I Get $2,000 a Month. Here's the House, the Maid, and the Ocean View It Buys.
44K views · Aug 24, 2026 · People & Blogs
Comments · 41
@davidcameron9440 · 3 weeks ago
Wonderful video with details of living costs and climate. Thank you Mike. Much appreciated.
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@gerdh.5636 · 2 weeks ago
The first video about the philipines i See , is realistic and correct
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@ramonescaba3627 · 2 weeks ago
a very honest experience., good luck and wishing you a happy retirement
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@bobbywheels2136 · 3 weeks ago
Easily the best video description by an honest man I’ve ever watched. Thank you and best wishes.
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@RubysLyngen · 2 weeks ago
May God be with you all the time . <br>Your found peace and contentment❤❤❤
@720redstar · 2 weeks ago
Enjoy!
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@DanW-z4g · 11 days ago
Not 1 picture of the house or beach. So I call BS
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@RafaelDavid-i7z · 1 month ago
May you find lasting peace and comfort here in the Philippines 🇵🇭
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@docwillis3750 · 3 weeks ago
Dennis, Thanks for the great description and I'm thinking about retiring to PH like you did. I enjoy your daughter's quote that you "Have a Life" and I am seeking a true community. Plus being close to a medical school where I can occasionally give guest lectures will be fun too. My goal though is to find a location with a 10-mile long beach for bicycle riding every morning. Have you visited Palawan? <br>Thanks, Buck ><>
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@NigelBarrett · 3 days ago
In the frame as you,ll be noticed.
@reymundopolancos773 · 1 month ago
To God be the glory ❤more power from quezon city of the Philippines 😊
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@NorKavon · 4 weeks ago
With you brother. I'm sitting here near moalboal 10 yards from the beach having a lunch of mango, banana, durian and lechon with buko juice and my asawa of 15 years. The house is paid for, the maid takes care of everything back home on luzon including the dogs while we travel 50% of the time. All on less than my mortgage plus all my insurances cost back in the states.
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