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Retiring Abroad - The Retirement Home of Your Dreams Can Be Yours
by kelly price
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A new phenomenon with people in Western countries shows they are now buying
their second homes abroad with a view to retiring there and their gaining a
massive increase in living standards
Why? Because they can retire close to home
and take advantage of vastly reduced living costs and enjoying their Golden
years in luxury.
What are the advantages of retiring abroad?
1. Geography For
Americans anyway, as places such Central America are close by (just a few hours
from US), flights are cheap and frequent.
That means, you gain a higher
standard of living than your home country, but you are still near by. It seems
that for Americans, Costa Rica presents both a closeness to home and a real
step up in living standards.
2. Can a Less Expensive Lifestyle Also be a Better
Lifestyle?
The answer is YES! Right now, comparable homes are 70% cheaper in
Costa Rica than in the US Southern states.
Retiring abroad in Costa Rica on
say, a pension of $2,000 a month will bring you a relaxed and comfortable
lifestyle.
In the States or Canada, such an amount would just let you barely
get by.
3. The Retirement You Deserve
Having worked hard all your life, you
deserve to pass your silver years in enjoyment.
Instead of crowed cities,
crime, pollution and runaway inflation, living in Costa Rica can mean pristine
beaches, unspoiled nature, rolling hills, rainforest and bountiful wild life.
As for the local population, they are in a country friendly and glad to have
you living in their country and their are plety of foreigners just like you who
have retired abroad, so you will feel at home.
This is a place where serious
crime is rare; where people have time to talk and enjoy themselves. Compare
this to the daily drama of any American city.
4. Can Costa Rica Provide the
Same Amenities as the American Cities then?
Americans are especially surprised
to find everything they had at home, and more,when they retire abroad to Costa
Rica.
They have the most modern communications, unlimited entertainment, a real
nightlife and shopping with the world’s top brands. If you like golf, this is a
golfer’s paradise fancy some fishing its fantastic! The list is endless.
5.Retiring in Costa Rica 1.01 The main reason people are now retiring in Costa
Rica (from the US, Canada and Europe) is that the economy is booming, the
country is modern and safe, and the government makes it easy for foreigners to
do so.
The new land investors from abroad are given the same rights to land and
property as Costa Ricans themselves. Add to that the fact there is no tax on
your social security and inflation is in check there.
Remember that Costa Rica
is only a three hour flight from many US cities. This means you are never far
from home.
With excellent communications, the latest internet technology
available (at very good rates), and some of the world’s best healthcare, one
has to really question the choice of remaining at home or moving to Costa Rica.
Some Food for Thought
Inflation and security in the States are making life very
difficult for those of retirement age and retiring abroad is an option more and
more people are looking at.
Prices of places in Florida or California have
price tags that restrict the average retiree. As for lifestyle, crime, and
crowding is making retirement a nightmare instead of a well deserved rest from
your toils.
Thinking about Costa Rica, you can still find a bit of paradise at
a cost you can afford, where nature is at its finest, where the food, the
people, the infrastructure and laws all favor the retiree, rather than making
them victims, as they are becoming now in the Western world.
If you are
retiring abroad consider Costa Rica it has much to offer and you will have the
time of your life.
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