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 on Nov 4th, 2008
“I am unqualified to vote” was my usual response whenever asked if I had voted. “What do you mean?” was the reply. “Well, I do not watch T.V. nor do I read newspapers or magazines and I have no personal experience with any of the candidates or legal proposals so I am, therefore, unqualified to [...]
Posted in Coastal Dreams, Offshore Investment, Real Estate on Oct 29th, 2008
Many people ask us: How exactly can I invest in property in a foreign country, such as Nicaragua, using a US based IRA? The first step is to contact a qualified IRA custodian and set up a self-directed IRA account. A good custodian will have the knowledge of using self-directed IRAs for non-traditional investments. There [...]
Posted in Coastal Dreams, Retirement on Oct 27th, 2008
In Retirement do you want to…
Sit in food stamp lines or sit in cruise ship lines?
Who cares more about your answer…
You or Your Broker?
Posted in Coastal Dreams on Oct 24th, 2008
The above graph is the price history of Starbuck’s Stock. I believe this will be the typical graph of most U.S. equities in the next few years. Looking at the graph from my Crystal Ball post a few days ago I can see the trend we are entering. If we were to continue and play [...]
Posted in Coastal Dreams, Off The Grid on Oct 13th, 2008
Property development in central America is not easy. Infrastructure if often the most expensive component of a new development. Roads, drainage, water, waste, electricity etc. The structures themselves are often relatively cheap by comparison.
Developments are increasingly turning to green, off-the-grid technology to support the building of new developments. In addition to [...]
Posted in Coastal Dreams, Offshore Investment, Retirement on Oct 9th, 2008
Yesterday on the front page of USA today there was an article explaining that about 20% of retirement savings or about $2 trillion has disappeared, in the last 15 months according to government analysts. A different study has 1 in 5 workers over the age of 45 have stopped putting money into retirement vehicles.
Sad [...]
Posted in Coastal Dreams, Offshore Investment on Oct 1st, 2008
We live in interesting and historic times with the current credit crisis. It seems that this is all everyone is talking about these days. I actually read an interesting article today that compared the current situation in the US to the Japanese financial crisis of the 1990’s, but I digress…
As most investors know [...]
Posted in Coastal Dreams on Sep 29th, 2008
I saw a couple of back to back posts today from marketing guru Seth Godin that I though were very applicable to not only offshore investing but any entrepreneurial business venture you take part in…
The first:
Its easy to be against something you are afraid of.
And its easy to be afraid of something you don’t [...]
Posted in Coastal Dreams, Nicaragua, Offshore Investment, Real Estate, Retirement, travel on Sep 19th, 2008
Playa Coco is one of the most spectacular beaches in Central America and one of our scheduled stops on our E-Travel (Entrepreneurial Travel) Adventure tour in January. Only 20 miles South of San Juan Del Sur, this beach has been a local favorite for many years. Playa Coco is a classic 1-mile half-moon beach. The [...]
Posted in Coastal Dreams, E Travel Adventures, Offshore Investment on Sep 15th, 2008
E-Travel Adventures has scheduled our January 2009 Winter Excursion to Nicaragua!
What is E-Travel Adventure? First E-Travel is short for Entrepreneurial Travel, and Coastal Dreams Worldwide wants to share the passion, excitement and opportunities that exist with Foreign Land Investment and ownership!
When was the last time you got to go visit your [...]
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