Business and Retirement Guide to Belize

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.

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.

• IntroductionPart I: The Story of Belize1 Why Belize2 Paradise Past3 Paradise PresentPart II: Profiles4 The Pioneers5 Other Entrepreneurs6 What Makes Me TickPart III: The Promise of Belize7 The Anatomy of Paradise8 Freedom — Personal and Fiscal9 Banking in Belize10 Real Estate11 Tourism12 Easy Retirement in Belize13 Other Opportunities for the NewcomerThe Last WordAcknowledgements AppendicesAppendix A: ResourcesAppendix B: Diplomatic and Government ContactsAppendix C: Cruise Ship ActivityAppendix D: Belize Fact SheetPhoto CreditsIndex