I'm a 48 y/o guy living in St. Petersburg Fl. My wife is 41 and full Dominican. We have been married 15, together 18. She was raised in NYC and moved here when she was 13. She is a big time Americanized Dominican. We go to the DR at least once a year as she has tons of relatives there. Her Dad retired here in Fl and just moved to Bani with his wife and son. His retirement bucks go much further there.
Anyway I will be fortunate enough to sell my company in about 2 years. Just as our 15 y/o flies the coop and makes us empty nesters. Our plan is to buy a nice little waterfront condo here and build a nice house in the DR. Doing 6 weeks there, 2 here. Would love to be in the North coast however all her relatives live in the SD area. When in the DR we want to have her family over all the time so would like to be close. Don't want to be in SD however any suggestions of nice areas outside SD would be appreciated.
I will be leaning on this site heavily and on help from her dad who is in Bani now. My budget will be 200k on the condo here and 650k in the DR.That price will include the lot. Will leave me with 8k a month comfortably until I take the dirt nap. Would like the DR house to be between 4 and 5k sq feet. With a minimum half acre land to build a pool with an awesome outdoor bar as I will be doing alot of entertaining. Would like to find and buy the lot by next year and get the ball rolling. Any help with building a house, preferably using a maestro to get the biggest bang for the buck, would be greatly appreciated. I have read a lot here already and has been very informative. I can promise awesome parties when I get this thing built.
JD
Anyway I will be fortunate enough to sell my company in about 2 years. Just as our 15 y/o flies the coop and makes us empty nesters. Our plan is to buy a nice little waterfront condo here and build a nice house in the DR. Doing 6 weeks there, 2 here. Would love to be in the North coast however all her relatives live in the SD area. When in the DR we want to have her family over all the time so would like to be close. Don't want to be in SD however any suggestions of nice areas outside SD would be appreciated.
I will be leaning on this site heavily and on help from her dad who is in Bani now. My budget will be 200k on the condo here and 650k in the DR.That price will include the lot. Will leave me with 8k a month comfortably until I take the dirt nap. Would like the DR house to be between 4 and 5k sq feet. With a minimum half acre land to build a pool with an awesome outdoor bar as I will be doing alot of entertaining. Would like to find and buy the lot by next year and get the ball rolling. Any help with building a house, preferably using a maestro to get the biggest bang for the buck, would be greatly appreciated. I have read a lot here already and has been very informative. I can promise awesome parties when I get this thing built.
JD
