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It’s Not Their Fault It’s All Our Faults

How many of you have ever heard of Simon Sinek? For those who haven’t here’s a brief biography. “Simon O. Sinek (born October 9, 1973) is a British-American author, motivational speaker and marketing consultant. He is the author of four books including the 2009 best seller Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action (2009).”Obviously […]

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Holiday Season In Cabrera Dominican Republic – 2017

Come along as we share some pictures of one of our holiday gatherings of local and expat friends in celebration of 2017 and in anticipation of a another great year as expats in 2018. Nothing better than a pig roast accompanied by all the local flavor favorites. And of course a little rum to wash […]

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Living In the Caribbean – Pros And Cons Of The Dominican Republic

There is a lot to consider when you start to think about dropping out of the rat race up north and heading for the tropics.  Every now and then we see an especially informative video by other travel bloggers that can be helpful to our subscribers as they research their own move to the tropics. […]

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Expat Home Construction In Full Swing At Montana y Mar In Cabrera

As the cold approaches up north, Cabrera is blessed with year round warm weather making home construction a year-round activity down here.  That is definitely what we are experiencing in the Montana y Mar ocean view residential project.  Everywhere we look we are seeing our expat owners starting construction on their ocean view home.  And […]

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The Negative Effects Of Reactive Behavior Pt2

Continuing on from where I previously left off let’s take a look at how this opioid addiction crisis may have initially grown its roots. First point I’d like to disclose is the fact that it’s taken decades for this to unfold. What we are currently witnessing involved a series of major sequences each having its […]

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Finding Rental Homes For Expat Families In Cabrera

As you know if you have visited us on one of our free North Coast Discovery Tours, Cabrera is not your typical tourist trap beach town.  Many of the homes built in the hills overlooking Cabrera are held for personal use and quality rentals are not the easiest thing to find.  Well that was becoming […]

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The Negative Effects of Reactive Behavior Pt1

Understanding how potentially dangerous reactive behavior can be and why it’s little more than a Pandora’s Box waiting to detonate I decided to continue with a second post. The fact that reactive behavior is such a serious threat I felt that a second post was in order. In this follow up I’ll be touching on […]

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Don’t Be Scarred Be Prepared

For over half a decade I’ve been cautioning folks that they need to be prepared. Not scared but prepared. As a species we humans tend to be highly reactive it’s in our nature. Who knows perhaps one day science will isolate this characteristic as part of our DNA makeup.  But there’s no disputing the fact […]

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Search For Ocean View Properties In Cabrera Dominican Republic – One Of The Best Caribbean Properties

When we are not out on our free North Coast Discovery Tours we are scouring the hillsides around Cabrera looking for the best deals we can find on ocean view properties that would be a good deal for our subscribers.  Many of the properties we stumble on we find through relationships with local families and […]

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Wake Up Call Rings Loud For Two Subscribers

Before coming to see Barry in the DR, I remember introducing myself as a realist that was not swayed by the events reported on the evening news. I explained that we were not ‘doomsday preppers’ and that we were only looking for a nice location to consider for vacation/retirement property. Our goals were simple, 1) […]

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