Coastal Dreaming

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Marketing guru Seth Godin published a great post today entitled ‘Surfing is the new career’.  Seth says:
Talk to surfers and they’ll explain that the entire sport comes down to the hunt for that blissful moment that combines three unstable elements in combination: the wave is just a little too big to handle, the board is [...]

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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. [...]

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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.  [...]

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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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Improving infrastructure in developing nations is a big deal.  Infrastructure is what takes a country to the next level in economic development.  Whenever we visit Nicaragua, there is always new road infrastructure projects on the go and moving quickly!  I came across this great article on Beyond Borders Internet TV today talking about the [...]

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Part 3 in our series on Buy Low, Sell High.
Part 1 - Buy Low Sell High
Part 2 - Buy High Sell Low?

This could be a fantastic opportunity to buy low and sell high. This lender-owned property is ready for the smart investor. The lender needs to remove the asset off their books so they [...]

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As we have said a number of times on this blog - the level of media coverage in an area will bring with it increased traffic making for great investments.  If you get in before a location goes mainstream, your investment margins will be much higher.  Nicaragua is already starting to be known on [...]

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Recently I came across an article in Nuwire about a new Real Estate Investment site for Central America called RevealRealEstate.com.  According to the article the content is managed by a set of former brokers who have worked in the region and after seeing the difficulty of finding reliable information built this application. 
I decided [...]

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