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, Offshore Investment, Real Estate on Oct 29th, 2008
Many people ask us: How exactly can I invest in property in a foreign country, such as Nicaragua, using a US based IRA? The first step is to contact a qualified IRA custodian and set up a self-directed IRA account. A good custodian will have the knowledge of using self-directed IRAs for non-traditional investments. There [...]
Posted in Media, Offshore Investment on Oct 15th, 2008
A few months ago I predicted the Dow Jones Industrials Average (DJIA) would be below 10,000 before the end of the year. How did I know this was going to happen? Robert Kiyosaki and Donald Trump told me. For anyone worried their financial lives are now, or may be in the future, in peril then [...]
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 Coastal Dreams, Offshore Investment on Oct 1st, 2008
We live in interesting and historic times with the current credit crisis. It seems that this is all everyone is talking about these days. I actually read an interesting article today that compared the current situation in the US to the Japanese financial crisis of the 1990’s, but I digress…
As most investors know [...]
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, 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 Offshore Investment, Retirement on Dec 8th, 2007
In the U.S. most people that I know are try to be somewhat diligent these days about saving for retirement typically via a company offered 401k plan, which are offered through a number of financial institutions with a mild selections of mutual funds that are usually categorized in 3 or 4 categories from risk averse [...]
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