Why cant Dominican people see their golden oppertunity?

My dear Dominican friends.
What are you all waiting for? There is money to be made! I love your country. I have visited you many times. I used to serve in the U.S. Coast Guard up until 2002 stationed in Puerto Rico. I have worked side by side with your Navy. I travel all over the U.S. I am at the moment living in Atlanta Georgia where I own a home. The Dominican Republic is like a rich oil field in the back yard of the U.S.
Americans do not know the beauty of your Country! They only know the negitive, what we see in the news. aranoid: The poor souls risking their lives coming by way of old boat and the poverty. The problems with Haiti and them being right next door.
They don't know about the crystal blue green waters, the warm sun, the tropical landscape, the incredible hotels, the beautiful people, the afforable real estate, the power of the tourist dollar, the cheap price of a ticket to fly, no threat of terrorist, the easy ability to start a business, a wonderful place for people to escape and retire early, must I go on?
I myself am wanting to live in your country and start a business catering to tourist by bringing millions of Americans to your fantasy Island. I have my own income at the moment if I was to move there right now.
You must understand Americans are over worked, stress out and need a place to go. At the moment they really don't like to fly far because of what happened on 911. You are closer than Puerto Rico and Puerto Rico SUCKS!
I know I had to live there. Never again. They live on the U.S. dollar and there is no benifit to vacationing there because of it. Everything is way too over priced. A simple Holiday Inn Hotel cost $90 USD a night. Forget it!
Stop and look at what you have! Yes our economy is rough now and we have unemployment. Let me tell you this. Americans who are working would come by the plane and boat load with wallets wide open if they only knew you exist.
Americans can't even afford to retire at age 67 with an income of $2,000 USD a month in this country! We work until we die. Medicine and medical care we can't afford! Tell me what can $2,000 USD per month buy a person in your country? :cheeky:
You don't even have to answer that.
And look our large corporation are leaving America to build and manufacture goods in South America, and train their people. Then they turn around and send the product back to the States.
Why not have the companies come to you, train employ Dominicans, and pay you in U.S. Dollars? :cheeky:
This would save the U.S. companies so much money because they wouldn't have far to send the well finished product back.
I know what it takes to get Americans to your country. I would like to work for a company in your country and help you do this. How much money do you want to make that is the question.
I'm a simple man. I want to come to your country find a beautiful single woman to marry and start a business or work for a company in the tourist sector. I also put a personal add in your classified section to do just that. You will see it as add # 2987 where it has a picture of me.
I'm serious, I am coming, it's just a matter of when. Is there anyone out there who needs a good business partner?
Here I am. :smoke:

Put your heads togther

Wow!
Here I write something to show an oppertunity and what do I see?
People fighting and misunderstanding each other. :dead: Oh well were human I guess.
I'll start this off by saying Domincian people are Very strong!, Very proud! and hard working people with an unbelievable will to survive! I am not Dominican.
This is my reason for feeling this way.
It was in the year 2000. I was working for the U.S. Coast Guard stationed in Puerto Rico. We were in the Dominican Republic training together with the Dominican Navy in La Ramana. My crew and I along with the Dominican Naval Crew were drinking some fine Island Rum. The rum was given to us by a fine Captain of a charter boat that took people on trips to a party Island just off the coast. Do you know of this charter boat in La Ramana? There is a men and woman prison over looking the water where this charter boat docks up at. It takes many Europeans. Man you all have good Rum! Much better than Don Q or Barcardi! I taste them all with an open mind. Any Way.
We received a call that evening that a ferry had sank off the coast of
La Ramana and people were in the water. When we got on scene many people didn't make it. Many people were also missing. The sea condition that night and into the next day were horrible. The seas were 3 meters or ten feet high, some much bigger. The waves were coming from all directions. I was so sea sick and wet from standing holding onto the rail searching for anyone dead or alive. This was not a place I wanted to be I can tell you.
Now 24 hours had past from the call of the sinking ferry there were sharks in the ocean. I know I saw only one but there had to be more.
A U.S. Navy Helicopter came to assist in the search. We got word from the copter there was a man in the water. My heart was pounding I forgot all about being sea sick or how wet I was. We went steaming ahead as fast as we could in the direction of thisman. The whole front half of the ship was coming out of the water up over the waves and digging right into the next. The water was now coming completly over us where we were standing like a curtain. If we were to loose grip we would be taken right off the ship.
My God I said to myself when we got on scene. The man is still alive!
He was treading water. You must understand this man didn't even have a life vest to keep him afloat. There was no land in sight. 24 hours had past.
He had no one to tell him help was on the way. He had no one to talk to. Maybe he lost his family. We got him on board the ship as quick as we could.
When he got on board ship he passed out. His vital signs were very weak.
We called for the Helicopter to come take this unbelievable man off the ship and fly him to land as quickly as possible.
This man made me a stronger person that day and to this day. My friends I will never forget the power of the will to live. To never give up! There is always a way!
And yes You can do it!
After all said and done I never heard what happend to the man with the will to survive. Just that he made it happen! I don't care if you been to Europe or you live in New York City. So what?
What I am trying to say here if someone would listen, is there is money to be made in the Dominican Republic and a lot of it. For the people of the Dominican Republic and for your beautiful country. You need to learn what it would take for Americans to come by the hundreds of thousands to spend money and retire in your country. This can happen right now! But it is all up to you, and me I hope.
Let me throw this one of many million dollar ideas that I can do if you want to help insted of complain. Listen there are 30,000 Americans retiring from the service each year. 98% of them can get money to go to college. Good money I know how much they can get. This money isn't enough to keep them from working in the States. They would have to go to school and work at the same time. Well now come over to the Dominican Republic use this money go to school, have nice shelter get provided three meals a day along with a ride to and from school with money to spend for things such as night life, movies, dating, what ever. I can make sure they have $50 USD every week and after all is said and done they don't have to work!
With the American coming over means more money for the taxi man, more money for the cook, more money for the room service, not to mention the Colleges. Must I go on?
My dear friend, Mr. and Ms. Dominican. There is something you must see. This beautiful land of your, this wonderful opportunity. There are Americans not to far away who need a place to come and play. They love the tropical trees with the warm green blue seas. They will come to your land money in hand and this is not a tease. The handsome men I guess? the women they are the best. The madness will end the fun will begin we accept nothing less! I'll say it once again. This problem it must end. Over here on our T.V. screens your problems are all we see. Show us your beauty, show us your land here we come money in hand.
Now lets pull our heads out of our A$$ and make it happen!
Would anyone like me as a partner, or do I have to do this myself?
Power to your people. :smoke:
John.

You couldn't be more wrong my friend

Criss Colon said:

Come walk a mile in our shoes before you invest 1 penny here! There is virtually NO infrastructure here! Get It?? No constant electrical power! Shortages of all ""Fuels"!Banking system questionable! "Government",don't make me puke!The population doesn't speak English! Tourists,(The ones with money,NOT the "AIs" who spend $500 a week for their package!) want 1st. class service and staff who can communicate! I could go on,but why waste the time.Come and spend lots of money,every $$$$$ helps! Cris Colon

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South of my home town San Diego California is a town called Tujuana Mexico. It was a very poor town 15 years ago, :disappoin but the people learned what it took to get the money flowing in . If you have business people who would like to talk to me, we can do the same for your country. My goodness it's so easy, that's why it's so hard. Get it? aranoid: can't see the forest through the trees example.
John :smoke:

Where do you live now?

Nal0whs said:

I was thinking the samething about marketing the DR for first worlders that are ready to retire and want a good life without the price tag. Or for younger folks that would like to live in an "exotic island" that still offers many comforts of home, for those days when homesickness takes over. I was watching a show last night, it was a travel show about Tokyo. Talking about cramped places, many of them live in one room studios that by day becomes a living area and at night a bedroom with the bed coming out of the wall. If those Japanese could see themselves living in the many spanking new luxury apartments in Santo Domingo, for a lot less than in Japan (the most expensive country on earth), and the friendlyness of the dominican people, and who can complain about the weather. I am with you, there is alot of money to be made through Real Estate in the DR. Imagine all the well to do Mexicans living in overcrowded Mexico City, maybe they want fresher air, balmier weather and less worry about their personal belongings. Argentinians are in love with the DR, they are one of the biggest or were one of the biggest contributors to the Dominican tourist industry. If only they knew that they can live here very comfortably. There are also the Germans, Spaniards, French, British. The DR can even attract isrealis that are tired of the violence and who want a business apportunity (the DR is centrally located in this Hemisphere, perfect for a transhipment point of all sorts of goods flowing to and from Latin America to Europe, and with the new mega seaport in Cabo Caucedo being built, the possibilities are becoming endless. Imagine what would happen if dominican products (dulce de leche, rums, refrescos, some of the local fast food chains, etc.) would be exported to other places, their potential in being successful abroad is quite high. But even in the current slump there is money to be made. Look at the exchange rate for example. Many people would look at it as a very bad thing, and in many ways it is. But look at this, people that know Arbitrage are very very happy right now. Why? Look at this: US$1 = RD$50 approx. RD$1=US$0.06 approximately. Arbitrage is exchanging money to make money. If you have say $500, you could exchange those $500 into dominican pesos and you get RD$25,000. Then you convert your pesos into dollars through the 1 pesos equals 6 american cents exchange and you get US$ 1,500. You made a profit of US$1,000 off the current exchange rate!! Many people have actually become BILLIONARES through this legal practice. So yeah, there is alot of money to be made. I have realized that. I'm just starting to think of whats the best way of actually exploiting the potential to my benefit (ie. starting a business - but I need to find out which one is the most profitable with a start up capital in my range).

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So tell me what is your range. And where do you live now. As I stated in my first message. I have some income coming in at the moment. I would love to find a good partner. All that is needed is a concentrated effort to MARKET the Dominican Republic to the Americans, Japan, Mexicans living in Mexico City and so many others. Domincan Republic is a sleeping Volcano about to erupt! We just got to stick a hole in it and hold out our hands. I know how to get the Americans here. Do you know that the Dominican Republic was a stopping point for slaves back in the slaves days before they came to America?
You might. Do you know that there are so many Rich black Americans who don't? They would love to come and see their roots. They work their butts off and have no idea that paridise and a vacation home is so close and so affordable. They complain how they hate living in the States. Not all but so many do. We are for example brothers and sisters who have grown apart. Well it's time to come together and reunite. Let show the world how to SALSA!
John :smoke: