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Real Estate Bargains: Your Own Waterfront Home in Uruguay for $32,000

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“While the Costa de Oro may have been ‘forgotten’ by the international market, it’s alive and well among Uruguayans. They treasure this oasis for its festive seashore ambiance, wooded tranquility, and proximity to Montevideo.” – Lee Harrison by Lee Harrison, Roving Latin America Editor, International Living The international property market has forgotten this section of Uruguayan coastline. [...]

Tax Breaks and Instant Residency: Panama offers it all

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“A few weeks ago, a local newspaper in Panama reported that 15,491 new companies have been created through a single official government website that allows you to set up quick incorporations online. And that was just in the past eight months. The report barely raised any eyebrows in Panama.” [...]

Overseas Real Estate: Ranches and beach houses in Panama from $65,000

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‘The bargain-beautiful Panama you’ve been reading about for years is alive and well…The town center of Las Tablas greeted me with vestiges of Spanish-colonial Panama: houses with red-tile roofs and ornate grillwork, and even some quinchas, traditional homes made of earth and clay. Property prices are unbelievably low for such a desirable [...]

Retire Overseas: 16 good reasons to select an offshore retirement destination

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by Kathleen Peddicord Baltimore — (TFN): Maybe your parents retired to Florida or Arizona. But you’re thinking bigger. You’re thinking Mexico… or Panama. Maybe the Caribbean… or Uruguay… or France… Once you expand your horizons to consider beyond U.S. shores, the choices get exciting. You could live the way you’ve always dreamed of living… with the gently [...]

Real Estate Investing: Profit from the short sale

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“Out of chaos comes opportunity. If you have been paying attention to the real estate market (and, really, how could you not?), you know that in most parts of the country foreclosures are through the roof. But don’t be scared off by other people’s real estate failures. [...]

Real Estate Investing: England’s mortgage crunch will get much worse

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“But according to the Bank of England’s latest quarterly Credit Conditions survey, over the next three months lenders expect to cut lending further, raise charges, and be more demanding on terms, such as hiking deposit levels, for example. So it’s little wonder that the IMF reckons Britain [...]

International Real Estate: The four Cs of buying overseas

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"Simply put, the cheaper, more convenient, more comfortable, and more culturally rich a location is, the better I like it as a place to live." — Dan Prescher by Dan Prescher Baltimore – (TFN): In almost eight years of living and working in Latin America, Suzan and I have developed a rating system for specific locations. It’s [...]

Real Estate Investing: Buying without infrastructure

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"’Buy what you see’ has always been one of my mantras. The trouble is, you can’t always be sure what you’re looking at." — Lief Simon by Lief Simon, International Living Baltimore – (TFN):  “Buy what you see” has always been one of my mantras. The trouble is, you can’t [...]

Real Estate Investing: Betting against housing

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"Last year, you couldn’t find a decent condo in West Palm Beach, FL for less than $200,000. But for the past two months, I’ve been seeing them at drastically reduced prices." — Charles Delvalle by Charles Delvalle Baltimore — (TFN): The biggest drag on the stock market this year can be summed up in one word: [...]

Real Estate Investing: Turn a profit without owning property

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"Homeowners are more flexible in today’s market than they’ve been in years. And that can create opportunities for you to structure low-risk, high-return deals — and even create cash flow without ownership." — Justin Ford by Justin Ford Baltimore – (TFN):  A married couple I know recently [...]

Real Estate: Buying cheap in Argentina

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"If you come to Argentina to shop for an expansive spread of your own, here’s something you need to know: Argentina is keen to protect both its borders and its natural resources (with which it is well-blessed)." — Lief Simon  by Lief Simon Baltimore – (TFN):  The buy today in [...]

Real Estate Investing: Where to find undervalued beach-front property bargains

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"Real estate prices in this stable Caribbean island country have been rising steadily. But in this developing area, you can still get into the market for $60,000 to $70,000." — Dan Prescher This is Part V of our TFN International Living’s "Top Real Estate Picks for 2008". by Krista Das Baltimore — (TFN): Krista Das: Over the past [...]

Real Estate Investing: Secrets of the Main Street Millionaire

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"Real estate is simple to understand and easy to get into. It’s a fairly safe business, by and large, if you know what you’re doing. And it offers you the kind of returns that you might not want to take in the stock market because they are leveraged."  — Michael Masterson This was taken from Smart [...]

Real Estate Investing: The new property calculator

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"My friend and mentor PS taught me another way to analyze a real estate investment. The best part of his formula is that it can open up your eyes to possibilities you never even considered." — Marc Charles by Marc Charles Baltimore — (TFN): "Opportunity is often difficult to recognize; we usually expect it to beckon us [...]

Real Estate Investing: Lawsuit Avoidance 101

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"You need to be fair when dealing with all parties. You need to outline agreements with partners, vendors, contractors, etc. And you need to respond to tenants' complaints. These are good business practices - what I call Lawsuit Avoidance 101." — Darius Barazandeh by Darius Barazandeh, Early to Rise Baltimore – [...]

Caribbean Real Estate Opportunity: Vieques

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"Over the past 30 years, International Living has proven to its 420,000 subscribers that you can live better for less overseas. International Living’s Latin America editorial director, Suzan Haskins, is here to tell us about a red-hot real estate opportunity in the Caribbean." — Krista Das Baltimore – (TFN): The following was taken from a Special [...]

International Living: Brazil’s Best Beachfront Real Estate from $16,500

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'The Europeans have discovered beachfront properties in Fortaleza, Brazil. Several Spanish and other European development companies are building there in a big way. But the North American market hasn’t caught on yet, and that’s usually what sends the real estate prices skyrocketing.' — Dan Prescher, International Living Baltimore – (TFN): The following was taken from Part [...]

International Living: Retire Overseas For Less

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"Panama has what we think is the best retirement program in the world right now. If you have a pension or can prove that you have $500 worth of income each month to support yourself, you can qualify for a host of really nice and valuable pensionato discounts in Panama." — Suzan Hazkins, International Living [...]

Real Estate Crunch: It’s all over

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"The latest plan from the nation's leaders will do little to spur mortgage lender profits, but it will help to get the nation's housing market back on track. Most importantly, it will help get the industry off of TV and out of headlines.  " – Andrew Snyder  By Andrew Snyder  Baltimore (TFN) — You can tell it is [...]

The world’s best tax haven just got better

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“Now one old-world money haven is putting tax competition into action. And if you own your own business, this one nation could help you slash your company’s tax liability to rates of 0% - 4%.” — Bob Bauman Editor’s note: Bob Bauman of The Sovereign Society gave some great news to his A-Letter readers this [...]