Owner's Manuals

If you're considering any of these countries for either permanent residency, a location to purchase a second home, or even a place to spend some time adventuring, our range of Owner's Manuals will prove absolutely invaluable. They are the most complete and comprehensive guides to traveling, living, investing, and retiring in the world's most beautiful, exciting, and most inexpensive destinations in the world.

Owner's Manuals

UPDATED: Panama Owner's Manual

Panama offers First-World convenience at Third-World prices and has one of the world’s best incentive programs for pensioners. What about the cost of real estate? Let’s just say that you’ll be surprised at how much Panama still has to offer…even with recent price hikes from the current construction boom. With all this knowledge, we have updated Panama: The Owner's Manual. We think that once you read this manual, you’ll agree: the time is still right for Panama.

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UPDATED: Mexico Owner's Manual

Mexico is one of the world's last great ground-floor retirement opportunities. Here, you can afford a maid, a gardener, a cook... Plus, you can still buy breathtaking, half-acre, ocean-view lots for as little as $45,000. But not for long...

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NEW: Costa Rica Owner's Manual

Whether expats live in this beautiful country full- or part-time, they relish the climate, neighborly atmosphere, low cost of living, excellent health care, stable democracy, and countless ways to have fun.

But Costa Rica is such an attractive destination that newcomers often rush in without doing their homework. As a result, they waste valuable time, incur needless expenses, and overlook real estate opportunities that more experienced shoppers would easily find. So we have gathered together all the essential information you will need to enjoy the benefits of this beautiful and exciting country in Costa Rica: The Owner’s Manual.

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Uruguay Owner's Manual

Uruguay is almost impossible to beat when it comes to a first-rate infrastructure, a First-world quality of life, and a friendly and welcoming culture. This country enjoys the second-lowest level of corruption in all of Latin America...you can drink the water from every tap in the country...and the modern, well-maintained highways will whisk you effortlessly from city to city. Plus, you can still buy a luxury apartment in a dazzling resort for less than you’d pay for a small beachfront lot at the end of a long, dusty road in a Third-world country.

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Italy Owner's Manual

Italy has a staggering amount to offer travelers...and residents. Romantic cities. Timeless hill towns. Snowy mountains, idyllic islands, and a rivetingly beautiful coastline. Plus, outside the major cities, homes start at a mere $75,000. Tempted?

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Belize Owner's Manual

Learn how to start a business, own property, buy an island, acquire a second passport, or invest in one of the greatest havens in the world.

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Ecuador Owner's Manual

It's true: you can live large on little, settle into the lap of luxury on even a pensioner's budget in Ecuador—one of the world's cheapest places to live. Plus, it hides some of the world's great real estate bargains and investment opportunities.

Honduras Owner's Manual

Not only is Honduras a place of great natural beauty, but property prices are reasonable, the cost of living is low, health care is top-notch and inexpensive, and the crime rate is low. In addition, it’s home to some of the best-preserved Mayan ruins in the world, and, with the second-largest barrier reef on the planet just off its coast, offers some of the best scuba diving in the world.

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Croatia Owner's Manual

In this report, we’ll show you not only why you should seriously consider Croatia…as a gorgeous place to visit, as a smart spot to buy an investment property, and as a world-class locale to shop for a bargain coastal getaway…but also specifically where you should look right now. We believe this re-emerging market should be at the top of your list, be you an investor, a wandering expat, a would-be retiree, or an adventurer.

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Thailand Owner's Manual

Thailand remains a peaceful land of incredible beauty and charming people. It also offers some of the best real estate bargains in southeast Asia. Here you can enjoy an enviable and easy-going lifestyle and discover a friendly land of breathtaking beaches and gilded temples that marries jasmine-scented exoticism with incredible affordability.

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Nicaragua Owner's Manual

Nicaragua has the most attractive—and most aggressive—tourism-incentive law in Latin America. If you’ve ever toyed with the idea of owning your own B&B…running a sailboat charter…leading adventure treks into the jungle …dishing up meals in your own restaurant…or operating any tourist-related business…Nicaragua is the place to do it…and now is the time.

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France Owner's Manual

France always makes sense. It is one of the most beautiful countries in the world, immersed in culture and tradition. Right now, a farmhouse...a château...even a Paris pied-à-terre...costs less than you think…

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Ireland Owner's Manual

Whether you're thinking of relocating to Ireland with a young family...whether you're a retiree or an investor...whether you're a traveler smitten by Celtic magic and mysterious twilight places...this report was put together with you in mind.

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Malta & Gozo Owner's Manual

Malta and Gozo, undiscovered jewels that most people couldn't pinpoint on a map, offer blue skies and sunshine--even in January and February--plus a low cost of living (live well here on $750 per month or less)...affordable "houses of character"...zero crime...an excellent health care system (the envy of its European neighbors)...and serious tax breaks.

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Argentina Owner's Manual

Peso crisis and rock-bottom property prices could make Argentina the world's best real estate investment. Smart investors are already flocking to this gorgeous and sophisticated country. This report tells you how to buy now for 30 cents on the dollar.

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