Coastal Dreaming

Jones Lang LaSalle just released to the public their 2008 Real Estate Transparency Index (free). For anyone interested in foreign real estate, is is a good read and helps you understand the different types of indicators that institutional investors look at when assessing global real estate opportunities. This is a bi-annual report […]

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When most offshore real estate investors think about their target market, it is often the retiree that has the freedom, and the capital to make such a move, but times are a changing…
There is a growing population of younger people starting to relocate outside of their home countries and central America is no exception. […]

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If you saw the news that Nicaragua’s San Cristobal volcano had a small eruption of gas and ash you may be wondering - is this a safe place to invest?  Nicaragua is the land of lakes and volcanoes and these geological formations are part of the draw to this wonderful country.  Yes San Cristobal and […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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%, […]

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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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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 […]

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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 […]

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