Archive for Belize

Rainforest Realty – Your Home Away From Home

We here at RAINFOREST REALTY are renowned for our ethics, our expertise AND our hospitality —– please consider us your home away from home —- and it doesn’t end there.  We are always available to you to answer your questions about relocating to Belize and buying land and/or a house here, should you choose to [...]

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Off We Go to Belize !!

So we loaded up, took off, landed in Belize and I have never looked back. It was the right move at the right time to the right place!  I consider myself most fortunate to  now reside in Belize and greatly enjoy life here.  I’ve been greatly welcomed and made to feel at home.  Belizeans are [...]

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Stretching Your Dollars in Belize

We can’t ignore the hardcore reality of what it takes to live a middle class lifestyle in modern day America.  So I would say that for many, financial considerations are a major motivation in choosing the expat lifestyle. 
And if you’re a retiree — whoopee!  Those hard earned pensions stretch further in a country like Belize [...]

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Letting Go

Another expat here says, “Belize is for those willing to let go of false needs of comfort and live simple…”  
Aha!  And in doing so, one confirms that old saying —- less can mean more!   More time to share friendships and to enjoy what’s around you, more chances to explore about the countryside and one’s inner [...]

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Peace and Sanity in Belize:

As I was on a plane ride back home to Belize, I met a lady who shared with me her thoughts of “Why Belize.”
She said that she appreciated that living in a country like Belize can be a chance to pull away from the endless financial and social stresses that families in the U.S. encounter.  [...]

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THE EXPAT EXPERIENCE

Wither thou go-est………
Enquiring Minds Want To Know
Does one need special DNA to become an expat?   Is there a secret sign-up sheet?
What makes one a potential expat?
I’ve been discussing my own expat experiences in previous articles.  Now I find I’ve become fascinated by this topic!
After all, what DOES motivate someone/anyone to pack up and move to [...]

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No Rose Colored Glasses Allowed For Expats:

Fantasizing about becoming an expat is one thing —— actually taking the steps to become one requires that you do your part beforehand.  You who know me know my mantra and it never changes.  
 DO YOUR HOMEWORK!!
Oh yes — we all love our rose colored glasses and idealistic fantasies of what it is to live abroad.  [...]

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The ExPat Dream Takes Hold

 
 
BELIEVE IT!!!!!!  BELIZE just might be the place where your dreams of an expat life come true! 
Ok, take the test.  See if you have an expat life in your future! (This is all in good fun)
The Test
1.  Have you spent days at work trying to look like you’re busy and productive ——- when you’re actually [...]

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BELIZE MAKES THE TOP 3 FOR INVESTMENT AND RELOCATION

Belize has become a very popular destination for ecotourism and relocation by Americans.  It is not only tourists who come here to learn new practices.  There are expats who choose Belize because of their feelings about ecology.  Belize is not yet paved over, and with only 300,000 people in the Country, this shall be the [...]

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BELIZE MAKES THE TOP 3 FOR INVESTMENT AND RELOCATION

Belize has become a very popular destination for ecotourism and relocation by Americans.  It is not only tourists who come here to learn new practices.  There are expats who choose Belize because of their feelings about ecology.  Belize is not yet paved over, and with only 300,000 people in the Country, this shall be the [...]

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