Life as per usual pretty much gets boring. After years of toiling at work, and not getting much ahead of the game, my wife suddenly comes up with....."hey why don't we just pack up and move to the DR!" We are in love with Sosua/Cabarete areas. She loves it there. We go on holidays, and we have met some pretty great people. Our daughter is now 23 and living in Ottawa, so we really have nothing to keep us here. We are in our early 40's, fairly fit, and willing to take a chance on life.
We have two homes (one is a rental house), both mortgaged. I can sell one, and I would keep the other one as a rental. I would probably have about $50000 in actual cash left after the sale of one. I would have approx. $400 per month in excess rental income from the other house.
Here are the simple questions....No need to keep your answers as simple. You may disclose all of the negatives, but please try and come up with some positives for us.
1. Is it fairly easy to move there?
2. Can one find a job? Even just bartending or waiting tables.
3. Can you find a reasonable place to live?
4. Does the govn't make it difficult? The police?
5. Should we get residence status?
6. What the hell could we do with only $50000.00?
finally...
7. Are we crazy-nuts-plain old stupid, or is this somewhat feasible?
In all serious folks, this is something that we are seriously interested in and considering. Any help you can share is greatly appreciated.
Thanks all,
Hoppy
We have two homes (one is a rental house), both mortgaged. I can sell one, and I would keep the other one as a rental. I would probably have about $50000 in actual cash left after the sale of one. I would have approx. $400 per month in excess rental income from the other house.
Here are the simple questions....No need to keep your answers as simple. You may disclose all of the negatives, but please try and come up with some positives for us.
1. Is it fairly easy to move there?
2. Can one find a job? Even just bartending or waiting tables.
3. Can you find a reasonable place to live?
4. Does the govn't make it difficult? The police?
5. Should we get residence status?
6. What the hell could we do with only $50000.00?
finally...
7. Are we crazy-nuts-plain old stupid, or is this somewhat feasible?
In all serious folks, this is something that we are seriously interested in and considering. Any help you can share is greatly appreciated.
Thanks all,
Hoppy