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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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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Posted in Nicaragua, Retirement, tourism, travel on Apr 21st, 2009
More good news for this growing tourism and investment destination!
If you have never heard of it The World is is a resort community that continually circumnavigates the globe. It is in fact the only private community at sea.
We have heard news that they will be docking in San Juan Del Sur Nicaragua on April 23/24! [...]
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Fractional Ownership offers investors yet another option for owning an investing in foreign real estate. Some will say that fractional ownership properties should remain a luxury item, there are ways to use this vehicle to make investment returns.
What exactly is Fractional Ownership?
Just like the name implies, fractional ownership allows you and a group of other [...]
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Posted in Offshore Investment, Retirement on Nov 16th, 2008
I was thinking about this statement today. My father is a conservative man. He got a college degree, worked for the same company for over 30 years, had a very successful career, saved his money in pension and retirement accounts, raised three kids, sent them all to college and retired at the very young age [...]
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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?
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A well thought out article in the Nica Times about the expected spillover effects on Nicaragua from the US financial crisis. I would expect that many central American countries will feel similar effects described here. One section in particular was very interesting. They referred to it as the possible silver lining, which [...]
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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 [...]
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The Financial Times released an article a few days back where it compared Costa Rica to Nicaragua. It described the same situation this blog has many times over. The amazing price differences on property between the two countries that have essentially all of the same great qualities. Gaps like this are where [...]
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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 [...]
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