Nemo2
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Welcome to Belize.
Been there and [-]walked[/-] crawled out of this:
Welcome to Belize.
Antigua, Barbados, Jamaica, St Lucia, St Martin, Bahamas, Cancun, Martinique, Key West. Some of them multiple times. Loved them.which Caribbean Islands have you visited?
My advice is visit for more than a week or two, try a month or two first. Vacationing and living are not the same as has been mentioned. Even then, once you decide, rent for at least one year. The majority of the time the move does not "stick" for various reasons.
You don't want this to be a financial mistake.
Yes. There are many cases of people buying on the beach to party likes it is vacation. If there is not a viable expat community, it will not be pretty.
(We rented for 3 weeks, 2 months, 3 months before buying. We rented on the beach and off the beach. We chose off the beach and north facing overlooking the bay at 37 meters above sea level. Sun is not your friend in the tropics.)
They declined steadily after 2008 and yes also in USD. A friend was able to upgrade for $110,000 last year and the same upgrade would have been $175,000 in 2008.kc, what are the prices like in PV now. Are they down because of the strong dollar, or are the places priced in dollars?
Las Terrenas is indeed a nice place. As noted, most expats in the unspoiled Samana region are European (especially French) and Canadian. Not sure if you would consider the relative absence of fellow Americans to be a pro or a con; but if the latter, you would probably prefer Caberete or Luperon.Check out Las Terrenas in the Dominican Republic. It's very popular with expats from Europe and is starting to be discovered by Americans as well. I have a good friend who bought a condo right on the beach....We've never been but we'll probably make a trip to stay with him next year.