A blog dedicated to entrepreneurial adventures around wealth building through offshore property investment in Central America. Our current focus is on Nicaragua
Posted in Nicaragua, Offshore Business, Real Estate, tourism on Jun 23rd, 2010
The impact of the financial crisis on Nicaragua has been steep and deep. They do not have a "bailout" program. Any business, any developer, or any individual who was not operating with integrity or financial stability became exposed to the elements. The Pelican Eyes resort in San Juan Del Sur is a prime example [...]
Posted in Nicaragua, Offshore Investment on Jun 9th, 2010
One of Nicaragua’s greatest assets is its people. Nicaragua’s population is very young; in fact 80% of the total population (an estimated 5.7 million in 2009) is under the age of 39. The country’s labor force is made up of 2.3 million people, and it is known to be flexible and highly productive, with good [...]
Posted in Nicaragua, Offshore Investment, travel on Jun 6th, 2010
Nicaragua has various incentive laws for priority sectors, such as the Tourism Incentive Law, the Renewable Energy Incentive Law and the Free Trade Zones Law (for export-oriented industries, including light manufacturing, agribusiness and contact centers). According to international agreements with WTO members (Doha Article VII), Nicaragua is now one of the few countries in the [...]
Posted in Nicaragua, Offshore Investment, travel on Jun 3rd, 2010
Nicaragua has approximately 19,000 km of roads connecting the capital, Managua, to all major cities. The Pan- American Highway traverses the country from north to south. It is 370 km long and connects Nicaragua with Honduras and Costa Rica. The main highways have been refurbished substantially in the last two years, including the highways that [...]
Posted in Nicaragua, Offshore Investment, Real Estate, tourism on May 31st, 2010
The numbers of tourists visiting Nicaragua continues to grow each year. Since 2001 the number has multiplied 500% – with almost 900,000 tourists in 2009 and an expected 1.2 million by 2012. Nicaragua is being featured in multiple travel publications around the world as an affordable, adventure destination. While many vacation spots are experiencing lower [...]
Over the past couple of weeks there has been a flurry of press releases and short clips confirming what we have been hearing for some time – Survivor is coming to Nicaragua for not one but the next two seasons!
The Spanish version of Survivor (Supervivientes) is planning season 11 in the Pearl Keys [...]
Posted in Nicaragua, Offshore Investment, Real Estate, Retirement on Mar 20th, 2010
International Living lists its top 30 retirement destinations here. What’s important about this index for investors is that Nicaragua ties for 3rd place in the category of real estate! The real estate category is defined as:
Countries where real estate prices are low and the purchase of real estate is relatively easy receive the highest scores. [...]
Posted in Living the Coastal Dream, Nicaragua, tourism, travel on Nov 27th, 2009
Living the Costal Dream!
Wanted to pass on a well written travel blog – Matt is Missing. I don’t know Matt – he is a friend of a friend, however in August he took a vacation to Nicaragua for a couple of weeks, fell in love with the country, and ended up staying quite a bit [...]
Posted in Coastal Dreams, Nicaragua, Offshore Investment on Nov 9th, 2009
When investing offshore, there are many risks you have to deal with. Local legal systems, level of political stability, ownership rights, crime levels, business transparency etc. The level of control an investor has over most of these is minimal, however understanding how to mitigate these goes a long way to reduce your risk/return ratio. [...]
Posted in Living the Coastal Dream, Nicaragua, Offshore Business, Offshore Investment, Real Estate on Oct 21st, 2009
An inspiring article from Forbes on Carlos Pellas Chamorro and the empire that has been built by he and his family over the past 100 years.
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