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pertinazzio
Participant“Retirees go there for lower tax, and cheaper health care, and manual workers flow the other way. This might stem illegal immigration and escalating health care costs, and bring badly needed dollars into those countries.”
This actually is a great idea. At 57 years old I left Washington DC a year ago where both my wife and I had decent jobs and were saving 25K a year. We did this so I could be close to the surf. Well, the surf is great but we have yet to land jobs. We have a little income so we won’t starve but we can’t save either. Right now I working on some retraining. If that doesn’t work out I am seriously considering heading either to Samoa where I have an outstanding invitation to live in a tropical yoga camp or head to Nicaragua where there is a new 3 b 2 b house waiting for us waiting for us in the charming colonial town of Diriamba (see diriamba.info for more information).
I don’t need it yet but assisted living facilities can cost a leg here. I have long wondered why countries to the south don’t apparently have plans to develop facilities offering comprehensive services in primo locations. We outsource just about everthing, why not retirement and care in retirement? In any event, Nicaragua is my ace in the hole and, incidentally, the weather there in Diriamba is even better than it is in San Diego since down there you get about the same temperatures but there is more rain so everthing isn’t brown half the year. I am sure glad that I have taken the time to become fluent in Spanish. Cheers, Pert.
Participant“Retirees go there for lower tax, and cheaper health care, and manual workers flow the other way. This might stem illegal immigration and escalating health care costs, and bring badly needed dollars into those countries.”
This actually is a great idea. At 57 years old I left Washington DC a year ago where both my wife and I had decent jobs and were saving 25K a year. We did this so I could be close to the surf. Well, the surf is great but we have yet to land jobs. We have a little income so we won’t starve but we can’t save either. Right now I working on some retraining. If that doesn’t work out I am seriously considering heading either to Samoa where I have an outstanding invitation to live in a tropical yoga camp or head to Nicaragua where there is a new 3 b 2 b house waiting for us waiting for us in the charming colonial town of Diriamba (see diriamba.info for more information).
I don’t need it yet but assisted living facilities can cost a leg here. I have long wondered why countries to the south don’t apparently have plans to develop facilities offering comprehensive services in primo locations. We outsource just about everthing, why not retirement and care in retirement? In any event, Nicaragua is my ace in the hole and, incidentally, the weather there in Diriamba is even better than it is in San Diego since down there you get about the same temperatures but there is more rain so everthing isn’t brown half the year. I am sure glad that I have taken the time to become fluent in Spanish. Cheers, Pert.
Participant“Retirees go there for lower tax, and cheaper health care, and manual workers flow the other way. This might stem illegal immigration and escalating health care costs, and bring badly needed dollars into those countries.”
This actually is a great idea. At 57 years old I left Washington DC a year ago where both my wife and I had decent jobs and were saving 25K a year. We did this so I could be close to the surf. Well, the surf is great but we have yet to land jobs. We have a little income so we won’t starve but we can’t save either. Right now I working on some retraining. If that doesn’t work out I am seriously considering heading either to Samoa where I have an outstanding invitation to live in a tropical yoga camp or head to Nicaragua where there is a new 3 b 2 b house waiting for us waiting for us in the charming colonial town of Diriamba (see diriamba.info for more information).
I don’t need it yet but assisted living facilities can cost a leg here. I have long wondered why countries to the south don’t apparently have plans to develop facilities offering comprehensive services in primo locations. We outsource just about everthing, why not retirement and care in retirement? In any event, Nicaragua is my ace in the hole and, incidentally, the weather there in Diriamba is even better than it is in San Diego since down there you get about the same temperatures but there is more rain so everthing isn’t brown half the year. I am sure glad that I have taken the time to become fluent in Spanish. Cheers, Pert.
Participant“Retirees go there for lower tax, and cheaper health care, and manual workers flow the other way. This might stem illegal immigration and escalating health care costs, and bring badly needed dollars into those countries.”
This actually is a great idea. At 57 years old I left Washington DC a year ago where both my wife and I had decent jobs and were saving 25K a year. We did this so I could be close to the surf. Well, the surf is great but we have yet to land jobs. We have a little income so we won’t starve but we can’t save either. Right now I working on some retraining. If that doesn’t work out I am seriously considering heading either to Samoa where I have an outstanding invitation to live in a tropical yoga camp or head to Nicaragua where there is a new 3 b 2 b house waiting for us waiting for us in the charming colonial town of Diriamba (see diriamba.info for more information).
I don’t need it yet but assisted living facilities can cost a leg here. I have long wondered why countries to the south don’t apparently have plans to develop facilities offering comprehensive services in primo locations. We outsource just about everthing, why not retirement and care in retirement? In any event, Nicaragua is my ace in the hole and, incidentally, the weather there in Diriamba is even better than it is in San Diego since down there you get about the same temperatures but there is more rain so everthing isn’t brown half the year. I am sure glad that I have taken the time to become fluent in Spanish. Cheers, Pert.
Participant“Where would you go? I just wanted some opinions on this site. What city and state would you head to, or country?”
In the event our resources are inadequate for real retirement 10-12 years from now, we would consider relocating to the pacific coast of Nicaragua. Physically it is very similar to Costa Rica but has not yet been overrun with expensive developments for the second house crowd. San Juan del Sur is delightful:
http://www.sanjuandelsur.org.ni/
Locally grown foods and free range cattle are abundant slightly inland. When I last looked into this (2005) Nicaragua had the lowest delinquency rates (CR not excluded) in all of Central America. Nice people too – its like a throw back to a simpler time.
Incidentally (since this is a RE site) when my little old lady and I visited in 2005 there was a full blown realestate mania in progress. We ended up buying three different building lots for a total of 45K. We were told two years later that they were now worth 100K. Now we suspect we couldn’t get what we paid for them. One lot is very near Popooyo on a shrimp and wildlife filled lagoon (estero) right where the lagoon opens drains out onto the beach. Looks like something right out of a adventure travel brochure.
Participant“Where would you go? I just wanted some opinions on this site. What city and state would you head to, or country?”
In the event our resources are inadequate for real retirement 10-12 years from now, we would consider relocating to the pacific coast of Nicaragua. Physically it is very similar to Costa Rica but has not yet been overrun with expensive developments for the second house crowd. San Juan del Sur is delightful:
http://www.sanjuandelsur.org.ni/
Locally grown foods and free range cattle are abundant slightly inland. When I last looked into this (2005) Nicaragua had the lowest delinquency rates (CR not excluded) in all of Central America. Nice people too – its like a throw back to a simpler time.
Incidentally (since this is a RE site) when my little old lady and I visited in 2005 there was a full blown realestate mania in progress. We ended up buying three different building lots for a total of 45K. We were told two years later that they were now worth 100K. Now we suspect we couldn’t get what we paid for them. One lot is very near Popooyo on a shrimp and wildlife filled lagoon (estero) right where the lagoon opens drains out onto the beach. Looks like something right out of a adventure travel brochure.
Participant“Where would you go? I just wanted some opinions on this site. What city and state would you head to, or country?”
In the event our resources are inadequate for real retirement 10-12 years from now, we would consider relocating to the pacific coast of Nicaragua. Physically it is very similar to Costa Rica but has not yet been overrun with expensive developments for the second house crowd. San Juan del Sur is delightful:
http://www.sanjuandelsur.org.ni/
Locally grown foods and free range cattle are abundant slightly inland. When I last looked into this (2005) Nicaragua had the lowest delinquency rates (CR not excluded) in all of Central America. Nice people too – its like a throw back to a simpler time.
Incidentally (since this is a RE site) when my little old lady and I visited in 2005 there was a full blown realestate mania in progress. We ended up buying three different building lots for a total of 45K. We were told two years later that they were now worth 100K. Now we suspect we couldn’t get what we paid for them. One lot is very near Popooyo on a shrimp and wildlife filled lagoon (estero) right where the lagoon opens drains out onto the beach. Looks like something right out of a adventure travel brochure.
Participant“Where would you go? I just wanted some opinions on this site. What city and state would you head to, or country?”
In the event our resources are inadequate for real retirement 10-12 years from now, we would consider relocating to the pacific coast of Nicaragua. Physically it is very similar to Costa Rica but has not yet been overrun with expensive developments for the second house crowd. San Juan del Sur is delightful:
http://www.sanjuandelsur.org.ni/
Locally grown foods and free range cattle are abundant slightly inland. When I last looked into this (2005) Nicaragua had the lowest delinquency rates (CR not excluded) in all of Central America. Nice people too – its like a throw back to a simpler time.
Incidentally (since this is a RE site) when my little old lady and I visited in 2005 there was a full blown realestate mania in progress. We ended up buying three different building lots for a total of 45K. We were told two years later that they were now worth 100K. Now we suspect we couldn’t get what we paid for them. One lot is very near Popooyo on a shrimp and wildlife filled lagoon (estero) right where the lagoon opens drains out onto the beach. Looks like something right out of a adventure travel brochure.
Participant“Where would you go? I just wanted some opinions on this site. What city and state would you head to, or country?”
In the event our resources are inadequate for real retirement 10-12 years from now, we would consider relocating to the pacific coast of Nicaragua. Physically it is very similar to Costa Rica but has not yet been overrun with expensive developments for the second house crowd. San Juan del Sur is delightful:
http://www.sanjuandelsur.org.ni/
Locally grown foods and free range cattle are abundant slightly inland. When I last looked into this (2005) Nicaragua had the lowest delinquency rates (CR not excluded) in all of Central America. Nice people too – its like a throw back to a simpler time.
Incidentally (since this is a RE site) when my little old lady and I visited in 2005 there was a full blown realestate mania in progress. We ended up buying three different building lots for a total of 45K. We were told two years later that they were now worth 100K. Now we suspect we couldn’t get what we paid for them. One lot is very near Popooyo on a shrimp and wildlife filled lagoon (estero) right where the lagoon opens drains out onto the beach. Looks like something right out of a adventure travel brochure.
Participant“OT – pert – italian?”
Sounds italian but actually I made it up. “Pertinax” was an obscure Roman emperor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pertinax). Looking for a unique handle that I could use with all accounts, I took his name and “romanticized” it.
Regarding the Loring property and the other one, my 403B is so devastated that I am now considering becoming a landlord if I could find something in a neighborhood I like (N PB, Bay Park, Old Town, Little Italy and environs, “West Park” etc.) if the property “penciled out.” Some extra bucks in semi-retirement is sounding pretty good.
Participant“OT – pert – italian?”
Sounds italian but actually I made it up. “Pertinax” was an obscure Roman emperor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pertinax). Looking for a unique handle that I could use with all accounts, I took his name and “romanticized” it.
Regarding the Loring property and the other one, my 403B is so devastated that I am now considering becoming a landlord if I could find something in a neighborhood I like (N PB, Bay Park, Old Town, Little Italy and environs, “West Park” etc.) if the property “penciled out.” Some extra bucks in semi-retirement is sounding pretty good.
Participant“OT – pert – italian?”
Sounds italian but actually I made it up. “Pertinax” was an obscure Roman emperor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pertinax). Looking for a unique handle that I could use with all accounts, I took his name and “romanticized” it.
Regarding the Loring property and the other one, my 403B is so devastated that I am now considering becoming a landlord if I could find something in a neighborhood I like (N PB, Bay Park, Old Town, Little Italy and environs, “West Park” etc.) if the property “penciled out.” Some extra bucks in semi-retirement is sounding pretty good.
Participant“OT – pert – italian?”
Sounds italian but actually I made it up. “Pertinax” was an obscure Roman emperor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pertinax). Looking for a unique handle that I could use with all accounts, I took his name and “romanticized” it.
Regarding the Loring property and the other one, my 403B is so devastated that I am now considering becoming a landlord if I could find something in a neighborhood I like (N PB, Bay Park, Old Town, Little Italy and environs, “West Park” etc.) if the property “penciled out.” Some extra bucks in semi-retirement is sounding pretty good.
Participant“OT – pert – italian?”
Sounds italian but actually I made it up. “Pertinax” was an obscure Roman emperor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pertinax). Looking for a unique handle that I could use with all accounts, I took his name and “romanticized” it.
Regarding the Loring property and the other one, my 403B is so devastated that I am now considering becoming a landlord if I could find something in a neighborhood I like (N PB, Bay Park, Old Town, Little Italy and environs, “West Park” etc.) if the property “penciled out.” Some extra bucks in semi-retirement is sounding pretty good.
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