right, i actually emailed my mom in the philippines to get information about the cost of living there and how much money would you spend to build a business just out of curiosity. She know this sort of stuff because she has lots of friends who are bussiness minded and she handles a small company in the Philippines.
cost of living in a 6 family home is:
40,000 pesos this is when me and my sister are in the college studying nursing in Cebu (except the tuition fee of course) and now since we both a college graduate,she still spends around 40k every month because rates are climbing fast!
(p.s my mom and dad are both working).
and lastly the cost to invest a business in the philippines is:
minimum of 200,000 pesos
these are only the estimates of my mum