Matthew Simon, the author of How to Buy and Sell Real Estate in The Bahamas, says of his book, "it walks the reader through the process of buying or selling real estate in the Bahamas, explaining how it is similar to and different from the process in the U.S. With this knowledge, readers know what to expect, so the process is no longer mysterious or intimidating."

Simon, a graduate of Williams College in Massachusetts, first worked as a corporate strategy consultant before becoming a full time real estate developer. He developed several hundred units of apartments and condominiums in the Boston area and began his own real estate agency, The Boston Realty Group (now known as the South End Realty Group.) Simon now lives in Florida and is currently developing Buttonwood Reserve (see listing ES10700), a condominium community in Eleuthera, Bahamas.

Matthew Simon first became interested in the Bahamas almost by accident. "I met someone from Nassau who happened to be shopping for a house lot. I was amazed when she told me how inexpensive oceanfront land was on many of the islands. I knew the Florida real estate market well, and given how close the Bahamas is to Florida, the prices were a bargain. I started researching real estate in the Bahamas. I spent many hours on the internet, spoke to other Americans who had bought property there, and grilled the local real estate agents. I flew to the islands and looked at land.  Soon I was making offers. It was a lot of work preparing to invest in the Bahamas. And you know what? In spite of all my efforts and experience, I still made costly mistakes. Why? Because I didn't realize how much I still didn't know."

Simon says that those interested in buying Bahamian real estate generally assume one of two things, that buying real estate in the Bahamas will be just like buying it back home, or that buying real estate in the Bahamas (or any foreign country) will be too difficult, complicated, and fraught with risk.  When in fact, buying real estate is different but not difficult or complicated if you have the basic information. 

 

This is why he's compiled all his best tips and the information he gained through trial and error, in one great place. It includes money-saving tips, and also a where-to-buy section where some of our own HGChristie agents, Neil Aberle, Wendy Rowe, Rhonda Waton, and especially John Christie, were able to make some helpful contributions.

This book is available for purchase in both a print version and an e-book online version.

Every copy of this book comes with fifteen minutes of free email support. If the book doesn't answer your questions, Matthew Simon will answer them himself, says Simon, "I can see the book is helping people, and that feels very good."