I came from Colombia in 2017 and fear doesn’t stopped me to come to this country without knowing English very well and fear won’t stop me for quick my full time job achieve my goals and most important being happy. 

And sorry if my English is a bit poor.

First, some general tips for you on red flags to watch out for:- Asking for a large loan application fee or other fees upfront- Unusually low interest rates for a hard money/private lender (real hard money/private lenders aren’t loaning money at 4-5% but fake ones usually advertise those rates)- Email communications with really bad English/grammar indicating the sender might be from out of the country- Claiming they loan nationwide in all 50 states (most non-bank, hard money/private lenders operate in only certain states and don’t lend nationwide)- Claiming they can do loans from $5,000 to $50 million (most lenders that will loan you $5,000 can’t do a loan for $50 million, and most lenders that can do a loan for $50 million aren’t going to bother doing a loan for $5,000)- Offering to send you a photo of their drivers license (fake lenders tend do this to convince you they’re legit but I guarantee you it’s not their license they’re showing you and a real lender would never do this)- Not caring about your qualifications or the merits of the deal (basically willing to “approve” you no matter what you bring to them since they know they’ll never actually fund it)- Terms that seem just way too good to be trueThat’s just a few things to watch out for.

Joint venture takes less time but theoretically require investors to be non passive if you want it to be ironclad.My opinion, I would just draw up a simple contract in plain english since its people already lined up. 

The next day, the house gets tagged with graffiti some of it is in English and some are in Arabic.

Appartments have the benefit that their structural maintenance is the responsibility of the VvE (HOA for the English speaking people here).

I'm actually teaching English around Matsuyama on the smallest of the four main islands Shikoku.

In English please.

English is not their first language and I had to repeat almost everything I told him.

Belize- official language is English, since it was a British possession; Belize Dollar is pegged to the US dollar 2 to 1, you will see in a second why that is important; When you buy property in Belize, you actually own it, since they are under common law like the UK and US;  2 hour flight to Houston;            Petty theft is common; Top 10 murder ratios in the World (small population, plus majority of murders are in a 2 mile square section of Belize City; not the best roads; Can't handle severe medical issues; smaller medical issues are cheap and over the counter medication (prescribed in the US) is available.Mexico- yes a lot of US expats live in Mexico.