Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Part I: The Story of Belize
• 1 Why Belize
• 2 Paradise Past
• 3 Paradise Present
• Part II: Profiles
• 4 The Pioneers
• 5 Other Entrepreneurs
• 6 What Makes Me Tick
• Part III: The Promise of Belize
• 7 The Anatomy of Paradise
• 8 Freedom — Personal and Fiscal
• 9 Banking in Belize
• 10 Real Estate
• 11 Tourism
• 12 Easy Retirement in Belize
• 13 Other Opportunities for the Newcomer
• The Last Word
• Acknowledgements
• Appendices
• Appendix A: Resources
• Appendix B: Diplomatic and Government Contacts
• Appendix C: Cruise Ship Activity
• Appendix D: Belize Fact Sheet
• Photo Credits
• Index

About the Author

Bob Dhillon is a dynamic real-estate entrepreneur and is the founder and largest shareholder of Mainstreet Equity. His 2,700-acre island in Belize is developing into a world-class tourist resort. Bob has an M.B.A. from the University of Western Ontario.

Fred Langan is a writer and journalist, and was host of the CBC nightly business news. He has written for The Economist, the Daily Telegraph, the Christian Science Monitor, and the Globe and Mail. He splits his time between Toronto and Knowlton, Quebec.

Reviews

Why settle for Florida when you can embrace a peaceful English-speaking tropical paradise with a proud Hispanic tradition that also boasts a transparent legal system? As Langan and Dhillon argue, Belize offers perhaps the last chance to buy an affordable piece of Caribbean beachfront in a country where you will be made to feel welcome, whether you travel there to do business, camp in the rain forests, or swim above the coral reefs.
*Stephen Robinson, former foreign editor of the Daily Telegraph*

A glimpse at an affordable retirement possibility in a tropical paradise.
*Sherbrooke Record*