Terry is right. And that Star Trek episode is a great analogy for this conversation. The most remarkable thing I found about such issues when I firs...
I agree with you that the verdant, forested areas of STX are the most attractive places to live. The desert environment is just my idea of tropical ...
Betty, You're correct when considering stand alone house or small condo development housing as exists on STX now. However, when buying in a large ...
This an interesting discussion. I absolutely agree with Alexandra regarding the investment value of the west end over the long haul. The WE is class...
The average office worker in the US Virgins makes $28,000 per year?? Even if so, no summers off with tons of vacations and holidays off each year. Be...
Yes, yes I understand all of this, same as in any urban school in the U.S. - teachers work very hard, got it! But in an environment of very low e...
WHOA! is right. Someone with only a bachelors degree and no teaching experience can teach on STX and make $25k a year?? With the summer, school vac...
Keep these noisey, polluting things out of St. Croix. Please don't suggest Fredriksted as a place for them to go. It has enough of an image problem ...
"Gentrification" is as good a real estate term as any for the turn-around that will ultimately happen to the West End of STX. Areas formerly written o...
Melissa, There is something to be said about conventional wisdom, but savvy real estate investment isn't it. Follow the monied global developers ra...
10 best locations to buy land on any island for price appreciation, in descending order are: 1. Elevated sandy beach front 2. Any sandy beach f...
Melissa, While I'm not a CPA, I don't think selling a residence in PA and buying anything in STX will help you avoid taxes. $250,000 profit on the ...
most of us seem to all agree that the restaurant owner was rude AND parents should control their children in public to the extent they negatively affe...
Your last 4 sentences speak volumes and very loudly. It seems, the real issue may not be entirely what you think. On the scale of rudness, parents to...
Hi, This is a very difficult situation. The owner, from your account, was absolutely rude to you as a customer. But my experience is that paren...
Is it a condo-hotel or regular resort hotel??
Chuck, The hottest Caribbean real estate markets today are STX, Roatan and the Dominican Republic. These islands are underpriced and just now be...
the stxer, Actually, I didn't exactly understand the STX development history. Thanks. Regardless, my guess is that the new high-end developmen...
It depends on what you want, but on STX, the most classically tropical island lushness can only be found in the West End and to a lesser extent the No...
I don't know the legal details, but in Roatan, most sales people in real estate and travel/tourism are American/Canadian/European. Commission jobs a...
Steve, We used to have a condo on STX and sold it a few months ago. STX is wonderful, but increasingly very expensive. Everything from construct...
