SECTION ONE - EXOTIC REAL ESTATE  Interview with His Excellency Kwame Bawuah-Edusei, MD Carter L. Clews Interview with His Excellency Kwame Bawuah-Edusei, MD - The Ambassador from the Republic of Ghana to the United States of America shares his opinion on the improved economic and social status and the real estate market in his native country.   Real Estate in Costa Rica Villa Ives Kena Real Estate in Costa Rica - Adventure and romance are intertwined in Costa Rica, the beaches will give you the feeling of Robinson Crusoe when you enter this tropical paradise and explore nature’s beauty. There are plenty of exotic adventures to be shared every day.   Five Reasons Never To Buy Real Estate In A Foreign Country By Kathleen Peddicord Five Reasons Never To Buy Real Estate In A Foreign Country - No one who makes a property purchase in another country really knows what he's in for. If we knew in full up front what would be required to make every investment of this kind pay off…none of us would ever buy anything. But take heed of these five situations to guide you when not to buy.   Clean, Green Holiday Dream By Nikki Sheehan Clean, Green Holiday Dream - Want a holiday home abroad, but don’t want to be a carbon big foot? New green developments could provide a guilt-free solution…    What’s Going On In Russia? By Graham Fraser What’s Going On In Russia? - Don’t let the New Cold War put you off buying property in Russia. Most if not all of the political analysis in the English-speaking press is shallow and simplistic, and doesn’t acknowledge the fact that almost everyone in Russia loves the idea of being European.    Tee Time - Investing in Golf Property  By Nick Ball Tee Time - Investing in Golf Property - For many overseas property investors Lanzarote and the Canary Islands are simply synonymous with bucket and spade beach holidays. But golf property is fast becoming a large and lucrative niche market.   Offering impressive levels of capital appreciation and exciting returns – for players and non-golfers alike.   International Real Estate Marketplace Featured Listings International Properties With Color Photos International Real Estate Marketplace Featured Listings - See this month's featured real estate listings - Real estate in New Zealand, Chile, Brazil, Croatia, Panama, Belize, Costa Rica, and from around the world. Each month we feature new properties in our featured listings, colored photographs and access to our entire database of properties from around the world. Find your dream property and plan your escape.   If you’re reading this you have probably daydreamed of leaving the mainland and living the “island life.”  What’s stopping you from giving up the daily grind and starting over in an exotic destination?  Do you have concerns about investing in a risky foreign market?  Are you unsure of how you’d support yourself financially?  Are you unwilling to give up the modern conveniences you are accustomed to?  If you’ve held back for any of these reasons, the United States Virgin Islands may be the destination you’ve been dreaming about.  Shawn Rohde’s thorough, info-filled eBook is the ideal guide to help you make that dream a reality. Click Here to get the report. INTERNATIONAL REPORTS ON OVERSEAS RELOCATION Christopher Howard´s Living and Investing in the new Cuba - Christopher Howard´s Living and Investing in the new Cuba - This guide offers assistance to anyone seeking a safe, affordable place to live outside of the United States and Canada.  It contains all of the ins and outs, dos and don´ts, rules of thumb, secret insider information and invaluable data about all aspects of living in Cuba.  It shows you how to stay busy, where to reside, how to learn Spanish, where to find companionship.  It provides you with novel, sure-fire ideas for starting businesses and, best of all, this eBook will give you a head start before you even move to Cuba. Discover China - Discover China - China is a fascinating country that offers a wealth of opportunity for visitors, investors and potential residents. Of course there are plenty of options all over the world, so why China? Well, anyone can observe that the world’s economy is shifting and the Chinese dragon is on the rise. It is an exciting place to be right now that is full of new horizons.  Eluding Capture: Escape to Bariloche, Argentina - Eluding Capture: Escape to Bariloche, Argentina -  I get asked all the time why I moved to Argentina and I always think of that first moment on the shores of that magnificent lake, staring at the surrounding mountains and I just knew this was the place… In this book you will find our discoveries. You’ll learn what you might want to try and what you might want to avoid as you plan your escape to this beautiful place.  A Survivor´s Guide To Living In Ireland - A Survivor´s Guide To Living In Ireland - Over 60,000 former U.S. citizens now call Ireland home. Don't move to Ireland without reading this report. If you´ve ever considered telling the boss to take a hike, then sell everything and load yourself onto the nearest transport in hopes of moving to the green island of Ireland, this is the book for you. Originally from Chicago, American Tom Richards did exactly what you might be dreaming of doing: in 1982, he sold up the farm, loaded his wife and first-born child onto a draughty charter plane, and moved to Ireland. He´s lived there ever since. In this humorously written book, Richards gives you the benefit of his mistakes, misfortunes, and eventual successes while telling you exactly what to expect and how to survive if you too decide to move to this country.

Issue Number Thirty Two September 2007 See This Month's International Real Estate Marketplace Featured Listings

Buy Your Slice of Paradise Today Using IRA Money Tax-Free   By Sharon Faiola Petersen Buy Your Slice of Paradise Today Using IRA Money Tax-Free - Most of us have the picture of our dream retirement home tucked away in a corner of our mind. Maybe it’s a 200-year-old cottage with herb-filled gardens in the south of Spain, or an airy beach-house along the Pacific in Costa Rica.    Dollar Sellers - Euro Buyers By James Spurway Dollar Sellers - Euro Buyers - It started as a little domestic problem among low quality mortgage lenders and in the end developed into a fully-fledged global crisis. The implosion of the sub-prime mortgage industry prompted investors to worry about asset-backed securities and about the banks and funds that owned them. From there they got to worrying about other risks.    The Casey Files - The Continuing Crisis By David Galland The Casey Files - The Continuing Crisis - In all our publications, we have recently taken a good, hard look at several facets of the unfolding crisis. Over the last week, the Casey Research team has continued doing a forensic analysis of where this all might lead, and especially how it will affect our collective investments.

The Most Romantic Job in the World  By Steenie Harvey The Most Romantic Job in the World - December 1988. No job, no money, and seemingly no prospects. Maybe you’d rate delving around an organic vegetable plot in western Ireland as a fantastic  prospect, but not me.  Today. The most glamorous job in the world, enough money to give me a very comfortable lifestyle, and the prospect (no, the certainty) of expenses-paid trips to China, Estonia, Barcelona, Malaysia and the Cape Verde Islands.   Making Money Overseas - Writing eBooks For EscapeArtist.com By EscapeArtist.com Making Money Overseas - Writing eBooks and Reports For EscapeArtist.com - Yes, you can make money writing eBooks and reports for us, good money. In fact you can make enough money to live on overseas. We are now seeking eBook reports on almost any subject; not just on expatriate issues. We have had so much success with our eBooks that we have decided to expand our library to include more subjects - - subjects that are important even if they are not directly related to expatriate issues. By EscapeArtist.com ....... INTERNATIONAL REPORTS ON OVERSEAS MONEY MAKERS Get a Job on a Luxury Cruise Ship - Quickly & Easily! -Get a Cruise Ship Job! - Click Here "Discover how you can Travel to the World's Most Exotic Places...having the Best Time of Your Life...and Get Paid for it!" - “Now is the best time in history to get a job on a cruise ship” - Get Paid to Travel the World Having the Best Time of Your Life! - “It’s almost the perfect job!” - Careers In Yachting - A Unique Lifestyle Career - A Special Report -  How To Get A Yachting Job - Where to go to look for a yachting job. • Who to talk to get it. • Where to stay while searching for employment. • How to make ends meet until you find a job. • About and how to deal with crew agencies. • Extremely effective means of obtaining employment outside of agencies. • The ins and outs of interviewing. • The pros and cons of working on a charter yacht versus a private yacht. • Crewing as a couple. • Vital tips that will put you ahead of the pack. • Crucial mistakes not to make and much, much more. The Portable Professional - Earn A Living Worldwide - The Portable Professional - Earn A Living Worldwide - It is now possible to make a living from anywhere you can log on.  The technology is there and the opportunities are there.  Mark McMahon has written an eye-opening report on how to make a living worldwide.  Earn US Dollars and/or EUROS from wherever you are on the planet.  The options are limitless and the time is now.  Learn more about how to break free - learn how you can live your life like it belongs to you - Live Where You Want To Live! ~ Live How You Want To Live! ~ And Make Money Doing It! -

Orwell Would Say “I Told You So!”    By Robert Bauman, JD Orwell Would Say “I Told You So!”  - On this sixth anniversary of that horrible day that has come to be known in media shorthand as "9/11" – September 11, 2001 – it is not overreaching to say that many Americans still live their lives with a latent undercurrent of fear of what may happen next.    Innovative Handheld Device Sends & Receives Encrypted Email Woldwide   By Little Brother Technology Little Brother the hand held encrypted email device - provides the most effective & user - friendly encrypted email system on the planet - Worldwide access - Cutting edge! - imagine what it would be like if you and every member of your group could receive encrypted email no matter where you are; no need for a laptop, no need for a cybercafe, no need to be next to your computer.  No need to be next to any computer.  Imagine an encrypted email communication system so state of the art that security is never a problem, and the method of accessing that system can be carried around in your pocket. Find Out More About Little Brother . Your computer, software, databases, files, applications, systems software and computer networks are all part of your information technology (IT) assets.  Like most other public and private organizations, you and your company are extremely dependent upon IT and would find it impractical if not almost impossible to function without it.  Any temporary or extended loss to any portion of these IT assets could have tremendous impact on your company’s financial and economic stability and to your own security. This eBook details 18 Steps for Protection of Your Information Assets as part of a plan to ensure the protection and recovery of your vital information assets. The reality is that because you depend on crucial IT assets, you cannot risk being without such a plan. Click Here to get the report. . INTERNATIONAL REPORTS ON OFFSHORE INVESTING Retirement Planning for Offshore Living - The advantages of outsourcing your retirement have never been better! Why not start a second "dream" career, or retire in a low cost, tropical country? Spend less than 25% of your present monthly budget while maintaining or even enhancing your lifestyle.  Say "goodbye" to your financial planner and her "advice" that you must accumulate at least $1,000,000 or more in liquid assets before you retire or leave your "day job". "Retirement Planning for Offshore Living" will become your personal coach and roadmap to "offshore living". Use the standards provided to identify, compare and analyze your optimal country and retirement or second career haven.

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Did you know that 150,000 Americans now travel abroad every year for affordable, high-quality health care?  From Thailand’s American-accredited Bumrungrad hospital to Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Clinic to Johns Hopkins International, health travelers now have a full array of the world’s safest, best choices in healthcare facilities and physicians.  Now available to assist with this growing movement, Patients Beyond Borders is the first comprehensive, easy-to-understand guide to medical tourism.  It’s also a first-rate manual for overseas travel—impartial, extensively researched, and filled with authoritative and accessible advice—carefully culled from hundreds of resources here and abroad.  Medical Tourism is a booming industry and a familiar practice for many Europeans, yet it is just becoming known to Americans.  Patients Beyond Borders gives U.S. citizens a leg up with well-researched, easy to understand information, compiled in a friendly accessible format - Stephanie Sulger, RN, MS Medical Tours International Whether you’re seeking dental work, heart surgery, orthopedics, cosmetic surgery, neurosurgery, or LASIK eye repair, Patients Beyond Borders is your best way to become an informed health traveler and get started on your health travel journey.  Patients Beyond Borders is absolutely the most thorough and useful guide to health travel for Americans and it’s available to order right now at your fingertips.

Unique Vacation Rentals in Unique Locations - Vacation Rentals around the world - Themes - Categories, Search Enhanced - Color Photos - Find the kind of vacation rentals that are hard to find -  Gain ideas by searching the numerous vacation rental listings - Do you want to rent a castle - a house over water - a mountain cabin - an island hideaway - an Irish cottage - an apartment in Rio de Janeiro - a ranch house in Argentina - a coffee plantation in Costa Rica - beach house in Belize -  EscapeArtist Vacation Rentals -  How To Get a First Class Seat -- For Less -- On Most Every Flight You Take – Free Report  AWAI Travel Division How To Get a First Class Seat -- For Less -- On Most Every Flight You Take – Free Report - Deals exist, if you know how to find them. In fact, there are 7 insider secrets that will have you flying up front, for less -- secrets that many airline reservationists and travel agents may never tell you. If you plan to fly anywhere in the next 12 months -- whether it’s for business or pleasure -- you need to read this report immediately... while the information is up-to-date. After all, why fly in cramped-up coach... when you could fly in luxury without paying top dollar for it? Click Here to find out how -

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eBooks For Expats

New eBooks available now:  The Malbec Diaries: Buying a Vineyard in Argentina - Have you ever wanted to own a vineyard and make wine, but assumed that only wealthy people could afford this lifestyle?  Perhaps more than once you’ve popped the cork on a great bottle of wine and thought,“this should be my name on the label.”  Argentina is an exciting region where winemaking is an affordable reality. Click Here for an entertaining and informative eBook about just this. The Pleasure of Life in Baja Sur - No matter what your reasons for coming to Baha Sur, you may not plan to stay as long as you do -- the author of this report planned to get away to Baha Sur for a month.  After two years she has never left and loves her life there.Whether you just want to visit on a passport, or whether you’re considering living there full- or part-time and need a Visa, you will learn much of what you need to know about life in Baja Sur from this fact-filled eBook.  Click Here for the report. Retiring, Working and Doing Business in The Kingdom of Tonga - The pristine South Pacific Kingdom of Tonga is a country of beautiful and friendly people, and it is a place that enjoys an aura of absolute peace. With a total area of 748 square km (about four times the size of Washington, D.C.) Tonga consists of 171 islands, although only about 45 islands see human inhabitation.  Tonga also just happens to be the last constitutional monarchy in the South Pacific.  While it is on the road to economic advancement, it also adheres to a path of obedience to culture and respect for nature and family alike. Tropical paradise -- yes, it still exists and this eBook will help take you there.  Click Here to find out how. The Cultivators Handbook of Native Natural Tobacco  - There is almost no country in the world where Tobacco is not a native plant, so no matter where you live in the world there is the possibility of raising not only a personal crop but also a specialty Tobacco crop that you can sell using the Internet to customers anywhere else in the world.  This makes specialty, boutique Tobacco one of the most viable ways for an expatriate to generate a cash income anywhere in the world.  Just a fraction of an acre is all that’s needed to raise enough Tobacco plants to provide an individual or family with a very nice income. Click Here to find out how to get started. New Titles Coming Online Soon Offshore Living in Panama A Ramble in South-East Asia Uncovered! The Bare Facts About Nude Recreation Quick Tricks Anyone Can Use To Learn Any Foreign Language Become A Costa Rican in 30 Minutes Flat  eBooks for Expats - International Relocation Reports - Offshore Investment Reports - Reports On Offshore Real Estate, Moving Overseas,  and a wide range of subjects for those seeking to restart their lives overseas.  eBooks are a great idea.  Consider This: If, for example, you are trying to figure out how to move to Bolivia, buy a ranch, get residency and a passport; you won't find a standard book on how to go about accomplishing those ends at your local library.  You will here.  We have hundreds of great eBooks lined up and coming your way.  Our list of titles is growing daily.

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Now an even more interactive magazine - Letters to the Editor - The Offshore Real Estate and Investment Magazine cordially invites readers to send their comments and suggestions in the form of praise or criticism to the editor of the magazine.  Each page of the magazine is linked to a form page where readers can easily express their thoughts, thus providing insightful feedback to the magazine staff.  Letters can also be shared with other readers if the sender so desires. Your comments will provide us with the valuable information needed to make The Offshore Real Estate and Investment Magazine even better and also provide you with the best information available to help you make your escape to great adventure, unique travel, and residence abroad. Contact The Editor

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