Looking for a fixer upper but...

**Red_Lizard2** · 03-08-12, 02:35 AM

I can say that Bennington area in Vermont is pretty nice, its a smallish town and I'd argue more blue collar (though, in fairness, family up their is blue collar, so it could just be a case of being in those areas *shrug*) though it also has a couple schools nearby. The downside is you aren't close to any big towns, i believe the closest big town would be Albany. Adams isn't bad either.

Northern Arizona is nice, and has some seasons, but getting a large lot with trees is going to be a bitch (unless you count junipers as trees). While weather wise it has seasons, there isn't a lot of the "fall color" so to speak. Plus if you don't like the smell of dry pine needles, you'll hate summer.

**Xavsnipe** · 03-08-12, 11:27 AM

Originally Posted by AetheLove

Is there more money to be made selling things that smell American to the locals, or things that smell local to Americans?

That's a serious question.

Cheers,

AetheLove

Well, you can make money selling things that smell local to Americans...but you can amass great wealth selling things that smell American to the locals.

**Xavsnipe** · 03-08-12, 11:32 AM

Originally Posted by CivilWars

Americans actually go to Honduras?

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**CivilWars** · 03-08-12, 11:34 AM

I actually have a friend that runs an orphanage in Honduras, so I guess at least ONE American went, and stayed, and her parents visit her from time to time, so maybe 3 total. =P

**Xavsnipe** · 03-08-12, 11:37 AM

forget about it, dgodYMCA....you should just come down here and buy a condo:

**AetheLove** · 03-08-12, 12:33 PM

Originally Posted by Xavsnipe

Well, you can make money selling things that smell local to Americans...but you can amass great wealth selling things that smell American to the locals.

Are there a lot of Americans down there doing that?

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**Xavsnipe** · 03-08-12, 01:37 PM

Well..not really...there are alot of locals selling American...we´re probably the country with the most American franchises in Central America...and might be on the top 10 in latin america...we´ve got everything down here.

**Xavsnipe** · 03-08-12, 01:38 PM

but that complex I posted, the owners are 3 guys from Ohio.

**AetheLove** · 03-08-12, 01:52 PM

So let's say someone wanted to start a business there. What's attractive?

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**Xavsnipe** · 03-08-12, 02:34 PM

So many opportunities. Everything from Fast Food Franchises to Renewable Energy, construction, plastics industry, textiles, etc.

But I have a philosophy, passed down from my father...in these countries (third world, underdeveloped countries)...you should aim to sell to the poor. Why complicate yourself trying to sell to 5% (professionals with stable jobs, businessmen, rich families) of the population and having to fight for your share of that market when you can sell to 95% of the population (poor people). The largest companies down here are SABMiller which owns the one and only Honduran brewery, Tabacalera Hondurena (British American Tobacco) along with a couple of telecommunications companies (down here, even the maids want to have a cellphone and they make around $250 a month).

Companies that sell products included in the basic market basket are extremely huge too. It´s companies that sell in volume that really amass large amounts of wealth. In the food industry, there is one family down here that owns Pizza Hut, Church´s Chicken, KFC, Little Caesar´s, and Burger King. These restaurants all do extremely well. The rest of the companies do extremely well too (quiznos, popeyes, subway, fridays, chicago UNO, applebee´s).

So sacrifice profit margins but generate massive sales volume...that´s the way to go down here. Then you have those types of business opportunities like the one I posted up there, where you sell to foreigners that are looking for a place to retire in paradise.