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Most of us have heard the story of the lemmings. Wikipedia describes their behavior as such:
“On occasion, and particularly in the case of the Norway lemmings in Scandinavia, large migrating groups will reach a cliff overlooking the ocean. They will stop until the urge to press on causes them to jump off the cliff [...]

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When we were up in northwestern Nicaragua earlier this year, the reason for the massive road construction project into the Cosiguina region of Nicaragua was to facilitate commerce for not only the peanut farming in the area but also to support the expected traffic from the new ferry that would connect Potosi with El Salvador. [...]

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Have you ever attempted to find a large piece of property? Maybe you are looking to develop a resort, subdivide the land and sell it, farm it etc. Land ownership subdivision in many places creates problems for investors trying to do something that requires a large piece of property.
Michael Heller recently published [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Do a Google search for Mechapa Beach… you won’t find much. This is one of those beautiful remote beaches you always dream of finding. Rumored to be to be one of the longest (up to 20 km) shallowest beaches in all of Nicaragua, this is one beautiful place. Part of the reason [...]

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As an offshore investor, one of the things you can do is watch what real estate companies do as a leading indicator for hot and/or up-and-coming markets. They have the research teams and horsepower to monitor markets around the world much better than you as an individual. In Central America, watching what companies [...]

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Over the weekend I cobbled together a video with some pictures and footage of in and around the our Las Laderas project. This project is a 200 acre parcel of land on the undeveloped north pacific coast of Nicaragua on the Cosiguina Peninsula. This is some pictures in and around the property including [...]

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Wes and I have been busy finalizing preparations for our next trip to Nicaragua to begin development work for our Las Laderas Development initiative in northwestern Nicaragua. Tickets have been booked, inter-country travel arrangements set up, meetings set with other land developers, local business owners, and partners, excursions planned to view and document the [...]

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Property will change hands approximately 4-5 times before it reaches its final end user. Along the way supply goes down, demand and interest grow, prices rise, and lot sizes shrink. Property will change hands from the original land owner, through speculators and investors to developers and or retirement investments, and then to second [...]

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