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Belize offers affordable real estate with great potential for capital appreciation and rental income. Moreover, Belize boasts luxury amenities and the possibility of an immediate upscale lifestyle. Property investors are attracted to Belize for the following reasons:
Its spectacular natural beauty and tremendous diversity. To use an often
quoted phrase, “Belize is mother nature’s best kept secret.” Put simply,
visitors fall in love with Belize because it is one of the most stunningly
beautiful countries in the world.
The availability of real estate investment options that are excellent
candidates for capital growth as well as properties that provide an
immediate positive cash flow.
Its proximity to the US and the fact that it is the only English speaking
country in Central America.
The country boasts the strongest tourism trend in Central America.
Belize is the only country in the region that has seen tourism numbers
rise consistently since 1998, including the post 9/11 period.
Belize is universally considered one of the top 10 diving destinations in
the world, with a coral barrier reef second in size only to Australia.
This is a key element of the strong visitor trend.
Belize is just now being discovered as the most ecologically natural and
least developed island paradise in the Caribbean and is priced far below
comparable Caribbean real estate.
The “celebrity factor” with US celebrities such as Leonardo di Caprio,
who owns property and is in the processing of developing it, and Francis
Ford Coppola, who owns several resorts in the country. Ambergris Caye
has been a film location for “Temptation Island” and the island behind
the Madonna song, “Tropical Island Breeze…all of nature wild and free,
La Isla Bonita.”
No Inheritance or Capital Gains Tax, as well as the availability of
off-shore banking services. The exchange rate is $1.00USD = $2.00BZD.
A sense of stability, a tradition of democracy, and a stable political
climate. Belize is a member of the British Commonwealth and has
a legal system based on the British law. |
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