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Articles
On Living & Investing In Belize
Including
Real Estate In Belize
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Free - A Free eBook On Belize & Panama - See
the August 2005 Issue of the Offshore Real Estate Magazine to get
a free eBook written by Lan Sluder on Belize & Panama that provides
an analysis of two retirement towns -- Corozal in Belize and Boquete in
Panama -
Adapter Kit: Belize ~ Everything
You Ever Wanted To Know About Living, Retiring & Investing In Belize
~ by Lan Sluder - Adapter
Kit: Belize ~ Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Living, Retiring
& Investing In Belize ~ by Lan Sluder - Belize is a favorite
of those seeking a calmer lifestyle in close proximity to the wonders of
nature. It's a place where Big Brother isn't looking over your shoulder
and you can set your own building codes or own a flock of chickens. It's
a place where you can spend the day fishing without trying to keep up with
the Jones's. It's also become one of the hottest expatriate destinations
in Latin America. In a world that cries out for 'how to' books, a 'how
to' book on moving to Belize was sorely needed. That need was recently
met by Lan Sluder, with the publication of his Adapter Kit: Belize from
Avalon Travel Publishing.
A Tale of Two Low-Cost Retirement
Towns - A
Tale of Two Low-Cost Retirement Towns - With millions of
Americans and Canadian baby boomers just a bank CD or two away from retirement,
the race to find low-cost retirement destinations is off and running. That’s
particularly true in Mexico and Central America, where many prospective
expat gringos see the potential of stretching their dollars and living
better for less than is possible back home, yet being within two to four
hours by jet from their old home towns. By Lan Sluder
All Over Belize in Boats, Planes,
and Golf Carts - All
Over Belize in Boats, Planes, and Golf Carts - Keith and
Erin are travellers who are taking a couple of years to see the world.
This is the first of many articles that will chronical a their journey
from beginning to end. In Belize, they discovered a new and different way
to travel. Keith writes, "As Americans, we are all about cars. Everyone
has one, sometimes two or three, and we use them to go anywhere, even it's
just around the corner to get a cup of coffee. The same cannot be said
for the country of Belize." In the ten days they spent in Belize, they
succeeded in shedding their all-American dependency on the automobile by
relying on just about every other kind of transportation imaginable.
Analysis Of The Top Ten Places
to Live in Belize - Analysis
Of The Top Ten Places to Live in Belize - Lan Sluder looks
at the top ten places to live in Belize and then asks five questions that
need to be answered before moving there. Important questions and straight
answers from the editor of Belize First Magazine.
Belize - Doing Business in Belize
- Belize
- Doing Business in Belize By Bill and Claire Gray - The simplicity
and ease with which one can start a business in Belize lets many people
do something they have always wanted to try but weren’t able to back home.
Being free from all the bureaucratic red tape, and expensive, complicated
procedures, frees a person to put all their creative energy into their
business. We love seeing owners of even the smallest of businesses empowered
like this. In the developing world no expects anything from the government
and so they know they either have to get out there and earn money at something
or live off the food they have growing in their yard and the fish they
can catch. By Bill and Claire Gray
Belize
- one of the world’s top retirement havens - Belize
- one of the world’s top retirement havens - From
its Caribbean shores to its jungle interior, Belize has great natural beauty—blue
water, deserted beaches, and inland retreats where you can explore Mayan
ruins, tall waterfalls, rainforests, and rivers. Bird watching in Belize’s
interior is also a treat; you’ll be able to spot parrots, toucans, flycatchers,
and herons in their natural habitat or visit a jaguar preserve where you
can venture into the jungle in search of the elusive cats. It’s no wonder
Belize’s tourism industry is booming. If recent figures are any indication;
this tiny tropical paradise could be on its way to becoming the next hot
destination for explorers, expats, retirees, and investors. Between 2003
and 2004, cruise visits to this country increased by a full 55.1%—as opposed
to just 13.1%, for example, for the same period in the Bahamas. By Kathleen
Peddicord Mar/06
Belize's New Residency Program
- Some Say It's The Best In The World! - Belize's
New Residency Program - Some Say It's The Best In The World!
- You can set up an office in Belize and run your business from there,
(taking advantage of the low overhead costs , and tax free status we might
add ) and still qualify for this program, as long as none of the money
your company earns comes from a source within Belize. In this age of e-commerce
and telecommuting , this scenario could work for a vast number of people.
~ Bill & Claire Gray tell us how to move to Belize - Sounds good, but
who in their right mind wants to live on a white-sand beach when they could
be living in Detroit?
Down In Ol' Belize - Expat Explorations
and Back Country Research - Down
In Ol' Belize - Expat Explorations and Back Country Research -
"At our table, Wild Bill told me his story: He arrived in Placencia, he
told me, a year earlier after driving around the U.S. in a motor home.
On the word of two ladies he met in Colorado and his subsequent research,
he began to believe that there was a village in Central America called
Placencia, which had everything he was looking for: avorable money exchange,
fresh food, great diving, and a laid-back lifestyle, complete with thatched
huts and wild animals." - More intrepid research from Robin Sparks as she
searches the world in pursuit of a perfect home.
Female, In Search Of A Country
- By Robins Sparks - Female,
In Search Of A Country - By Robins Sparks - Find a country
to live in - In Placencia, Belize, unlike Paris, I settled in for a nap
every afternoon in an audio space saturated with the melodious songs of
birds. On the other hand, the sand flies in my bed kept me twitching and
slapping, preventing me from napping as assuredly as the landscapers in
the Paris garden below. ~ The first in a series of articles by Robin Sparks.
Join her in our webZine as she interviews expatriates around the world
and shares the individual tales of escape artists from Belize to Paris,
to China and the Middle East, down to South America and beyond. You won't
want
to miss this series.
Finding a Little Piece of Paradise
in Belize - Finding
a Little Piece of Paradise in Belize - In the late 1980's
my husband Bill and I bought a used R.V., packed it with everything we
felt we couldn't live without and moved from our home in Hollywood California
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Health Care in Latin America - It's
Better Than You Think - Health
Care in Latin America - It's Better Than You Think - as a
patient you have so much more freedom because your health care is literally
in your own hands. In Latin America you can walk into a lab and ask for
any test that you'd like without a doctor's order, or go into any pharmacy
and buy whatever medication you'd like without a prescription. When your
tests results come back you go and pick them up and show them to your doctor
not, vice versa.
Homesteading In Belize - Homesteading
In Belize - Homesteading the Mosquito Coast. Article by Bill
& Claire Gray who are more or less considered the authorities on moving
to Belize. They make homesteading land in Belize sound very simple.
How To Make Enormous Returns
In Overseas Youth Development - How
To Make Enormous Returns In Overseas Youth Development -
People decide to start youth centers and outreach programs for a variety
of reasons. The reasons for attempting to operate one overseas can be even
more diverse. Generally, when someone is interested in starting a youth
program overseas it requires a substantial commitment of forethought since
they will be faced with both the normal challenges of youth center operation,
and then some.
Making Choices - Trying to Pick
a New Country to Live In - Part Two - Making
Choices - Trying to Pick a New Country to Live In - Part Two
- Last month we looked at the subtleties in making judgments about an expatriate
destination. We saw that while a country like Belgium has excellent schools,
high culture, fine art, good food, great beer and all of the amenities
we might desire, it doesn't have the open spaces, excellent real estate
prices and low population density of a country like Belize. Which is better?
- Escape From America Editor Roger Gallo provides more wit and wisdom in
part two of this inquiry.
Multiple advantages of Living
Overseas: a new and refreshing way to look at Offshore - Multiple
advantages of Living Overseas: a new and refreshing way to look at Offshore
- Edmund J. Pankau writes about the broader meaning of offshore, this time
in terms of the real advantages to the ordinary person seeking a lower
cost of living, a better quality of life, reasonable and fantastic real
estate, lower taxes, and ground floor business opportunities. "In recent
years, Central America has become the Florida, California and Arizona of
the 1950’s.
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How
to Live, Retire, Work or Invest in Belize
- For a certain kind of person there is a certain kind of place;
and for certain people that place is Belize. Belize - the laid back
Caribbean country of Central America! It's a favorite of those seeking
a calmer lifestyle in close proximity to the wonders of nature. Like
a un-planed 2x4 full of splinters, Belize is sturdy, rugged and full of
sandfleas, but it also has it's share of beautiful islands, adventuresome
spirits and rum soaked nights. It's the place we dreamed about as children.
A place where we could do what we wanted without being called in to wash
up for dinner. It's a place where you need to know how to repair your own
car and replace parts of your plumbing with bailing wire and tape. It's
also a place where big brother isn't looking over your shoulder and you
can set your own building codes or own a flock of chickens. It's a place
where you can spend the day fishing without trying to keep up with the
Jones's. It's also become one of the hottest expatriate destinations in
Latin America. ...it's not for everyone, but it may be for you. If so,
there's a new eBook that will take you to Belize and help you stay there. |
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Real Estate In Belize - Current
Listing - Real
Estate In Belize - Current Listing - Real estate in Belize
with color photos - updated daily.
Retire In Belize - Retire
In Belize - Writer and editor Lan Sluder brings us the latest information
about retiring in Belize. Belize is a favorite for expatriates seeking
a home away from home and with good reason. Lan covers lifestyle, weather,
crime, highlights of the Retired Persons Incentive Act, health and real
estate.
'Tax-Free' Residency In Belize
- 'Tax-Free'
Residency In Belize - New Retired Persons Incentive Act Allows
'Tax-Free' Residency In Belize - The Retired Persons Incentive Act passed
by the Belize legislature in early 1999 is now in force and being implemented
by the Belize Tourism Board.
The Life & Times of Emory
King - Emory King Talks About Retirement In Belize - Emory
King Talks About Retirement In Belize - Emory King is known
worldwide as an actor, writer and a talker about Belize and things Belizean.
Here he talks about retirement in Belize.
The Rules Are Different in Belize
- The Rules
Are Different in Belize - - Most Americans have lead sheltered
lives and are not fully prepared for the adjustments to a new country.
Belize is a paradise, but like every paradise it has it's difficulties.
Lan Sluder is the editor of Belize First Magazine. If you've got your heart
set on Belize you better read what Lan has to say. You might need to adjust
your rose colored glasses before you pack your bags - - or at least get
the prescription checked.
Warning - An Escapeartist Living
in Belize Fights US Tax Indictment - Warning
- An Escapeartist Living in Belize Fights US Tax Indictment
- Jay Picon (aka Joseph Ross) resides in Belize along with hundreds of
other expats who have settled there over the years. But Ross is unique.
In 1986, he was served a U.S. indictment on tax evasion charges alleging
he failed to disclose and pay taxes on savings held in a Mexican bank account.
Which Way To Heaven? - Which
Way To Heaven? - By Robin Sparks - Through Hell, High Water,
and a Hurricane: the story of one couple’s perilous journey from New England
to Belize - "The 2500-mile journey symbolized for the couple the end of
20 years of dreaming and the beginning of a two-year trial run
Why Belize
Still Remains an Attractive Offshore Tax Haven - Even For US Citizens -
Why
Belize Still Remains an Attractive Offshore Tax Haven - Even For US Citizens
- Following the various terrorist atrocities across the world in recent
years, and partially as a result the on-going global battle against money
laundering and drug trafficking, many of the higher taxation countries
- such as the US and UK - have begun restricting and eliminating the attractions
of tax havens for their citizens. Sept./06
Ya Gotta See It To Belize It!
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Gotta See It To Belize It! - Most people have a picture postcard
image of their ideal beach vacation, replete with lounging and reading
on sandy white beaches, sipping tropical drinks while gazing at a gorgeous
sunset, after snorkeling in warm, turquoise waters. Well, welcome to Un-Belizable
Belize during low season. (April to November) While many head to tropical
escapes during the winter, I highly recommend that you summer in Belize.
You'd Better Belize It's Better
- You'd
Better Belize It's Better - Tim Sheppard and his wife Yumiko
took a trip to Belize and ended up buying property there. As he says, "I
have been looking for my own personal spot in the sun for several years.
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