Why Buying Property in These International Vacation Destinations Could Be a Great Investment

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Real estate can be a great way to generate both long-term equity and short-term rental income. If you’re willing to extend your reach a bit on the risk/reward spectrum, buying a property in an international destination can potentially bring even greater rewards.

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You’ll have to contend with additional risk factors — from currency fluctuations and governmental regulations to the distance and unfamiliarity of investing in a foreign land — but there can be sizable benefits to doing so. For example, you can often purchase properties overseas with similar or even better amenities than you can find in the United States at a far lower price point. You may also find that you enjoy the thrill of owning rental properties in exotic destinations around the globe.

With home prices in

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Ask Amy: My brother lives in the family vacation home year-round

Dear Amy: Our five family members share ownership of a remote rural summer home. By agreement, each member can stay there up to two weeks a year.

Eighteen months ago, our brother became unemployed, unhoused, and has been staying in this house year-round, reluctantly leaving (late) when the other partners go for their annual vacation time.

Our brother has three dogs that are not house trained. When we go down “to open the cabin for the season” we end up throwing away rugs, pillows, deodorizing furniture, and cleaning up our brother and his dog’s messes. Our brother has hoarding tendencies.

He has not offered to do maintenance projects in lieu of rent, and the house and grounds have fallen into disrepair. He does not reply to our emails or phone calls and when we try to deal with him in person, he becomes very defensive and brings up childhood

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Dating the same guy? These women were. They dumped him and took a trip

Faith Bistline was excited for her 30th birthday trip to Costa Rica with her boyfriend, but a few weeks before they were to leave, she received an unsettling Facebook message.

“Is he your boyfriend?” the message asked, inquiring about a photo Bistline posted with her boyfriend of 18 months. “Because he’s been dating my friend for the past 10 months.”

Bistline was in disbelief. There had to be a mistake.

She took a screenshot and forwarded it to her boyfriend. He saw the message, she said, but he didn’t reply.

The inquiry came in late August from a woman who said her friend and co-worker, Emely Ortiz, was also his girlfriend.

Soon, Bistline got a text from Ortiz introducing herself and saying she’d been dating the guy for nearly a year, and believed they were exclusive.

“I just want to know how long you guys have been dating for,” Ortiz,

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Traverse City Hotels, Events, Restaurants & Things To Do

Traverse CityTRAVERSE CITY — Long a sought-after destination for summer season tourists, Traverse City’s year-spherical inhabitants, particular person wealth and actual property costs have grown lately, squeezing out younger professionals and others from dwelling in downtown where some condos now prime $1 million.

The remainder of the story is history, because I discovered a job with MyNorth Media, began my new profession in Digital Marketing and determined to purchase a house and stay for a while. I started assembly a number of new individuals, networked into the business neighborhood and quickly realized that the Northern Michigan that I grew up in had modified. Traverse City is now an incubator for young energetic talent wanting to achieve an array of various fields.

The afternoon breakout periods were successful- velocity networking even had to flip YPs away first session as a result of it reached max capacity! All of the other breakout speakers … Read more

Summer House: Andrea Denver Joined Lindsay Hubbard and Carl Radke in Italy

That’s amore! While celebrating their recent engagement in Europe, Summer House‘s Carl Radke and Lindsay Hubbard visited Verona, Italy — aka the City of Love — but they weren’t totally alone on the romantic getaway. Joining the happy couple was fellow Summer House cast member Andrea Denver.

If you didn’t click through the carousel of 10 vacation photos Lindsay shared on September 16, you might have even thought that just she and Andrea were traveling together, as they are the only two in the first shot. But a subsequent pic shows Andrea strolling down the street with his girlfriend, Lexi, and by the sixth slide, Carl finally appears with his fiancée in a mirror selfie. Aside from taking in such sights as Juliet’s balcony from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Julietthe Summer House couples had a double date of sorts to grab some obligatory gelato.

That wasn’t their only group

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Family says Garden City vacation rental home was not as advertised

GARDEN CITY, SC (WBTW) — One family spent thousands of dollars on a high-end rental home in Garden City, but when they arrived on Saturday, it was everything but what they expected.

Now, Georgetown County is involved, and the family is packing up disappointed.

“Just trying to enjoy the beach and a vacation,” Bill Collins said. “We’ve had a vacation nightmare.”

In April, Collins booked a recently renovated seven-bed vacation home in Garden City for the week. It boasted an oceanfront view featuring second and third-floor decks.

But when the family of nine arrived on Saturday, they were shocked to find key features missing, in addition to exposed wires, cracked windows, loose deck railings, protruding sharp nails in the outdoor shower, missing steps to their private beach access, and a locked door that led to a wide-open shed.

Sea Star Realty said the steps to the beach access were washed

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RHONJ: Jackie Goldschneider’s Squad Includes Her Four Kids

The Goldschneiders go down South! The Real Housewives of New Jersey mom Jackie Goldschneider’s family vacation in South Carolina may have ended, but she’s still keeping the memories alive with travel photos of her crew.

In an Instagram picture that she shared on September 14, Jackie can be seen posing with her four children — 14-year-old twins Adin and Jonas, and 12-year-old twins Alexis and Hudson — on a grand staircase in Charleston. Foregoing a formal caption, the RHONJ cast member simply used a “squad goals” hashtag, adding red heart and heart-eyes emojis.

The sweet photo got some love from Bravolebrities, including The Real Housewives of Potomac‘s Dr. Wendy Osefo and The Real Housewives of New York City‘s Bershan Shaw, and Jackie’s husband, Evan Goldschneider, commented with a blue heart emoji.

Though Evan didn’t appear in this particular shot, Jackie still tagged him, meaning he was likely the

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Inside Kriti Sanon’s French family vacation with Disneyland, Eiffel Tower visits | Bollywood

Actor Kriti Sanon is currently in Europe for a long vacation with family and friends. On Monday, Kriti took to Instagram and shared pictures of her French holiday, giving glimpses from her visits to well-known tourist spots like the Eiffel Tower and Disneyland. The pictures featured her sister, Nupur Sanon and parents Rahul Sanon and Geeta Sanon. (Also read: Kriti Sanon shares family pic with Manish Malhotra from Monaco holiday)

Kriti shared a carousel of pictures on her Instagram on Monday, captioning it “Bonjour (French for hello).” She used the hashtag #FranceDiaries (butterfly emoji). The first picture had the actor posing in front of the Eiffel Tower under a cloudy sky. She also shared a family picture with the Parisian skyline visible in the background. The actor also posted a candid picture while she jumped in front of the Disneyland Paris banner.

Reacting to her travel diaries, one

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Megan Fox And Machine Gun Kelly Share Sweet Vacation Photos, ‘Butt’ I’m Here For The Views

Rumors Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly are in deep water might have some legitimacy, but only if you take deep water in the very literal sense: aka the ocean. The actress shared new photos from a tropical vacation this weekend, “butt” I’m most interested in the stunning resort shots she shared to her social of the tropical waters and amazing views.

The mom of four showed off her vantage point from a pool facing a deep blue expansion of ocean. Fox is rocking a green swimsuit in the photo, and it’s striking how clear everything is: the sky, the water in the pool. She also has what looks to be some sort of tiki drink beside her – hey, it’s 5 O’Clock somewhere.

Megan Fox on vacation with Machine Gun Kelly at the pool.

(Image credit: Megan Fox, Instagram Story)

As noted prior, the actress wasn’t on a trip all by her lonesome. The Jennifer’s Body star also made sure

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13 Best Vacation Stocks To Buy Now

In this article, we discuss the 13 best vacation stocks to buy now. If you want to read about some more vacation stocks, go directly to 5 Best Vacation Stocks To Buy Now.

For travel firms, the year 2022 has mostly been about the increase in air passenger bookings and hotel occupancy rates as pandemic restrictions around the world slowly fade into the background and the vacation industry returns to a semblance of normalcy following a two-year gap. However, soaring inflation has continued to keep vacation stocks in check for the past few months. A report by the American Society of Travel Advisors reveals that concerns about inflation have more than doubled among travelers in 2022.

Some of the best travel stocks to buy in this environment, which can weather this inflation storm better than peers, including Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS), Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG),

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