ll need for a comfortable and enjoyable lifestyle. From fine
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Plus: I Want My Money Back! Checklist For Buying An Investment Property Why Isn’t Cuenca, Ecuador On Your List? I’ve written often about “currency discounts,” that is, the reduction in property prices that dollar holders have realized these past few years as a result of the strengthening dollar. Today I’m telling you that the trend
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Plus: Buying With Your 401k More On Daniel Ortega If you’re paying attention to the news these days, you’ve heard plenty about the Zika virus. It’s just one of many mosquito-borne diseases, and some—like malaria, yellow fever, and dengue—can be far worse than Zika. Dengue alone accounts for 25,000 deaths per year. And Zika seems
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Plus: “I’m A Single Woman With $50K To Spend” The Best Places To Buy In Medellín Beach Town Rental Opportunities Since 2003 Nicaragua has been a popular destination for Americans living abroad. The property market has had its ups and downs, but overall the country has maintained a strong position as an expat destination with
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Plus: “I Need Help Moving Abroad…” Managing IRAs And Mutual Funds From Overseas Uruguay’s Punta del Este and Chile’s Viña del Mar are the most famous beach resorts in South America. I lived in Punta del Este for almost six years and visit Viña del Mar frequently. Both offer an amazing lifestyle and a high quality
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Plus: Assisted Living In Cuenca, Ecuador Buying Overseas Properties With Your Work-Sponsored 401K Many who want to buy a home abroad focus in on the world’s beaches… not only for retiring overseas but also for maintaining a part-year or vacation home. Time and again, there are a number of well-known beaches that seem to grab
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Plus: “Why Don’t You Ever Talk About Rentals?” I retired to Cuenca in 2001, at the age of 49. At the time, it was one of the few places in the world where we could afford to live well. The first order of business was six weeks of Spanish school, because we knew no one
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Plus: Residency In Peru, Finding The Perfect Apartment In Medellín, And How Safe Is The Mexican Land Trust For Holding Property? You want to find a place to retire or own a second home. Somewhere warm. Somewhere where English is the primary language and where coconut palm trees are abundant. And importantly, a place where
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