RETA Alerts

I got an e-mail from a member of our little group last week. He told me that he's looking forward to getting back to Ireland this May to play some of our great links including Doonbeg, Ballybunion and Lahinch.

The Province of Limon There has been little development of the real estate and tourism markets here. It’s hard to understand why. The drive from San Jose brings you through jaw dropping virgin and protected Braulio Carrillo national park and rain forest. The coast stretches south opening up into stunning white-sand beaches.

Cyprus is not the first island nation in Europe to suffer a severe banking crisis...From my reports, you well know that Ireland's distressed economy and property market has meant a huge fall in real estate values.

Welcome to my favorite community. Let me show you the finest lot I visited last year. This stretch of coast, here at Rancho Santana, is Nicaragua's jewel. Wild Pacific waves crash on the rocks. You can swim on white-sand beaches. Surf on tan beaches. Or, even marvel at how nature created a pink beach—Playa Rosada.

Last month, a small group of your fellow members gathered at the Pacific Lots project in Costa Rica's Southern Zone. They had two price lists: one for all the inventory at the project; the other, a special list of lower prices for our little group on 13 handpicked lots.

The latest opportunity you have as a member of our little group is to lock down a Caribbean condo for $129,000. This project already has a Robert Trent Jones II golf course. Plans call for tennis courts, boat docks and cocktail bars. You need to see this opportunity for yourself—and I've arranged a special invitation for you to take a members-only scouting trip to La Romana...

I've discovered an island condo that's the best value for Caribbean real estate on my beat right now. A gentle stroll from here is a white-sand beach, where the calm waters are sparkling in the tropical sun. I can hear beach umbrellas gently flapping in the warm breeze. I'm sipping an ice-cold drink and enjoying a taste of life in the private beach club of this early-in Caribbean resort community.

My beat here at Real Estate Trend Alert is to scout the globe to find places where a set of circumstances have come together to create a window of opportunity. First, I look for a place of outstanding natural beauty where prices have stayed low. Sometimes prices stay low because an area is difficult to get to. Or perhaps the region is misunderstood. Sometimes stunning locales are simply off the mainstream radar for now. Then I look for a transformational event that will allow this place to fulfill its potential.

Just-released condos in the luxurious Tao community will have stunning views of lush gardens or past the golf course and with the Caribbean in the distance. I would like to invite you to visit this area (April 25-28) with fellow members, see the stunning white sands of the Riviera Maya and Tulum for yourself, and take the Tao life for a test drive.

Tulum in Mexico's Riviera Maya where the sand is white...and the water, turquoise. The rich jungle interior reveals Mayan ruins and exotic wildlife. Offshore, the world's second-longest coral reef, teeming with brightly-colored tropical fish, hugs the coastline.For Mayan archeology at its best, head to the ruins at Chichen Itza and Tulum.