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louixo
Joined 2012
Posts: 46

11 years ago

Want to live the paradise life?

11 years ago

Ever think of living in paradise and running a vacation rental or bed and breakfast? I live in Mexico in the Riviera Maya (Cancun-Playa del Carman corridor), and I can attest to the fact that...
It's easier to do than you think. It's a great way to live. It's a clean way to live, no matter where you go in the tropics. Many people have been living the paradise life for years and have reached the time in life where they want to downsize, and go for long periods of travel, while they still have the mobility and desire to go and do. That's all there is to it. No grand philosophical point to make. Just time to move on.... So, they decide to sell the beach home. It made money for them, and it will make money for you. Prices in places like this are not going down. Your beach house can also be a rental business. But first things first. Read below. I live like this, and my friends do too.
THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN DO HERE. THERE IS NO WINTER.
walking the beach...miles of it
swimming...ocean or pool
plenty of small towns and villages close by to spend the day or weekend
also several islands to visit and stay over
movies...more than 50 screens within a half hour
rent movies for home use..in english
fishing..lagoon, shore, bottom fishing, or you can fish deep sea within a 10 minute boat ride
shopping.. several malls...boutiques..mexican traditional markets.....artisan markets...all kinds...4 walmart superstores, and a dozen more walmart clones from other countries...there is more shopping in a concentrated area than I've ever seen in the USA
boating...your personal boat or rent one
bowling, horseback riding, off roading, golf, tennis, volleyball
people watching in an outdoor cafe
casinos...though not like las vegas, but we have direct flights to vegas
festivals, special events, all year that you can drive to
an international airport 25 minutes away, to get you anywhere in the world you want to go (miami is 1 hour 15 minutes away),.. cancun airport iseasyto get to,.for example, if you are coming in from the northeastern USA, you can be sitting on the front porch sipping your favorite beverage, quicker than you can get to miami beach .......if you are leaving from here, you can be checking in in 25 minutes from the house
drive to Belize, just 5 hours..drive all over Mexico...nice roads
play on Playa del Carmen's exotic 5th avenue just 25 minutes, as is Cancun's world famous hotel zone...both with hundreds of restaurants and sidewalk cafe's
this is just a partial list of things you can do, but the important thing to remember, is that people from all over the world, pay thousands of dollars each, just to spend a week or two of vacation here

PERSONAL LIVING:
you can have a maid, gardener, cook, or servant if you like, at very reasonable prices...they do the work, while you play...I employ a full time caretaker who lives on the property in the servants quarters.....he does everything,.... and cooks.
We can go to a nice restaurant any night of the week, order a a nice dinner, even seafood, for 4 WITH wine for $50 bucks. Can You? And that's $50 bucks for all 4 of us. There are restaurants galore.
Hospitals all over the place. My wife and I can go to any hospital in the country and be treated. No deductible. No extras. No worries. I belong ot a great wellness program, and see the doctor once a month whether I need it or not. Many of my friends come here 3 or 4 times a year and stay at their homes, and rent them the rest of the time. Some live here several months, and then go back to where they came from for vacation. What's the difference if you live here or there? You have to live someplace.I'm not a real estate salesperson, I just bird dog a beach property here and there of places I know about. I always know of one or two coming on the market. Message me if you want to make a change.

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