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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Plus: Investments That Qualify For Residency I’ve been writing for the past few weeks from Mazatlán, Mexico, and have fallen into a pleasant routine here. Each day starts with a morning walk along the beach at sunrise (fellow dog owners will understand why I’m out there so early), followed by a day of exploring the
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Plus: Property Spreadsheet, Return Calculator, And Gringo Pricing This time of year is a good time to pause and take stock of the bright spots of the year gone by. And this year, the year-end assessment has been a particularly rewarding experience… including some discoveries that top anything I’ve seen over the past 15 years.
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Plus: A Reader’s Low-Cost Country That Offers Everything Ever since I boldly predicted that The Beatles would fade away by the end of 1965—overshadowed by The Dave Clark Five—I’ve learned to be wary of making predictions. But predictions are part of the business when it comes to buying property abroad (or writing about buying property
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Plus: Explaining Currency Controls And Testing The Waters Before Purchasing Abroad For many expats who are retiring or buying a second home abroad, weather is their primary criteria. And while it’s true that the cost of living (and cost of properties) is also important, the weather is often the primary reason behind making a move
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Plus: Crooked Lawyer In Colombia, And Investments Under $25k Buying real estate overseas is fundamentally about diversification. This is true whether you buy for investment or for retirement and argues in favor of buying for retirement rather than renting. Buying your new retirement residence overseas means moving money out of the United States and putting
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Plus: Is It Worth The Hassle To Buy Abroad With An IRA? Nov. 24, 2015 Medellin, Colombia 1 U.S. dollar equals: 3.77 Brazilian reals 3,040 Colombian pesos 16.73 Mexican pesos 701 Chilean pesos Dear Overseas Property Alert Reader, Over the past few months, you’ve heard a lot about the amazing bargains that the strong dollar
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Plus: Beachfront Under US$100k… And Stashing Money In Chile In Medellín, Colombia, Manila has long been the undiscovered treasure of the city’s upscale El Poblado sector. On its shady, tree lined streets, you’ll find a mixture of houses, mom-and-pop businesses, and more than its share of nice restaurants and cafés. One of El Poblado’s smallest
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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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