Moab762
American looking for information about Philippines
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The pitfalls of buying a condo in Cebu. by Moab762
A few posts have been made recently about buying a condo in Cebu City. I used AI to write this at my direction and with deep research. It my experience this far. Not a blind report. I have another post I've written that details the one constant that ...
@Moab762 The point I am making is there is a lot more - to tourism and expat numbers being low in the Phillipines. It's not just poor infrastructure. Trying to do business here is ten times more difficult for a tiny advantage in scam profits. They ... Read More
The pitfalls of buying a condo in Cebu. by Moab762
A few posts have been made recently about buying a condo in Cebu City. I used AI to write this at my direction and with deep research. It my experience this far. Not a blind report. I have another post I've written that details the one constant that ...
@Lotus EaterThe sad part is that the entire market is a fantasy. There are no condo buildings here anywhere near 60% capacity. All of the ones I have seen are "mostly" vacant. At the most 40% occupied. My multiple building complex above a mall, ... Read More
The pitfalls of buying a condo in Cebu. by Moab762
A few posts have been made recently about buying a condo in Cebu City. I used AI to write this at my direction and with deep research. It my experience this far. Not a blind report. I have another post I've written that details the one constant that ...
This isn't just from a blind AI report. Although I did use AI to compile my own research and observations into that report. This first started dawning in me when I went for a walk outside of a condo complex I was staying at one night. I looked up ... Read More
The pitfalls of buying a condo in Cebu. by Moab762
A few posts have been made recently about buying a condo in Cebu City. I used AI to write this at my direction and with deep research. It my experience this far. Not a blind report. I have another post I've written that details the one constant that ...
I believe "link under review" is from the Expat Forum. Which should be updated shortly. I assume they have some form of security review they out urls through? Read More
The pitfalls of buying a condo in Cebu. by Moab762
A few posts have been made recently about buying a condo in Cebu City. I used AI to write this at my direction and with deep research. It my experience this far. Not a blind report. I have another post I've written that details the one constant that ...
@Aidan in HCMCCertainly.To substantiate the quantitative metrics, market behavior, and structural dynamics outlined in the investment report, the synthesis utilizes data from institutional real estate advisories, verified industry standards in the ... Read More
The pitfalls of buying a condo in Cebu.
A few posts have been made recently about buying a condo in Cebu City. I used AI to write this at my direction and with deep research. It my experience this far. Not a blind report. I have another post I've written that details the one constant that ... Read More
Fraud-like actions at SnR Part 2 by Calif-Native
SnR… With past issues of false CC charges on new US bank-issued CC…..more issues with processing charges (even using local cards)I recently returned from California and made the mistake of shopping at SnR Nuvali on May 5, paying for my ...
I'll have to pay closer attention when shopping at S&R Cebu. I've paid with my US Wise card. And did not notice any issues. I have noticed all of there prepared fresh foods, like salads, ground beef etc. have expiration dates of the same day or ... Read More
Filipinos Can Sleep Anywhere by Moon Dog
Woke up the other morning and strolled to the front gate and saw some dude sleeping in the road. Looked like he parked his bike and curled up on the pavement across from the local whorehouse.https://youtu.be/_h7fq6a9lk8
I admire that guy. This is my weakness. (No. Not whorehouses.) Sleeping.I slept in the back of numerous 6x6 trucks in the Marine Corps. I could sleep anywhere in my late teens, early twenties.I lived next to LAX in LA. Even without the soundproof ... Read More
Cebu quiet? Possible? by Moab762
I hope to move to Cebu Island from Panglou Island, Bohol next month. I'm hoping to find a quiet place to live. (I know that's an oxymoron in the Phillipines.) One to an hour and a half outside Cebu City is preferable. But outskirts is fine too. A ...
@bigpearl I know your area. My first 3 months were spent in San Fernando. I intended to spend a lot of time in San Juan. And planned to fish up near there too. But one thing led to another and I never got up there. I also didn't have a car then. ... Read More
Cebu quiet? Possible? by Moab762
I hope to move to Cebu Island from Panglou Island, Bohol next month. I'm hoping to find a quiet place to live. (I know that's an oxymoron in the Phillipines.) One to an hour and a half outside Cebu City is preferable. But outskirts is fine too. A ...
@bigpearlYou are exactly right! I found this in Bohol. You look at the map. You convert mileage, distance and drive times. But until you take a 2 hour trip into the mountains you don't get it. It's slow and exhausting. The roads are actually trails ... Read More
Cebu quiet? Possible? by Moab762
I hope to move to Cebu Island from Panglou Island, Bohol next month. I'm hoping to find a quiet place to live. (I know that's an oxymoron in the Phillipines.) One to an hour and a half outside Cebu City is preferable. But outskirts is fine too. A ...
@bigpearlAs to checking a place out at all hours of different days of the week. I'm with you there. That is something I even did in the US. I also owned a PI firm in LA and would run backgrounds on all the neighbors. Lol. I've realized after almost ... Read More
Cebu quiet? Possible? by Moab762
I hope to move to Cebu Island from Panglou Island, Bohol next month. I'm hoping to find a quiet place to live. (I know that's an oxymoron in the Phillipines.) One to an hour and a half outside Cebu City is preferable. But outskirts is fine too. A ...
@bigpearl The problem with online is my geo location. And the overly simplified security policies. I stayed in La Union 9 months ago. (Luzon - north of Manilla. Home to the largest sellers in the north part of PH)) That's where I set up my online ... Read More
Cebu quiet? Possible? by Moab762
I hope to move to Cebu Island from Panglou Island, Bohol next month. I'm hoping to find a quiet place to live. (I know that's an oxymoron in the Phillipines.) One to an hour and a half outside Cebu City is preferable. But outskirts is fine too. A ...
@bigpearl I'm not looking "in" Cebu City. I'm looking on Cebu Island up to an hour or two outside of the city. I started in San Fernando La Union. Lived on the beach in a top floor condo of sorts. My gf is from Bohol. So we moved here to find cheap ... Read More
Cebu quiet? Possible? by Moab762
I hope to move to Cebu Island from Panglou Island, Bohol next month. I'm hoping to find a quiet place to live. (I know that's an oxymoron in the Phillipines.) One to an hour and a half outside Cebu City is preferable. But outskirts is fine too. A ...
@dennis4040VPN has no effect. I've used a high quality paid VPN for years. Part of it is where your IP originates from by your internet service provider. And the other part is a security algorithm or policy. That treats changing locations as a huge ... Read More
Cebu quiet? Possible? by Moab762
I hope to move to Cebu Island from Panglou Island, Bohol next month. I'm hoping to find a quiet place to live. (I know that's an oxymoron in the Phillipines.) One to an hour and a half outside Cebu City is preferable. But outskirts is fine too. A ...
@Moab762 And yet both Shopee and Lazada retailers will ship to even the most remote villages/islands in Vietnam, many of which have a population much lower than the 90,000 of Panglou. Lazada is a Philippines company. I'm very surprised to learn ... Read More