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If people in Puerto Rico earn so little, how do they pay their mortgages?

I’m looking in to moving to Puerto Rico, and I understand that I’ll have to take a pay cut. I’ve read that most jobs pay below 30 or even 20k. But when I search Real Estate websites like Coldwell Banker, Most of the houses for sale are several hundren thousand dollars. Is there something I’m missing here? How do Puertoricans afford their homes? Am I looking at the wrong realtors? Any information you can give me about this and other advice related to moving to Puetro Rico would be greatly appreciated.

Should Hong Kong government and the lawmakers establish a pension fund,say 5 thousand dollars for age of 60?

It is pain in the ass for me and my Chinese hudsband and young Ashly to live in a public housing apartment in Hong Kong. Our plan is to retire in Phillipine where the living standard is much lower than Hong Kong. MY hudsband doesn’t speak English or Phillipino language. I speak three different languages. My hudsband will probably get a culture shock when we both retire in my native country. THe Hong Kong public sector has squeezed a lot of Hong Kong dollars by land sales, property transactions and rental incomes, income taxes and business taxes, gambling and stamp taxes from the stock markets. All Hong Kong civil servants are overpaid and collect the fat cat pension. THe Hong Kong civil servant pension should have adjusted to have the upper limit. They should provide pension fund for the getting larger senior citizens community. Say, five thousands for those ages reached 60 and have resided Hong Kong for at least ten years. This will certainly become a public demand in Hong Kong now.

Selling a single family house immaculate in gated community?

My husband and I just put our house on the market. We live in a beautiful gated comm. Our house is only 9 years old and has new kithen and floors. There are 3 other homes in our community for sale priced 20 to 30 thousand dollars above our price. We live in south florida. Our realtor seems to think the market should pick up in the summer. Does anyone have any insight?

Thanks

For Florida residents: What are some good growth management solutions for your community?

More road building was proposed in the Tampa Bay area. To take some pressure off of our super clogged roads. A major highway project that would connect Tampa to the rest of Hillsborough and Pinellas county. In other words, connecting the city to the suburbs. It has been criticized because many folks want a true mass transit system here instead of cars. Also, the ones on the county commissioner’s board are major landowners and would benefit greatly from the sale of land in this project. And I mean millions. In other words, old fashioned Florida corruptness. Another growth management technique is impact fees that go to benefit the schools in Pinellas county. New residents move in and must pay a lump sum of a few thousand dollars to offset the damage that growth does. What are some techniques in your community? This place is growing FAST!

I’m retired military trying to start a Building business, but need financing, where do I go? Credit is poor.

I have the land but can’t get financing for the builds. I’m offering the investor all the profit, I just need the builds to qualify for a developement loan. With 5 builds and sales I’m in. Any and all help will be appreciated. The profit on each homes is approximately 40-50 thousand dollars. I’m looking for 200 to 350 thousand to get 2 builds started. Thanks.