The Case for Belize
Fergus Hodgson, January 29, 2018 
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While many people love traveling and exploring new places, moving to another country as an expat can be a giant leap. It is a way for globetrotters to take their wanderlust to new levels, and to find new financial and personal opportunities.
Rachel Jensen, originally from New York, has done it more than once and has finally settled in Belize. She is now the the vice president of sales and marketing for ECI Development, a real-estate development company with projects in Belize, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Rachel Jensen (center left) stands with the ECI Development team, including CEO Mike Cobb (center right) at the 2017 New Orleans Investment Conference. (Mike Cobb)
In particular, Belize is distinct from her Central American neighbors. With a population of about half a million residents, the national language is English, and she enjoys a mix of Latin America, the Caribbean, and a British colonial legacy. These days many people from the Anglosphere go there for a new home, off the beaten track.
Jensen recommends Belize’s Cayes, off the mainland, for an expat community. (Dronepicr)
Recommended Links
- Escape Artist column by Rachel Jensen.
- 15 Critical Questions You Should Ask before Buying Foreign Real Estate by ECI Development.
- Belize Handbook by ECI Development.
- Easy Belize: How to Live, Retire, Work and Buy Property in Belize, the English Speaking, Frost Free Paradise on the Caribbean Coast by Lan Sluder (462 pages, 2010).
Fergus Hodgson is Gold Newsletter’s roving editor. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook.