Forget Beachfront...Farmland Is the Next Big Play
Date: 09/20/2008 Author: Ronan McMahonSaturday, Sept. 20, 2008
Read more about investing in real estate in International Living Postcards—Saturday Edition
Dear International Living Reader,
World demand for food is skyrocketing, taking commodity prices into the stratosphere right along with it.
That could make the land food is grown on some of the most valuable real estate on Earth.
Yet Ronan McMahon knows where there are 400 million acres of prime farmland priced as low as $500 per acre.
He’ll tell you where below.
Dan Prescher
Publisher, International Living
Is the Perfect Property out There?
Date: 09/08/2008 Author: Suzan HaskinsMonday, Sept. 8, 2008
Read more about Mexico in International Living Postcards—your daily escape
Dear International Living Reader,
Last week I told you that Suzan was “kissing toads”—viewing properties as she tagged along with a friend shopping for the perfect house in Merida, Mexico.
It looks like her friend crowned a winner...and the price tag for Prince Charming was still toad-low.
Find out how low when you read on below.
Dan Prescher
Publisher, International Living
Over an Acre of Ocean View for $48,000
Date: 09/06/2008Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008
Read more about investing in foreign real estate in International Living Postcards—your daily escape
Dear International Living Reader,
Ronan McMahon is a numbers guy...he doesn’t often shop with his heart when it comes to real estate.
But he just told me that he found a place where his heart—and the numbers—matched up.
How does $48,000 for more than an acre of stunning ocean view sound?
He’ll fill you in below.
Dan Prescher
Publisher, International Living
Spanish Investors in Ciudad Vieja
Date: 09/04/2008 Author: Lee HarrisonThursday, Sept. 4, 2008
Read more about Uruguay in International Living Postcards—your daily escape
Dear International Living Reader,
Lee Harrison tells me that Montevideo’s old town section is drawing Spanish investors like bees to honey.
With some of the prices he found there, I can understand why...$30,000 houses are just the start. Lee reveals a load of Ciudad Viejo deals below.
Dan Prescher
Publisher, International Living
San Telmo: The Soul of Buenos Aires
Date: 08/26/2008 Author: Lee HarrisonWednesday, Aug. 27, 2008
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Dear International Living Reader,
Couples dance the Tango in the parks. Lovers linger at sidewalk cafés. Street vendors offer everything from old photographs to vintage Victrolas and silver-handled facons (the knives of the gauchos).
San Telmo, Buenos Aires’ most fabled neighborhood, is the heart of all things Argentine. Yet Lee Harrison found a $60,000 apartment nearby. See what else he found below.
Dan Prescher
Publisher, International Living
Three Tips for Your Property Buy in a Maturing Market
Date: 08/13/2008
August 14, 2008
Campeche, Mexico
Hola Mexico Insiders,
I recently visited a popular beach resort town where I overheard some developers talking about the state-of-the-art construction and amenities they plan to use in their project. Their knowledge of exactly what U.S. and Canadian buyers want intrigued me, and I discussed it with a realtor friend in the area.
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Buy Berlin—With Strong Rental Yields and Prices Set to Rise
Date: 08/22/2008Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008
Read more about investing in overseas real estatein International Living Postcards —your daily escape
Dear International Living Reader,
More than four out of five Berliners rent. That makes this modern European capital a no-brainer rental play.
And Ronan McMahon tells me you can get into this market at crazy-low prices right now. See how crazy below.
Read On
Bordeaux: Paris—Without the Label
Date: 08/19/2008 Author: Leigh FergusWednesday, Aug. 20, 2008
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Dear International Living Reader,
More sunshine and less traffic than Paris. And more restaurants per capita to boot.
Can you really live here for half what you’d pay in the City of Light?
Leigh Fergus says yes, and proves it...read on below.
Dan Prescher
Publisher, International Living