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, Nicaragua, Offshore Business on Aug 21st, 2008
I came across a really good article this week in the Financial Post about Markus Raty, a former investment bank researcher from Toronto who started up a cigar import business from Nicaragua. A great read for anyone interested in, or already doing business in Latin America. Being in that category, of course I enjoyed the […]
Posted in Coastal Dreams, Nicaragua, Real Estate, Retirement on Jul 27th, 2008
Where is the summer going! Here we are almost at the end of July, and only a couple of posts up this month. Definitely not for lack of wanting to, but just a busy time with work and family both. We do continue to post recent news of interest in Nicaragua which you can find […]
Posted in Coastal Dreams, Media, Offshore Investment, Real Estate on Jul 8th, 2008
As traditional markets continue to struggle, the word about alternative options for IRA investment is starting to spread. Investors just like you are waking up to realize that the people that you are paying to manage your IRA money at the banks or large brokerage houses aren’t doing much to protect your nest eggs. You […]
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 […]
Posted in Coastal Dreams, Nicaragua, Offshore Investment, Real Estate on May 29th, 2008
The Canadian dollar continues to show strength against the greenback. For Canadian investors it is an ideal time to be looking at investments that are in US dollar denominations. Offshore real estate in Central America is no exception.
As a youngster growing up in Canada, it was just a given that when you went […]
