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Roatan, Bay Islands: Invest now...  a full recovery may be around the corner - Click Here -  Buying property on Roatan can be risky if you're in too much of a hurry. If you get too excited and move too quickly, you could lose your shirt. My advice? Come down here and spend some time. Give yourself the chance to decide if this is where you want to spend some of your time. And, by all means, be sure to get an attorney before you put any money down or sign anything.  By David Morgan
Mediterranean living on the cheap gas for 60¢ a gallon; utilities less than $400 per year - Click Here - Year round sunshine, golden beaches & crystal blue waters hardly ever too cold for a swim...  this is Cyprus, a Mediterranean island nudging up against the Middle East. It's a holiday haven that doubles as an expatriate hideaway. In fact, it's one of the cheapest places in the world to live a Mediterranean island lifestyle. By Steenie Harvey
A recent downturn makes now one of the best times in the past 15 years to invest in Chile - Click Here - Now is one of the best times to make an investment in Chile; Over the past 15 years, the Chilean economy has averaged over 6% annual growth. That has made it the fastest growing economy in the Western Hemisphere (almost twice as fast as that of the US) and, for that matter, one of the fastest growing economies in the world.  The principal reason for this boom is that Chile was the first nation in Latin America to wholeheartedly embrace free market reforms. By Justin Ford
Sellers motivated a year after Hurricane Mitch: Bay Island properties on offer for 30 percent off - Click Here - Property on Honduras' Bay Islands remains a smart buy today. A year after Hurricane Mitch devastated the Honduran mainland - breezing past Roatan & Utila, leaving them virtually untouched - properties continue to sell for well below market value - 30 % to 50 % below.
“Limitless potential & unfettered capitalism”  the new Budapest, a land of opportunity - Click Here - "In the past 10 years, central Europe has metamorphosed from a travel frontier and Cold War relic to a thrilling part of plain old Europe. Hungary, like the Czech Republic & Poland, is a member of NATO and by 2004 is expected to be part of the European Union. The rusty old infrastructure is being modernized at a pace unheard of farther west.  A telecommunications zealot in Budapest once told me this work was easy, because the phone system was 40 years out of date, so rather than slowly improve the existing wires and equipment, everything was replaced with the newest technology.”  by Ken Layne
Under the hammer: Where (and how) to find the cheapest housing in Britain  - Click Here - Despite reports of a booming residential-property market in Great Britain, prices have only recently bottomed out in some areas. They are starting to rise, however, as a growing number of investors see money in buying properties to rent out.  by Cheryl Taylor
“Celtic Tiger” notwithstanding, can you still buy a lovely Irish cottage for less than Ir£40,000? Yep... Click Here - Ten years ago, nobody had heard of the “Celtic Tiger.” Entire chunks of the Emerald Isle languished on the back lists of real-estate agents, and homes really did sell for half the cost of nothing. Although job opportunities were few, that’s when we decided to move to Ireland, lured by Celtic magic and rumors of properties that were veritable steals. And the rumors were right - we found the perfect little whitewashed cottage overlooking the tranquil waters of Lough Key for a bargain price Ir£10,000 ($13,200).  by Steenie Harvey
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
Traveler’s Bulletin Board - Click Here - You are invited to submit listings for our monthly Travelers’ Bulletin Board. Your fellow subscribers may then contact you directly to work out the details of the trip. International Living presents these listings as a service to subscribers at no additional cost. Listed announcements are in no way screened, verified, or authenticated by the publisher. Therefore, we can accept no liability for the behavior of the companion or the outcome of the journey.
Three ways to limit your U.S. taxes overseas - in emerging, developed, and tax-haven countries - Click Here - The United States is the only major industrialized country that claims the right to tax its citizens and permanent residents on their worldwide income regardless of where they live. Yet moving overseas can limit…and even eliminate…the taxes you owe in the United States - if you choose your new home wisely. You have three options: a country with a “double-taxation” treaty that works in your favor, tax expatriation, or foreign residency.  by Joel M. Nagel
Worldwide Quality of Life Review - Click Here - Canada edged out the US to take top honors this year in our 19th annual Quality of Life Index; With a strong economy, good & "universal" health care ("We don't check your credit card in the hospital on the way to check your pulse," says Brian Tobin, premier of Newfoundland), good & affordable education (Canada has the highest college attendance rate in the world), beautiful & diverse landscapes, and low crime rates, Canada seems to have it all...even one of the lowest costs of living among the industrialized countries. Houses are cheap... and spacious. In fact, houses built in Canada are, on average, bigger than houses built anywhere else in the world.  In short, Canada is without what many Canadian politicians call the "three G's" of the United States: guns, ghettos, and gated communities. By Michael Palmer 
Political earthquakes & economic booms: How the world has changed in the past 10 years (Part I) - Click Here - The world’s best...and worst...for the year 2000.
Political earthquakes & economic booms: How the world has changed in the past 10 years (Part II) - Click Here - The world’s best...and worst...for the year 2000.
Political earthquakes & economic booms: How the world has changed in the past 10 years (Part III) - Click Here - The world’s best...and worst...for the year 2000.

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