A blog dedicated to entrepreneurial adventures around wealth building through offshore property investment in Central America. Our current focus is on Nicaragua
Posted in Coastal Dreams, Offshore Investment, Real Estate on Mar 30th, 2008
There is an interesting article about investing in Nicaragua on NuWire Inventor by Barry Oliver who is the GM of Century 21’s Gold Coast Realty. This first version came across my news-feed a few days ago and since then the article has been overhauled significantly for the better, but is still either too much […]
Posted in Coastal Dreams on Mar 27th, 2008
Shared by all or many, a sense of connectedness, a tighter subset of society, social in nature. Community seems to be the strands of interest which binds our society together. Wikipedia has a very interesting social definition of community. We all want a sense of community, a feeling of belonging. […]
Posted in Coastal Dreams, Offshore Investment on Mar 25th, 2008
When you invest in offshore real estate, people always talk about how risky it is, but what does that really mean? What are the different types of risks? What actions can you reduce or avoid risk?
First, a definition of the term Risk:
An uncertain event or condition that, if occurs has a positive or […]
Posted in Coastal Dreams, Offshore Investment on Mar 23rd, 2008
Real estate investment expert and author Robert Kiyosaki says over and over that one of the best things about real estate investing is that your ability to be successful in this area is only limited by your creativity. Having vision for what something could be, and structuring deals where all parties end up in […]
Posted in Media, Nicaragua, Offshore Investment, tourism, travel on Mar 15th, 2008
During 2007 a relatively new sport in Nicaragua hit the media. In a number of different articles on the topic I saw it referred to as ‘ashboarding’, volcano boarding and volcano surfing. This new sport is becoming one of the prime attractions for adventure seekers in Nicaragua known as the land of lakes […]
MSNCB travel has an article about about traveling abroad to places where the US dollar will still get you somewhere. While the cost of traveling to Europe could be more than enough to ruin any fun you would have over there, there is still lots of buying power south of the border. Many people don’t […]
Posted in Offshore Investment, Real Estate on Mar 11th, 2008
I was in a coffee shop today and there was a free circular called the coffee news - your typical add supported flyer with a mix of trivia, quotes, local events etc. As I was waiting for my order, I was reading a short ‘things to live by’ type of list. The first that caught […]
Posted in Offshore Investment, Real Estate on Mar 8th, 2008
On Friday the Sovereign Society had a interesting article in their A-Letter about currency and economic stability. In the article the author identified 5 factors that build a strong currency:
little or no involvement in war
Trade surplus’s instead of deficits
Rising Interest Rates
A positive feeling surrounding the countries stock market and other investments
A central bank that […]
Posted in Offshore Investment on Mar 7th, 2008
Thursday March 6th at 10:00 p.m. I check my daily NYSE update newsletter and find the down dropped 214.60 to 12,040. Another huge drop in the Dow and the market is falling to its knees. Oh well, off to bed for a good nights sleep. I told my wife the Dow will dip below 12,000 […]
Posted in Nicaragua, Offshore Investment on Mar 6th, 2008
As an offshore investor, you want to watch for signs of growth, and hopefully be on the leading edge of the curve. In Nicaragua, real estate investment is still in the early stages of the property life cycle. However when a $50 million dollar resort breaks ground, or Jack Nicolas decides to put in a […]
