A blog dedicated to entrepreneurial adventures around wealth building through offshore property investment in Central America. Our current focus is on Nicaragua
Posted in Coastal Dreams, Nicaragua, Offshore Business on Aug 21st, 2008
I came across a really good article this week in the Financial Post about Markus Raty, a former investment bank researcher from Toronto who started up a cigar import business from Nicaragua. A great read for anyone interested in, or already doing business in Latin America. Being in that category, of course I [...]
Posted in Media, Nicaragua, Offshore Investment, Real Estate on Aug 7th, 2008
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 [...]
Posted in Media, Offshore Investment on Aug 6th, 2008
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. [...]
Posted in Nicaragua, Real Estate on Jul 31st, 2008
I am a firm believer in the power of human ingenuity to triumph over adversity, when push comes to shove - when conditions get to a point of pain for many, when the business and financial rewards become viable innovation will stir. Take oil prices for instance. Until prices get to a [...]
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, tourism on Jul 13th, 2008
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 [...]
Posted in Coastal Dreams, Media, Offshore Investment, Real Estate on Jul 8th, 2008
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. [...]
Posted in Offshore Investment, Real Estate on Jun 29th, 2008
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 [...]
Posted in Coastal Dreams, Offshore Investment, Real Estate on Jun 26th, 2008
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%, [...]
Posted in Coastal Dreams on Jun 24th, 2008
We have been working through the Nicaraguan legal system with a great lawyer in San Juan Del Sur to formalize our business entity in Latin America for quite some time now. It is a little more challenging sometimes being geographically dispersed, however email and scanners are a wonderful thing.
On Wes’s recent trip down there [...]
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