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Meet the Dominican Republic!
Pich,great work!!! Frank the tank said that he prefers Santiago.Any possible way you can do a "meet Santiago"?
You put no effort into compiling these photos in any cohesive order, and don't tell us which part of the city we're looking at.
You cut and paste from the internet and don't credit the photographers. Lucky for us some of the photos have the names of the person whose work it is.
Just because you're one of the few to post such montages doesn't mean you should not be criticized for doing a poor job of it.
Think about that next time you get defensive.
LOL have a drink everyone and relax. Great photos, although some of them are a little 'idealistic', but that's okay. why not put photos forward that show the city in it's best light? For example 27 de Feb photo is probably on a Sunday 8am because on weekdays it looks like a ZOO, or more like 'SEAWORLD' when it rains! lol.
PICHARDO is not gonna be thrilled that you posted those pics, so he will most likely throw five random countries under the Bus, I'm sure the USA will be one of them.
Basically sayn, other countries have the same problems, and that will be pretty much his argument....
And then, and ONLY then will he be able to get a good nights sleep.......
Basically sayn, other countries have the same problems, and that will be pretty much his argument....
And then, and ONLY then will he be able to get a good nights sleep.......
They got hit by the credit crunch and couldn't continue.
I haven't heard of anyone loosing any money, so I'm assuming they had good coverage with Stewart Title etc.
Noooo Robert! The part of the residential areas of the Roco Ki was what went south...
The golf club is doing brisk biz so far!
Simply put many expats and foreigners came to invest using their country's idea of how things are done here. In the DR must projects get done as the buyers pour in their payments to the actual works. When no new buyers come in, the project gets halted until enough buyers are found. Much the same way as people build their homes here, as money pours in, you build it.
There was this article recently in the Wall Street Journal about Roco Ki. Vacation-Home Buyers at Dominican Resort Await Rescue Investor - Developments - WSJ
In many cases, the website does not even know the source of the original photos.
They are just doing what PICHARDO is doing.
Until I see an email from someone complaining that their photo has been used etc, then I have ZERO issues with PICHARDO or others posting photos. Of course, if I personally know the source of a photo being posted by someone, then I will mark it as such or remove the photo.
I hear that it has become a strong attraction used by the Moon Palace/Hard Rock complex to woo golfers into buying packages! That's from the tally in the tourism sector. By itself the complex is NOT operational as it was designed due to the lack of financial funds and all, but the external factors as mentioned has made a lot of good impact to keep the green and surrounds taken care of.
Private golfers have a hard time than how the hotel and resorts make use of it. They bring everything they need with them and take it as well when they leave. Something private golfers can't duplicate, hence why they say what they say!
Roco Ki will nevertheless get done, but not according to how fast it was envisioned by the founders. They made the monumental mistake of using the external investment model to secure buyers, and never made plans for hiccups like slow sales. External investment models call for the buyer to place a set down payment and a full disbursement when the facilities are delivered. This is quite the contrary to the investment/construction model employed by the founders, which was and still is exactly the one used in the DR: Build as you go with the buyer's funds 75%...
ScotiaBank refused to follow the investment model of the DR in this large scale project and pulled the carpet on the Westin Roco ki funds. So too in the part of private investors using their own property overseas to secure their loans, most from the US and Canada as well as the UK and France.