In Reply to: Friends just paid $200,000 posted by Jillie on Tuesday, 30. March 2010 at 10:38 Bali Time:
I always like to look at the opportunity cost of these long leases, or any business venture in bali for that matter. You can invest $200,000 in a term deposit in australia and get near 8% p.a interest these days, virtually risk free, that's 130 million rupiah a year. You can rent something very nice for that over here for that (in fact some people could live on that here) and still have your $200,000 back in australia, with the option of packing up and returning anytime you want. Sure, inflation will eat into your capital, but less stress in my opinion.