Uruguay for Retiring, Investing, or just
Good Living
By Lee Harrison
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Just try
to name another country like it. A country that offers,
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A true, First
World Infrastructure
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The continent´s
premier beach resort
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Fantastic rental
income opportunities
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A Second Passport
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Magnificent
colonial cities
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Miles of pristine
beaches
Sure, this is
great. But perhaps even better is that you get all this with
Read on,
to discover the absolute best value for your second home dollar in Latin
America today.
If you've never
considered Uruguay as a place to live, or even to visit you´re going
to be completely surprised by all it has to offer.
The
US Department of State did a study last year that showed Uruguay to be
among the least expensive places in the world to live. Who was higher?
Places like Peru. Who was lower? Swaziland, Gambia, and NepaL; not
exactly among the world´s top retirement destinations.
The country
is diverse. Montevideo is an old-world European style city with fine restaurants,
colorful markets, sycamore-lined streets and a cultural scene second to
none. Here you´ll encounter an honest, European culture that´s
representative of what you´ll see throughout the country.
In Colonia,
you´ll find that the original Portuguese settlement has been restored,
and its residents have made it one of the finest examples of old colonial
architecture in South America. With it´s year ´round tourist
trade, Colonia is a great place to invest in a colonial restoration or
a rental property.
Bordering
the South Atlantic Ocean, Punta del Este has been South America´s
premier beach resort for
generations,
with its well maintained beaches, exquisite restaurants, hotels, casinos,
and events of every description. And perhaps the best part of Punta del
Este is the extraordinary rental income you can generate on properties
there, with many apartment owners getting high-season monthly rents of
$6,500 and higher.
But if you´re
looking for something on the ocean that´s a little more tranquil,
you´ll find long, stretches of lonely, pristine beaches along the
coast where you can stroll for hours without seeing any type of development
at all.
In between,
you´ll find thousands of square miles of rolling pampas - perfect
for ranching - interspersed with clean, bright towns and cities reminiscent
of the American Midwest. Here in the heartland, you can still buy this
prime ranchland for around $100 per acre.
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Everyone
knows that Argentina is a great deal right now. But few people know that
many Argentines are choosing Uruguay as their retirement destination because
of its low cost of living, and world-class beaches.
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And as if
that weren´t enough, residents of Uruguay are entitled to a second
passport ...a real asset for insuring your privacy and mobility in today´s
world.
Perhaps the
most surprising thing about Uruguay though, is that the cost of living
and buying property is among the lowest in the entire world, and your dollars
and euros still pack a real financial punch. Yet despite all the advantages
of this exciting country, you won´t find a single book in your local
library or bookstore that talks about retiring or living in Uruguay.
This authoritative
book on living and investing in Uruguay will give you more than 125 pages
of up-to-date, hard information on one of Latin America´s top destinations.
Immigration:
what it takes to get a visa and become a resident
Customs:
duty-free importation of your household goods
Your second
passport: a little-known fact about Uruguayan residency
Real estate:
with loads of current examples and extensive contacts
Generating
an income: with some of the highest rental returns in Latin America
Pages of insider
tips about day-to-day life in Uruguay
The language:
with a catalog of terms for real estate shopping as well as a list of differences
between the Spanish of Uruguay and other Spanish-speaking countries.
What´s
more, you´ll get an extensive overview of the country, taking a critical
look at the places most suitable for expat relocation or second-home purchase.
And it´s
all presented with lots of high-quality color photos ! |
As an added
bonus, for those people who want to see the investment angle on Uruguay,
included in this book is a special report, Uruguay, for the Real Estate
Investor. The report takes a look at the major markets in the country,
with specific examples using properties currently available. It even calculates
rental incomes in the country´s hottest rental market.
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According
to the 2005 Worldwide Cost of Living Survey published by Mercer Human Resource
Consulting, Montevideo is one of the least expensive cities in the world
in which to live, being ranked at number 140 out of 144 cities in the survey.
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So
get ready to join the select few who have already explored this
unique
and little known haven on the South Atlantic.
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Learn where you
can buy a riverside 3-bedroom home in a colonial city for under $40,000.
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Find out about
available ranchland in the pampas for just over $100 per acre.
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See how you can
earn rental incomes of well over 10% per year (in one case, 16%) in South
Americas most dazzling beach resort.
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Learn about where
a large, 4 bedroom beachfront home has just sold for under $100,000, and
where there´s another 5-bedroom waterfront home on offer now for
just $85,000!
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Study the sample
budget and the price check to see what it´s going to cost to live
in this exciting country.
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| The
Quality of Life Index from the United Nations Human Development Report
for 2004 placed Uruguay respectably high in the world´s ratings.
Who was below
them? Panama, Mexico, Brazil, Ecuador, Venezuela, just to name a few. |
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| Author
Lee Harrison is himself an expat who retired from the electric utility
industry at the age of 49 and took up a new life abroad. He works as a
freelance writer throughout Latin America, and is currently contributing
as Latin American Roving Editor for International Living. He makes his
main home in Cuenca, Ecuador. |
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