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 Investment, Retirement on Oct 17th, 2008
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 [...]
Posted in Coastal Dreams, Offshore Investment, Retirement on Oct 9th, 2008
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 [...]
Posted in Nicaragua, Offshore Investment, Real Estate, Retirement on Sep 21st, 2008
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 [...]
Posted in Coastal Dreams, Nicaragua, Offshore Investment, Real Estate, Retirement, travel on Sep 19th, 2008
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 [...]
Posted in Coastal Dreams, Nicaragua, Offshore Investment, Retirement, tourism, travel on Sep 13th, 2008
I wanted to point of a great article on Nicaragua from the Toronto Star that talks to the changing face of Nicaraguan. Although the article focus’s mostly on on tourism, this should get any foreign investor excited about the potential of this amazing country. Nicaragua is still at the head of [...]
Posted in Coastal Dreams, Nicaragua, Real Estate, Retirement on Jul 27th, 2008
Where is the summer going! Here we are almost at the end of July, and only a couple of posts up this month. Definitely not for lack of wanting to, but just a busy time with work and family both. We do continue to post recent news of interest in Nicaragua which [...]
Posted in Nicaragua, Offshore Investment, Retirement, tourism, travel on May 27th, 2008
Continued increased gas prices and their trickle down effects will change everything - the world economy and more importantly the way we live. Think about the following:
How far people will be willing to drive on a vacation
Where people can afford to fly to for vacation
Where people live - suburbs or cities
how they will travel [...]
Posted in Coastal Dreams, Offshore Investment, Real Estate, Retirement on May 26th, 2008
Self Directed IRA’s are a powerful tool for the knowledgeable investor. We have blogged about them here, we have discussed them in our newsletters, and talk about them extensively in our seminars. They still remain a mystery to most, and especially how they can be used for real estate investments. Recently I [...]
Posted in Coastal Dreams, Nicaragua, Offshore Investment, Real Estate, Retirement on May 19th, 2008
This weekend there was an interesting article in our local paper that was a re-print from USA today by Sandra Block entitled ‘Nest eggs shrink as growth slows’. The genesis of the article is that with the current downturn in the US, many people will not have as much for retirement as they [...]
Posted in Nicaragua, Offshore Investment, Real Estate, Retirement on May 18th, 2008
Here is an article published this weekend about the home renovations happening in the historic town of Grenada. Grenada was one of the first cities Spain founded in the New World in 1524. The article talks about trying to maintain the historic look of this ancient city, and about the changing nature [...]
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