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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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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Its been a little too long with no updates on the blog. Its definitely not a shortage of material - mostly a shortage of time these days. I wanted to point out a nice simple rating structure I read about recently in International Living. I have referenced their material before, [...]

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Many people that we talk to have an interest in living abroad when they retire, and are looking for ways to secure land now, or are looking for stepping stones on how to get there through an initial offshore investment, rolling over into a purchase of retirement property.
There are many reasons why people consider offshore [...]

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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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In Nicaragua, tourism brought in almost $200 million in 2005, according to the Nicaraguan government. This is more than any other single industry in its $5 billion economy. Tourism has recently surpassed Coffee exportation, the countries next leading revenue resource by over $71,000,000 ($189,000,000 vs. $260,000,000 for 2006). Furthermore, the profile of visitors [...]

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