Hi dragondweller,
I'm assuming that you have all the documents necessary for your change.
How much are you wishing to invest in property, does it have tobe in Equador?
Are you easily adaptable to heat, humidity?
Are you easily adaptable to long hours in the field?
I thinkifyou are wanting to continue developing software,you can,as long as the internet exists. I know of many software developers who work from home, that don't even need to go to the office. So having a laptop and access to the internet would solve that problem.
If you are interested in going for a 'dry run' take a couple of weeks out on my small farm here in Brazil. I can't give you your plane fare, but a place to sleep and some plates of food I can arrange no probs.
At least you will get to know what the climate would be more or less like and will have a chance to see if it will be your 'cup of tea'.
Best regards,
Steve
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Originally Posted by dragondweller
Yes, I suppose my intentions are somewhat self-serving, but I also think that I can be more helpful to others if I can first help myself. I don't have a great deal of wealth, just an IRA of close to $100k that I was hoping not to lose, since I spent most of my young 35 year old life hoping to be able to retire or start a business some day.
I have no idea what the landscape of the financial world will be in the coming years. Will the dollar even exist? Will gold be confiscated, etc.? I'm trying to plan for the future and be able to have a good life and possibly share it with others, possibly relocating to a new safer country.
I saw some property for sale in Vilkabamba, Ecuador, but I don't have enough to purchase outright, and if I get some sort of mortgage, how will I pay it living out on a farm and no longer working as a software developer and having money coming in?
So, yes, considering it takes money to buy a plane ticket, grease palms, etc., I'm concerned about how to safeguard any wealth I currently have while I possibly move to a new country and hope for a decent life.
I don't think there's anything wrong with these types of concerns, unless you think it's more noble to toss my money in the river and give up hope and my will to live.
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