Category: Ecuador Q&A

I get a lot of questions like this one…

“Hey Dom, I saw this property X on the net, it seems like a really great deal but I don’t think I’ll get down to Ecuador in time to see it before I buy, what do you think?”

Never ever ever buy in a foreign country without seeing the place first! My 2 cents. I’ve seen to much shady stuff go on to opinion differently.

Also, like many who have ventured into internet dating can attest…it’s never as nice as the pictures!

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OK, this one is now tricky compared to years past.

Now, if you go to immigration and ask to extend your 90 day standard tourist visa…they’ll tell you you can’t!

In fact, you can, but with the help of a knowledgable lawyer… who will proceed to get you the 9-II 6 month tourist visa.

Or, you can do like most do and leave Ecuador to a nearby country for a day or two and re-enter…getting a fresh 3 months (but you can only be in the country for a total of 6 months as a tourist in a calendar year).

hope that helps, Dom

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Located in sleepy Ayangue, Ecuador, about 1 hour north of Salinas.

Newly finished home with incredible ocean views for sale:

It is 3300 SF Ocean views from all most every room.
3 large BRs
4 bath rooms
Nice open kitchen that opens up to covered patio, grill area, dinning room, living room
Large laundry area
large walk in pantry built to accommodate a maid.
2 nice master suites with covered deck and patios
Covered large front deck.
1200 SM ocean front lot with stone fence all along the lot.
Custom hard wood doors, closets, cabinets.
Custom hard wood beams and Tongue and grove wood ceiling
Clay roof tiles
Granite counter tops
Upgraded plumbing fixtures & faucets.
Custom built lighting to high light the wood ceiling and have quality lighting.
Nice landscaping
If this house and lot were in Costa Rica, Panama or Mexico it would be $1,000,000
It has been built by 2 American contractors with 80 years combined experience.
Asking $274,900.

FOR MORE DETAILS please contact the seller directly at
Robert Hampton
robertsellecaudor at gmail.com
093442192 Ecuador
0059393442192 from USA

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Good question. One way available to some is have it delivered to a friend, then have that friend DHL it to your Ecuador address.

If that’s not possible, you could go to one of the many small freight forwarding and customs agent offices surrounding the airport in Quito, or to a lesser extent in Cuenca.

There, they give you the address of their PO Box in Miami (most of these agencies have one) … then you will proceed to get your mail delivered there and once in their PO Box in Miami it will be automatically forwarded to their offices in Ecuador. With the PO Box, they provide you email subscription with the PDF attachment. They also provide you a facility in Ecudor to open the images of the PDF into image format by converting them into JPG. Here by attached with a detail guide of 3rd party collaboration for converting and understanding how do you convert a pdf to a jpg.

The cost usually varies depending on the size and weight of the package…To give you an idea, I recently paid around $60 to receive a cell phone this way…

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