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Florida Vs Brazil: Comparing 2 Beachfront Property Options

Which Of These 2 Beaches Is The Better Buy?

Lynn Mulvihill by Lynn Mulvihill
Jul 17, 2020
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We’re going to kick off today by putting two beach properties head to head. I’m not going to tell you where they are just yet. (Though maybe you’ll be able to guess.)

Here’s our first pick (Property #1)…

property 1 based in miami

And our second (Property #2)…

beach property brazil

Nice beaches, right? Easy to imagine yourself relaxing at either of those…

Now, let’s zoom out a little to see where these properties are in relation to the sand…

Back to Property #1…

aerial view miami apartment

The unit we’re interested in is in the front-line building to the left. But hold all judgement for a moment. We’re not done yet…

Over to Property #2…

beach property in brazil

See how the sand is just touching your front yard and just a step or two from your private pool area…

Now let’s take a look inside…

Here’s the living room of Property #1…

miami apartment interior

And, your living area in Property #2…

brazil apartment interior

Okay, time for the big reveal…

The first property—as you may guess—is Stateside… on the shores of sunny Ocean Ridge, Florida.

The second property is on the coast of northeast Brazil… near the international resort of Canoa Quebrada.

Recently, we looked atthe price of U.S. property versus overseas property. We teamed up Florida and Brazil for their comparable beach lifestyle. Today is a real-life current example, of how this plays out if your budget is under US$150,000…

Both of these properties have good beach access in a sunny corner of the world. Both are approximately 100 square meters in size. Both have two bedrooms.

And, both come in at under US$145,000.

In fact, the Brazil property is a lot less than that price—but we’ll come back to that in a moment…

But, that’s really where the comparison ends…

Our Ocean Ridge property is in a condo building (with—it must be said—a distinct motel look). It’s the distance of a block back from the beach. It was built in 1969. Though it looks to be in good condition, it’s not the kind of thing the Instagram generation of vacationers are looking for today.

To add insult to injury, you can’t see the ocean from your car-park-facing unit. Here’s what the view is like from your Ocean Ridge balcony…

view from balcony miami apartment

On social media, you might tag that as #cookiecutter #uninspiring #worstvacayever.

Now, to Brazil…

Here we have a standalone villa on its own lot… with a private swimming pool… right on the sand…

The villa is brand new and you can gaze at the ocean from your master bedroom… your living room… or the covered terrace outside.

social area brazil apartment

(On Instagram, you’d tag that #livingmybestlife.)

And you’d be here within 90 minutes of landing at the airport in Fortaleza—following a drive along a good highway. Compare this to Panama where you’d be driving at least four hours out of the city to get somewhere like this… and have to endure some dirt roads. Not what every tourist is up for…

Speaking of tourists, you won’t have to chase them down personally. Your villa in this master-planned community can be fully turn-key… with on-site management looking after everything from bookings to maintenance.

Now, back to the price. Earlier this year, Lief and I alerted you to these beachfront villas. At the time, they were selling for US$147,000.

Now, due to the effect of coronavirus and the weakening of the Brazil real, you can knock a “currency discount” of US$22,000 off that earlier asking price…

So, today, this brand-new two-bedroom villa… with the gentle ocean breeze sweeping through… is yours for just US$125,000.

Think about that.

Just don’t think for too long.

At time of writing, onlytwo of these beachfront villas remain.

Lynn Mulvihill

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A native of Waterford, Ireland, Lynn Mulvihill has written on the topic of retiring overseas for nearly a decade, editing a variety of e-letters, newsletters, reports, and books. Lynn took a sabbatical in 2007 for the birth of her son…and, liking her new career, decided to stay home. Now moonlighting as a freelance writer and editor, Lynn continues to contribute to Live and Invest Overseas covering the beat of living and investing overseas. Though firmly rooted to her native soil, Lynn enjoys traveling…and has spent time in Europe, Asia, the U.S., and Central America.

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