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Ronan McMahon is the editor of Real Estate Trend Alert, Your Overseas Dream Home, and a contributing editor to IL. Ronan’s Your Overseas Dream Home e-letter is delivered to readers’ inboxes daily. No matter what level of real estate investor you are, there’s plenty of great info for you. In it, you’ll read about every promising international real estate investing idea Ronan and his team comes across.
He also brings you up to speed on his favorite markets for making “double your money” gains through either capital gains, rental income, or both. Ronan also shares his key strategies for identifying profit opportunities in some of the most beautiful locations worldwide—by Caribbean, Pacific, and Atlantic beaches, in glamorous European cities, in quaint little mountain towns, or anywhere else that might take your fancy.
My parents looked at me like I was nuts. I’m not, I promised. They didn’t look convinced. “You’re really going to Panama?” they asked skeptically. I am, I affirmed. “But why?” The year was 2004, early in the days of my international global real estate scouting career. I had plenty of good reasons to head Read more...: “But Why Are You Going to Panama?”
For 17 years I’ve been traveling the world, driving down bumpy, potholed roads in far flung destinations…all because some of the best opportunities I’ve ever found were at the end of dirt roads. I generally spend six months or so of each year traveling. My scouting has taken to me to strange places and put Read more...: The Adventuresome World of Overseas Real Estate
Narrow, cobblestone streets lined by centuries-old homes with brightly colored façades; quaint plazas and leafy parks alongside soaring churches and cathedrals…It’s these flourishes that have long attracted people to Latin America’s colonial towns and cities.
I’ve accidentally made $10,399. Ok, it wasn’t entirely accidental… The money dropping into my account over the past 10 weeks has come from my rental manager on Portugal’s Silver Coast. I bought my condo there last year for €300,000 ($366,262). I moved in last April, and then handed my keys over to a rental manger Read more...: How to Turn Real Estate Into a Money Machine
When looking at Spain for real estate investment, my focus has been on the southern coast and the area around the Costa del Sol. But, when it comes to a pure lifestyle angle, the cities of Spain have so much to offer…and are some of the most vibrant spots in Europe. Balmy summer evenings spent Read more...: Spanish City Getaway Pads for Under $142,000
Scouting trips are an important part of what I do. Boots on the ground is the single best way to identify true opportunity in overseas real estate. That’s why my team and I spend millions of dollars on travel and research. It’s why I continue to budget generously for scouting trips. Without putting boots on Read more...: Why Travel is Important for Real Estate Investing
Yesterday, I told you about a new town in Italy that is offering up homes for a euro. With all of these cheap homes, they are in need of a lot of TLC. The idea is to breathe life not only into the towns where these homes are located, but also into these wonderful old Read more...: Considering a Fixer-Upper Dream Home? Read This First
The Italy €1 homes bandwagon rolls on… For a some years now, small towns all around Italy have been luring real estate buyers with offers to buy homes there for the price of a cup of coffee. Last week, the town of Maenza became the first in Rome’s Latium region to start selling homes for Read more...: Are Italy’s €1 Homes Really a Good Deal?
This week, I’m packing up and hitting the road again. The last couple of months in Ireland have been incredible. I’ve hiked cliffs along the Wild Atlantic Way…traversed lush and dramatic islands…spent sunny days catching up with friends and family…and played some of the best golf the world has to offer… But I miss the Read more...: It’s Time to Hit the Road Again
Even a town you know well can serve up surprises… I’ve been coming to Puerto Vallarta on Mexico’s Pacific Coast since 2005. It’s stunningly beautiful. The verdant, jungle-clad mountains that drop dramatically—and steeply—down to the shore remind me a lot of Costa Rica. The glittering Bahia de Banderas, an expansive bay that fills the horizon, Read more...: Even Well-Known Towns Can Throw Up Surprises