COMPARISON - TOP 10 RETIREMENT HAVENS IN THE WORLD

COMPARISON - TOP 10 RETIREMENT HAVENS IN THE WORLD  
 
  
These 10 countries are listed by interest received from our readers. There may be other countries, but they simply did not make the list. These opinions have been made by our founder's committee who have been to all of these countries.

Number 1 - Brazil

+1 - 50,000 permanent residency investment belongs to you not government
+1 - Women and men are attractive and very passionate
+1 - Low cost of living
+1 - Low cost of real estate
+1 - Nice beaches, one is in the Top 10 list of beaches in the entire world
+1 - Warm weather in the state of Ceará similar to September in San Diego
+1 - Good nightlife in the capital city Fortaleza with 2.5 million people
-1 - Portugese
-1 - Bank accounts not in USD

+5 - Total

Note: Brazil's investment used to be US200,000 and was lowered to US50,000 in 2004. Before Brazil was not even in the Top 10 and now it is Number 1. With new 24 hour video cameras, violence is way down. Brazil women and men are the most passionate people of all. They are like swans and will stay with you for life. Citizenship is available after only 1 year of marriage.


Number 2 - Belize

+1 - Only US500 monthly income required to qualify as retiree
+1 - English
+1 - Low cost of living
+1 - Low cost of real estate
+1 - Nice beaches
+1 - Bank accounts in USD
-1 - Women and men are not attractive
-1 - Humid weather
-1 - No nightlife, shopping malls, cinemas
-1 - In the hurricane zone

+2 - Total

Note: Because the official languages in Belize are both English and Spanish and its close proximity to the USA, it will only get better, but right now it is simply too primitive and boring to live there.


Number 3 - Ecuador

+1 - Low cost of living
+1 - Low cost of real estate
+1 - Nice climate but very high altitude in capital
+1 - Bank accounts in USD
-1 - Women and men are not attractive
-1 - Spanish
-1 - Beaches are humid and very far from capital

+1 - Total

Note: Difficult for people to breathe in the very high altitude.

Number 4 - Philippines

+1 - English
+1 - Women and men are attractive
+1 - Low cost of living
+1 - Low cost of real estate
+1 - Nice beaches
+1 - Bank accounts in USD
-1 - Humid weather
-1 - Islamic terrorists
-1 - Far away from the US or EU
-1 - Foreigners can not own businesses
-1 - Crimes against foreigners
-1 - Possible tsunamis

0 - Total

Note: Bombs have been set off in the capital Manila even though the Islamic terrorists are from the south. Foreigners can only own 20 of a business. So the solution is to trust a lawyer as a nominee or get married and put the business in your spouses name. But there have been many cases whereby the lawyers have stolen all of the assets or else family members of the Filipina spouse have murdered the foreigner to obtain all of the assets.


Number 5 - Nicaragua

+1 - Low cost of living
+1 - Low cost of real estate
+1 - Nice beaches
+1 - Bank accounts in USD
-1 - Women and men are not attractive
-1 - Spanish
-1 - Very hot and dry
-1 - In the hurricane zone

0 - Total

Note: It is extremely hot and dry, so it is very dusty when the wind picks up. There are certain seasons when flies hatch in the millions, crawling over everything and causing many diseases.


Number 6 - Honduras

+1 - Nice beaches
+1 - Low cost of living
+1 - Low cost of real estate
+1 - Bank accounts in USD
-1 - Women and men are not attractive
-1 - Spanish
-1 - Beaches are humid and very hot in capital
-1 - In the hurricane zone

0 - Total

Note: Tegucigalpa is probably one of the ugliest capital cities in the world.

The airport is also one of the most danerous as there have been several crashes there.


Number 7 - Panama

+1 - Low cost of living
+1 - Low cost of real estate
+1 - Nice beaches
+1 - Bank accounts in USD
-1 - Women and men are not attractive
-1 - Spanish
-1 - Very hot and humid
-1 - In the hurricane zone

0 - Total

Note: Hot and humid as hell. You can fry an egg on the sidewalk in 10 seconds.


Number 8 - Colombia

+1 - Women and men are attractive but cunning
+1 - Nice beaches
+1 - Low cost of living
-1 - Too dangerous
-1 - Spanish
-1 - Nice weather in capital, but humid at beaches
-1 - Bank accounts not in USD

-1 - Total

Note: Just too dangerous, kidnappings of foreigners are commonplace. Women and men are very attractive but cunning. They are only interested in your money.


Number 9 - Cuba

+1 - Women and men are attractive but cunning
+1 - Low cost of living
+1 - Low cost of real estate
+1 - Nice beaches
-1 - Castro's government always has 51 ownership of any businesses
-1 - Spanish
-1 - Humid weather
-1 - Bank accounts not in USD
-1 - No shopping malls, cinemas, internet
-1 - In the hurricane zone

-2 - Total

Note: Everybody talks about how great it will be after Castro is gone, but the reality is that all the real estate formerly owned by foreign companies/individuals will be tied up in court for decades and it will be a big mess. Cubans are dying to marry anybody just to get off the island. Don't be fooled.


Number 10 - Costa Rica

+1 - Women and men are attractive
+1 - Nice beaches
+1 - Bank accounts in USD
-1 - 50,000 permanent residency investment goes to government tree planting
-1 - Spanish
-1 - Cost of living is too expensive now
-1 - Real estate properties are too expensive now
-1 - Nice weather in capital, but humid at beaches
-1 - In the hurricane zone

-3 - Total

Note: Costa Rica is overated and much too expensive now for real estate. US50,000 investment goes to government tree planting project. Consider it a donation as you will probably never see a penny of profit. Costa Rica was great 20 years ago, but now it is simply too late to invest there.