You have a dream of moving to Belize. How do you make it become a reality? It’s a huge dream, a beautiful dream, and it involves a lot of moving parts. This article will help you with some of the items you should be considering when making the dream become a reality. This should be an enjoyable process for you, from realizing the dream is something you really want to do, to actually being here and living...

Vanilla Bean Inn came about as a result of watching an episode or two of “Golden Girls”. I didn’t watch the show very often however the concept must have stuck in my mind. Years later a couple of friends and I were talking and I mentioned my concept to them and Golden Girls, now known as Vanilla Bean Inn came to be more than a concept. The Concept Forward a couple...

Belize has long been known as a place where non-Belizeans didn’t have financing options for real estate purchases. While this was only partially true, it is true that mortgages were no provided to non-Belizeans for properties purchased here. In the following paragraphs you will learn a bit about off-shore banks and domestic banks and if they will provide financing. A final option is seller financing. In...

Notice – this article about a tiny home investment is longer than my usual posts but there is much valuable information for you.Buying a tiny home provides for so many opportunities. However, for purposes of this article the focus will be on creating your investment portfolio using the tiny home model. Why a Tiny Home? One of the main, if not the main, considerations for a tiny home investment...

In recent days I have been involved in a conversation about Home Owner Association fees. The overwhelming consensus is that they are not good. And in some cases, they border on evil, to the point of having government intervention to make them illegal. This is a discussion about HOAs – good or bad.This conversation was sparked by an articled that was recently posted on...

Vanilla Bean Inn studio condos offer the perfect escape for vacationers as well as offering an excellent return on your investment. In your first year of ownership your gross return on your investment could be upwards of 25%. Include the mandatory homeowner’s fee in the calculation and you can still be around 20%. The image above is an...

If you’re interested in learning more about what a minimalist lifestyle might look like for you, here are several essential principles that will help you begin to discover the benefits in your life. A minimalist lifestyle isn’t just about living in a tiny home. It’s also a way of life as you will see from some of the memes I will be...

Living a minimalist lifestyle has been gaining popularity in recent years. At its core, minimalist living involves consciously choosing to live with fewer material possessions and lowering your consumption of non-essential goods and services. For some, it’s a way to reduce stress, save money, and live more intentionally. But minimalism isn’t for everyone. Let’s take a look at some of the key pros and...

In December 2023 I was gifted with a fantastic raffle prize for a place called Mystic River Resort (https://mysticriverresort.com/), known as MRR. This was a fantastic prize and I was really looking forward to going to Mystic River. I finally was able to visit towards the end of January 2024.The prize I won was a 2 night stay for 2 in a 1-bedroom cottage, with 2 breakfasts...

This was a question posed on one of the Facebook groups recently and from the answers received, (which is par for the course), people lump all developers as being bad because they may have had a bad experience with one, or they know of or heard of somebody having a bad experience.The country has developments all over, and while places like Sanctuary Belize, or The Reserve, or whatever you want to call it,...