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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.
The rhythmic sound of the Pacific surf is the closest thing you have to a timekeeper in Playa Caracol. No one is in a rush…not here. As a waiter lays your morning coffee at your poolside table, you watch the surfers carving through the water, the waves shimmering in the soft morning light. After your Read more...: SLIDESHOW: Take a Sneak Peek at Our Upcoming Deal in Panama
La Paz charmed me again this past weekend. It was my base for a whale watching trip…and what a trip it was… I stayed in the lovely Costa Baja resort. The golf course has stunning views. The boating from the marina is world-class. I came to La Paz for some R&R…for some shopping and entertainment… Read more...: Bargain Homes and Natural Beauty in Baja
Why invest in real estate overseas? The short answer: When you look overseas, you open yourself to bigger opportunities. Twelve years of RETA deals go a long way toward proving that…you can double your money in a few short years, see rapid five-figure gains, even six-figure, in just a few months…
I’ve just updated my Cheap Dream Homes report with tons of incredible new listings. Claim your free copy of How to Find and Buy Your Cheap Dream Home (And the 7 Best Places to Do It!) What will you find inside? Think historic stone homes in time-worn villages for under $40,000…rambling old mansions with acres Read more...: Dream Homes Overseas from Only $39K
If this picture is your idea of an exciting afternoon, I suggest you save yourself some time and stop reading now. (If this isn’t your scene, continue on below…) So, why am I showing you a picture of a dull big-box storefront? Because it’s precisely not what you should expect from our Real Estate Trend Read more...: 3 Things NOT to Like About the Southern Zone
I’ve always had a place in my heart for Costa Rica’s Southern Zone. The natural beauty that surrounds you. The emerald-green mountains that rise into puffy white clouds. The many semi-deserted beaches fringed with swaying palms. I feel at peace…healthier in the Southern Zone…thanks to the fresh air, the fresh food, and a refreshing distance Read more...: Costa Rica’s Southern Zone Has Grown Up
I’m bringing a hot new deal to Real Estate Trend Alert members. In brief, RETA members have the chance to own one of 18 villas—each with a small pool—nestled close to “the Culinary Capital of Costa Rica.” This is an exclusive RETA deal. No one else gets this opportunity… We’re buying in a tropical paradise…a Read more...: Their Problem…Your Opportunity in Costa Rica
Over the millennia, Sicily, the largest island in the Mediterranean, was ruled by Greeks, Romans, Phoenicians, the Spanish, the Vandals…just to name a few. Thanks to its strategic location, it was the ideal hub for trade all over the Med. And to this day, the island feels somehow apart and distinct from mainland Italy. This Read more...: Move-In-Ready Homes in Sicily from $84K
Jeez, the news is often weird. If your buddy told you over a beer that Nicaragua had a space program you’d wonder if he needed a lie down. Well, now you can tell him, because it’s true…kind of. Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega and his cronies have created a new National Ministry for Extraterrestrial Space Affairs, Read more...: Riviera Maya Tops America’s Most Searched Destinations For 2021
What’s the strangest thing ever found on a construction site? Mammoth tusks, ancient mummies, and time capsules have all shown up at one time or another. In 2015 an entire warship from the American Revolution was revealed on the site of a hotel in Virginia. A year later construction workers demolishing a house in Florida Read more...: Finding Hidden Treasures in Roatan