General Informationen:
As the new owner, you can take over the good businesses from one day to the other and continue them. At the beginning, the owners will be pleased to help you with everything. Even later, you are welcome to ask the old owners for advice, as they will live in your neighbourhood.
On request, the managers, a German couple, who run the Lodge by themselves for 5 months a year in the owners' absence, will also give you a hand.
The Owners:
 Clark Stede,
the founder of the hacienda Los Andes.
On his numerous trips, Clark has seen a lot of the big wide world. He has been to Africa and Asia, sailed through the Northwest Passage and has published travel-reports about these adventures.
Besides, Clark was the first to completely sail around the Americas in a sailing boat
 Manuela Paradeiser,
former nurse from Vienna, is the manager of the hacienda Los Andes and again and again fascinated anew by the friendly people and untouched landscape of the surrounding area. Manuela has spent thousands of kilometres travelling through the Andes on horseback and has got more than 20 years' experience in horseriding. Apart from Europe and Chile, she has travelled through Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala on horse.
For many years, Manuela and Clark have run a professional outdoor centre for trekking tours on horseback.
 Some figures of the business:
Average of occupancies per year:
under 500 Guests
Earnings per guest:
ca. 380 USD
Length of stays per guest:
2 - 4 days
Monthly earnings:
Earnings after tax and fees. Will only be mentioned to seriously interested people in personal talks.
Investments, taxes and visas:
With the help of a notary every foreigner can legally buy land, property or companies without a visa or permanent residence in Chile, just like in Europe or the USA. Neither a permit nor a stay in Chile is necessary for this. In this case a limited company (ltd.) must be founded. This is possible with the usual visa for tourists and takes ca. 3 weeks. Or you found a private company in your name. For this you first need a residence permit, which is issued after ca. 3 months to every applicant who has invested in Chile, e. g. by buying real estate etc.
Imports and exports of money, e. g. earnings in foreign currency and private money such as US dollars, are legal to an unlimited amount. You can have an account in US dollars in Chile or abroad – this is perfectly normal.
Foreigners who invest in Chile can apply for a residence permit immediately. Usually a visa is issued for one year. After having resided with a visa for two years, one receives the permanent residence permit.
In Chile, VAT (Value Added Tax) of 19% also applies on products of tourism. Income tax for tourism companies of this size is between 4 – 7 % per year. Property tax is at US$ 220 per year. Vehicles, petrol, food for one's own needs and cost of living can be written off 100%.
Price:
The couple who owns the Lodge has lived in Chile for more than 11 years and has run the Lodge since 2001.
The business is known all over the world.
They now want to sell the hotel project, which include all buildings, the owner Hacienda House and 10 ha (aprox.21 acre) land of Euro 1.040.000 € (Euro)
The owners like to concentrate in future of breeding and training thoroughbred criollio horses.
Also the Hacienda property of aprox. 490 ha (ca.1000 acre) is for sale. The value is 440 000 Euro and its based on a certificate issued by land tax. The buy can rent the property or purchase later in rates paid in 6 years.
Apart from the Lodge itself, you also acquire a professionally designed website, which works as a valuable instrument for marketing.
This website has got a high degree of fame (Google page ranking of 6) and several thousands of visitors every month.
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