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He Speaks Softly, but Carries a Big Opportunity
Date: 06/12/2008 Author: Dan PrescherFriday, June 13, 2008
Learn more about international real estate in International Living Postcards—your daily escape
I met Ronan McMahon four years ago on the shores of Lake Apoyo in Nicaragua on a real estate tour.
He was an International Living new hire back then, and I remember how out of place the tall, pale Canadian-born Irishman looked, blinking at the bright Central American sun from under a restaurant awning and gingerly nursing a cold La Victoria beer.
Read OnYour New Mediterranean Home: Double the Size, Half the Price
Date: 06/08/2008 Author: Leigh Fergus
Monday, June 9, 2008
Northern Morocco
Read more about Morocco in International Living Postcards—your daily escape
Sparkling blue water and an unbroken stretch of soft, sandy beach stretched out before me as I looked south from the new complex of vacation apartments on the Mediterranean.
If, like me, you’ve always dreamed of having a place of your own close to the Med with a view of the famous sapphire waters, you’ve probably been put off by the high property prices. But earlier this year I discovered a coastal region where prices are less than half what you’d pay for similar properties elsewhere...
Read OnInvestors Get Culture Shock Too
Date: 06/06/2008 Author: Lief SimonSaturday, June 7, 2008
Learn more about investing in overseas real estate in International Living Postcards—Saturday Edition
Besides the technical differences you’ll encounter when buying real estate overseas—notaries versus attorneys, net pricing versus detailed and disclosed commission structures, stamp duties, transfer taxes, title issues, etc.—prepare yourself also for cultural differences: things that won’t make any sense to you, and that are perhaps even illegal in your home country.
Read OnDid You Know a Paris Apartment Could Be This Cheap?
Date: 06/03/2008 Author: Leigh Fergus
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Paris, France
Read more about France in International Living Postcards—your daily escape
As a long-term investment, Paris property is low risk and has always appreciated steadily. Give or take a small bubble bursting in the mid-1980s and late 1990s, it’s not a speculative market. Property prices for the city as a whole rose a healthy 8.7% in 2007—good enough to attract hard-nosed investors and romantics.
Paris is a city of dreams. Nowhere else in the world exerts the same charm or attracts as many visitors. Every year more than 80 million tourists come to tread the well-worn cobbles by the Louvre, browse the booksellers’ wares on the banks of the Seine, or get dazzled by the Eiffel Tower at night. With unique selling points such as these, Paris property will always hold its value.
Read OnFrench Coastal Properties: 19.6% off
Date: 06/02/2008 Author: Leigh Fergus
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Paris, France
Read more about overseas real estate investing in International Living Postcards—your daily escape
Crazy as it might seem, one of the safest ways to invest your dollars right now is in property in Europe. In France, to be exact. Incredibly, the French government is giving a refund of the full VAT rate—just under 20%—when you buy certain new-builds. This would be a great deal as it stands, but for the icing on the cake, you also get a guaranteed rental income for at least the first nine years of ownership.
Read OnThe Beginner’s Guide to Riches
Date: 05/30/2008 Author: Lief SimonSaturday, May 31, 2008
Read more about overseas real estate investing in International Living Postcards—Saturday Edition
I’m at IL’s Ultimate Event with 275 attendees looking for paradise…their own personal Eden for living and investing overseas. One recurring question is, “Where is the best place to invest in real estate?” The problem, I tell everyone who asks, is that there is no one “best place” to invest that fits everyone.
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