Comments on: What Can $150k Buy in Real Estate Around the World?

By: Sammccormick

Sammccormick — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:09:25 +0000

I think you missed the whimsy in this whimsical article. It’s not like this is the New York Times…

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By: njaneardude

njaneardude — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:03:08 +0000

I lived in Uruguay and you can buy a nice ranch house there for under $100,000.

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By: njaneardude

njaneardude — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:53:52 +0000

I agree, the price for that Croatian villa is either in euros or missing a “0″ or both.

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By: duque

duque — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:25:24 +0000

If u can buy property overseas in your own name as an expat then it’s a very attractive proposition. I for one have no problems buying overseas.

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By: luggage

luggage — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:13:38 +0000

It is amazing how cheap that great houses are in other countries. I would love to get a summer home somewhere.

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By: Philippe Igoa

Philippe Igoa — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:06:02 +0000

Lily, what you do is rent out your vacation throughout the year and pay a management company to keep up the place while you’re gone. If you charge
enough and even with the management company fees you should still come out slightly ahead or at least break even. Thats what I’m looking into now, and I’m in the process of getting something in Southwestern France, in the city of Bayonne, which is about 3 miles from the beach. I can get a decent villa for about $250,000
US. The more I looked at those cheaper homes in the northern city of Thiron Gardais I decided this was a better deal. $150,000 sounded good at the time but I didn’t have anybody to look after it the 11 months of the year that I wouldn’t be there.

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By: julie

julie — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:26:58 +0000

nice! the american dream and greed in the US was at a fever pitch. it’s pretty scary, the brainwashing that we can all afford a home and the banks let us do it. i’m an american and the materialism that this country is caught up in is pretty frightening. sadly if we don’t spend we crumble. bali sounds wonderful.

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By: julie

julie — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:21:03 +0000

but you have to live in utah. snow, mormons, conservatives, sounds like paradise, not. don’t want to bash but that hardly sounds like an attractive alternative to bali, good luck.

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By: julie

julie — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:14:57 +0000

i’m so happy i found this article today. it gives me hope that i can take my retirement and live abroad. it’s likely i won’t buy a place, but it points out that there are inexpensive places to live. i live in los angeles, and it’s extremely pricey. i’ll have to work the rest of my life if i want to stay here. i’m not willing to move to arizona, nevada, mid-west. this country is too conservative unless you are on the west or east coasts. maybe the listings aren’t 100% accurate but i’d like to believe there’s a place where i can live a quality life without killing myself and still have some culture.

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By: Craig

Craig — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:34:04 +0000

Another USA basher. Great. Very narrow minded post. I am from the US and do agree that I don’t really want to live there either (I don’t now). But it is for sure no where near the most corrupt nor the most morally messed up. Do some traveling and you will see…come on over to Africa if you want to see messed up. Somalia is a great country, not corrupt at all. Same with DRC…where I had to flee for my life not long ago…into that morally correct country Rwanda….

P.S. I just bought a house for less than $150 USD 1/2 kilo from the beach here in Thailand. 200 square meters, well built, Private swimming pool, gated community, on 800 SM of land. I can walk to the beach and eat great Thai seafood for less than $5. A beer is a little over a dollar while I watch the sunset…

P.S. I have traveled to over 65 countries so far…

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