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Down In Ol' Belize - Expat Explorations and Back Country Research - Click Here - "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: Favorable money exchange, fresh food, great diving, and a laid-back lifestyle, complete with thatched huts and wild animals." - More intrepid research from Robin Sparks Daugherty as she searches the world in pursuit of a perfect home.

'Tax-Free' Residency In Belize - Click Here - 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 program, which resembles the formerly popular but now defunct pensionado program in Costa Rica, is designed to attract more retirees to Belize.

Back Door Tax Free Offshore Investing - Click Here - An Anonymous Offshore Brokerage Account - most people do not know that US brokerage accounts titled in the name of a foreign person or entity are exempt from capital gains. As a result, there is no "Tefra" or back-up with- holding on profitable stock trades. Clients of course are required to complete a W-8 form, stating it is a foreign account in order to take advantage of this (if the account is titled directly in the name of offshore structure or foreign client).

Crisis investing in Ecuador: Rock-bottom property prices, fabulous ocean views, and easy living - Click Here - “Ecuador has it all,” I said to the group of adventure-some International Living readers traveling with me to my adopted homeland. “Beauty, convenience, and incredibly low cost. And right now, prices are lower than ever.” I was having little trouble convincing this crowd. We sat at a cliff-top restaurant and watched the Pacific stretch blue and serene to the horizon. Miles of empty beach lay in our view. And we had just returned from inspecting Mediterranean villas that overlook a sleepy fishing village and the sea (on offer for only $35,000). by Gary Scott - From the Best of International Living

Plastic Surgery in Hungary - Click Here - While Budapest is fascinating and provides a myriad of opportunities, you will want to save more rigorous sightseeing and budget accommodations for another trip. At this point you have given yourself permission to pamper yourself for two to four weeks so you will want to arrange accommodations to do just that without sacrificing value. Living well is comparatively inexpensive in Budapest and you will find most transportation, dining and entertainment to be priced near communist era prices. - - - Many of the minor procedures have only one to two week recovery times allowing for numerous possibilities. You might want to consider scheduling any rigorous activity before the surgery. Only you can decide where and when you may or may not want to be seen with any bandages, but that is also a problem you would have at home. Instead, deal with the dilemma in pleasant and comfortable surroundings.

Unique Expatriate Property For Sale - ‘A Caribbean Hideaway On Costa Rica’s Talamanca Coast’ - Click Here - It was the beginning of the Green Revolution, and my visitors were
delighted and amazed that they could live comfortably and safely in the heart of nature. They could watch hummingbirds fly through their rooms, which were built in such a way as to capture the breezes from the sea and the Talamanca Range. They had no need for air conditioning. At first I had no refrigeration or electricity, but everyone was fascinated by the wonderful meals prepared over a wood fire with locally grown products, such as yuca, fish, plantains, fruits of all kinds, and coconuts. Bread was baked on the wood fire. We picked cacao from our own trees, and roasted the beans to make hot chocolate and fudge with coconut milk

At Doolan's Bar in Waterford - Click Here - By Bill Bonner from the Daily Reckoning - "The music style might be best described as Irish self- pity. The songs were political. Sentimental. Maudlin. When they weren't describing some guy who had to leave Ireland to find work in Florida, poor fellow, they expressed the familiar Irish themes: irredentism, patriotism and pathetic proletarianism. They were sung in that whiney Irish tenor voice that brings a mist to your eyes -- if you are in a particularly lugubrious mood or an alcoholic stupor."

The Costa Maya and the Western Caribbean - Click Here - If you continue on another 90 miles you will arrive in Mérida, the "Paris of the West". The city dates from the 1500's and offers, plazas, promenades, parks, intl and regional restaurants, tree-lined boulevards, big old mansions, Spanish colonial ambiance and Mayan tranquility. Mérida is very clean and safe. Just 30 miles from the Gulf coast, it has the lowest crime rate per capita in all of Mexico. If you want to retire to México, but don't want to live in a resort town lacking soul and history, come to Mérida.

Brazil - Almost Paradise - Click Here - "Norman Morrison at OceanView Tours explains that because of the current exchange rate, there has never been a better time to consider investing in property in the state of Ceara, [Brazil] where oceanfront properties are available at a third to a sixth of the cost in prime areas of the U.S.. Ceara has some 300 miles of great beaches." ~ Ruth Halcomb from the Network for Living Abroad Newsletter writes about Brazil.

Using an Offshore Merchant Account - Click Here - You now can do business with a bank or credit card processor in Germany, Singapore, Holland, or any place else just as easily as "the bank down the road". In fact, nine times out of ten, you will find the level of service to be much better with a bank half way around the world, then you will with your neighborhood bank. Why? They want your business, and they are willing to prove it. The other benefits are obvious. If you intend to be virtual, the best place to begin is by becoming virtual in fact. An offshore merchant account places you in a virtual / offshore jurisdiction with favorable tax consequences.

More Articles on Belize - Click Here - To find out more on moving to Belize take a look at our section on Belize. Contains articles, resources, links and contacts for moving to Belize.
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