ME Business & Lifestyle
10 years ago Robert Ross sold everything he owned packed up a suitcase, 6 surfboards and his dog and moved to a small surf town called Montañita, Ecuador where he built and operates a large Hotel and Real Estate business @montanitaestates, ME Hotel & Villas - Montañita Estates. Do you want to follow your passion and walk away from your 9-5 corporate job but curious how other people afford to their lives traveling and living in exotic locations? Before, leaving the United States, Robert lived in Los Angeles, worked in financial services and used every vacation for 12 years traveling to exotic surf destinations in Central, South America and Asia scouting the world for the ideal place to live on a beauitful beach and leave his corporate life behind. Today, he focuses his energy on spending every minute of the day on exactly what he wants to do, time with his family, Surfing, Kiting and growing the ME Hotel. A long the way Robert has spent countless hours meeting and talking to others who have traded in their corporate lifestyle to take control of their future enjoying the life of the nomadic traveler and business abroad. Robert seeks to share his experiences and that of others that are doing business while traveling and living abroad on this podcast.
Episodes
On this Podcast Robert Ross is interviewed by BR Magazine, Ecuador's #1 Online and Printed Magazine for Real Estate based out of Guayaquil. Robert provides an update trends in Montanita, Olon, Manta and Santa Marianita for the Real Estate, Vacation Rental and Hotel industries. Robert includes details on Social Media Strategies, trends with Credit Cards, Channels such as Booking.com, Airbnb and Expedia/Hotels.com. Robert co...
Can a $40,000 OceanView Property in Paradise be expensive? $30,000, $20,000? Yes, absolutely. On this Podcast Robert Ross who has lived and travel in a exotic destinations around the world, compares destinations such as Ecuador, Costa Rica, Panama and Nicaragua and talks about the characteristics of properties in exotic locations that can make what seemingly is a cheap property very expensive and what seems like a high price act...
Have you thought about a vacation in the Galapagos? Maybe a Surf Trip? Or after a visit maybe you thought about investing? I've lived in Ecuador 10 years and visited the Galapagos a number of times. Today, you can hear my thoughts on the best way to vacation there, how much it costs and how to do it? Whats a surf trip like to the Galapagos like and how to do it? And lastly information about investing in the Galapagos and...
Have you thought about leaving your job and escaping to a warm sunny beach but not sure which country to choose? Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Nicaragua, Mexico, whats the difference?
On this episode I got to catch up with an old friend Hagit Gold. I met Hagit 6 years ago when she stopped in Montanita, Ecuador for an extended stay and she has since settled in Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica where she has opened a hostel in the j...
In this Interview I get to catch up with Ariel Pellegrino, owner of a giant bar and club in Montanita, Ecuador, Poco Loco. Ariel left Israel in his mid 20s in search of paradise in Latin America. After exploring Mexico, Panama, Nicaragua and Costa Rica he ventured into Ecuador and Montañita and found what he felt like was his new home and built from scratch an enormous business. In this episode Ariel tells us how he picked Mont...
On this Podcast Robert Ross catches up with Raul Cabrera, the most travelled Ecuadorian and Professional Documentarian. Raul through his media company and brand Nomad-A talks about how he turned a passion and dream for travel in the 90s in Guayaquil, Ecuador into a lifelong career as a documentarian pursuing exotic destinations around the world. Raul spent 10 years traveling on shoestring budgets to the most remote destinations in ...
Its easier than ever to obtain Permanent or Temporary Residency in Ecuador. This week we go through all the different types of residency visas, requirements and costs with Marcos Chiluisa from EcuaAssist, Ecuador's #1 law first for Expat Residency and a specialist in Real Estate law as well.
The first time I heard my friend in New York City had a Shaman in Manhattan and was taking Ayahuasca I was shocked. Then I read more about ceremonies popping up in Silicon Valley for executives and technology companies and gatherings in South Miami amongst friends. As I'm learning more about the demand in the USA for plant medicine I've started to receive a number of friends and guests who visit Montanita, Ecuador in or...
How much does it really cost to start that tiki bar you've been dreaming about in an exotic beach location? 6 years ago I first met Ariel Pellegrino when he was a young traveler who just moved to Montañita, Ecuador and was riding through town on his new dirt bike. In this episode, I got to catch up with Ariel, and we talk through what it really costs to launch a successful Bar/Restaurant and Night Club in an exotic beach des...
Since Robert Ross moved to Montañita, Ecuador in 2011 and started his Hotel, Vacation Rentals and Real Estate business the effect of the US Dollarization of the Economy of Ecuador has been significant. On this podcast Robert uses his Economics background to describe the effect of Ecuador's fiscal policy and the US Dollar on the Hotel, Tourism and Real Estate industries.
This podcast is an excerpt from a May 2020 ...
If you want to know what it's is like to do business and raise a family in a foreign country, Garrett Parker is the perfect example.
Garrett is an international entrepreneur, developer and real estate agent living in Manta, Ecuador. Over the last 10 years Garrett Parker, President of Ecuadorian Coastal Properties, has been involved in hundreds of commercial and residential real estate transactions in Ecuador. A ...
Not many people are willing quit their job, sell everything they own, and move to an exotic beach in a foreign country, but those that do have to manage the added complexity of education once they have children. Garrett Parker of Ecuadorian Coastal Properties, Keith Keller of Mineral Surfboards and Buena Vida Hostel, and Robert Ross from the ME Hotel & Villas - Montañita Estates have unique experience educating young children...
Over the last 10 years Garrett Parker, President of Ecuadorian Coastal Properties, has been involved in hundreds of commercial and residential real estate transactions in Ecuador.
Garrett Parker is an international entrepreneur, developer and real estate agent living in Manta, Ecuador and in this excerpt from a recent interview we cover in great detail:
- The cost of Condos and Lots in Ecuador.
- We dig deep into the c...
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