A blog dedicated to entrepreneurial adventures around wealth building through offshore property investment in Central America. Our current focus is on Nicaragua
Posted in Offshore Investment, Real Estate on Jun 29th, 2008
I good thought provoking article about setting goals and when to reward yourself by Todd Millar on the NewWire Investor Site. The article points to 3 keys to staying on track:
Don’t let current appetites steal from your future feast
Don’t reward before the deal is done and don’t sacrifice long term benefits for short term […]
Posted in Coastal Dreams, Offshore Investment, Real Estate on Jun 26th, 2008
The stock market plunged today, shooting the Dow down to its lowest point in nearly two years, as investors contended with a barrage of bad news: a surge in the price of oil past $140 per barrel and warnings of trouble in the key financial, automotive and high-tech industries. The Dow fell 358.41, or 3.03%, […]
Posted in Coastal Dreams on Jun 24th, 2008
We have been working through the Nicaraguan legal system with a great lawyer in San Juan Del Sur to formalize our business entity in Latin America for quite some time now. It is a little more challenging sometimes being geographically dispersed, however email and scanners are a wonderful thing.
On Wes’s recent trip down there […]
Posted in Coastal Dreams, Las Laderas, Nicaragua, Offshore Investment, Real Estate on Jun 21st, 2008
A couple weeks back I connected with James Krieger who has started a great blog in Nicaragua Real Estate Investing, which I highly encourage you to check out. It can also be found in the Offshore investment links to the right.
James recently posted about the ongoing saga of the coastal easement/land reform laws […]
Posted in Coastal Dreams, Las Laderas, Nicaragua, Offshore Investment, Real Estate on Jun 11th, 2008
When many investors buy land to build that second home typically the infrastructure is already there. Roads, ditches, etc. Most take this for granted, but in places like Nicaragua and other Central American countries there is often hard and continuous work to build and maintain this infrastructure. Take for instance, something […]
Posted in Coastal Dreams on Jun 8th, 2008
A very one-sided story today in the Chicago tribute by Arthur Frommer about the exploitation of Nicaraguan poverty by real estate investors. He titles it ‘Beauty with an Ugly Side’. Frankly, I am a little surprised that such narrow view would come from such a respected expert in the travel industry. Apparently he is […]
Posted in Coastal Dreams, Offshore Investment, Real Estate on Jun 5th, 2008
Last week I wrote about the current buying power of the Canadian dollar, and how this is an idea time for Canadian investors to take advantage of investments such as offshore real estate which have little to no correlation other US investments but are typically still priced in US dollars. The dollar has stayed […]
