January 2021

Should We Buy A Coffee Farm? Alternative Investments For $50,000 Or Less

– Posted in: Finance
cup of coffee overlooking a jungle farm

Our last investment was a private loan at 10%, to fund a flip, and it’s coming due shortly. This is a borrower we have worked with before – a family business but with decades of real estate experience. We also know their work firsthand because we bought a rental property from them (they do sales, renovations and property management) and have done very well with it. Finally, we like investing [...]

Best Places To Retire 2021 – We Have #1, #8 and #13

– Posted in: Real Estate

We own rentals in Tamarindo, Costa Rica, Asheville, NC and Jacksonville, FL. For 2021, Costa Rica was named the number 1 best place to retire by International Living. In a US News survey of best place to retire in the US, Asheville, NC was number 8 and Jacksonville, FL was number 13. It’s no coincidence that we own real estate in top retirement destinations – that’s one of the factors [...]

Boom, Salita, Reeves — How We Named Our Vacation Real Estate Properties

– Posted in: Real Estate
house with palm trees in front

We don’t name all of our real estate – only the vacation properties, not the long-term rentals. All three of our Costa Rican units have names: Condo Boom, Casa Salita and Condo Reeves. From a practical perspective, we figured the names would help with marketing the properties. Having a name would make the property searchable on a vocational rental platform like AirBNB, without divulging the address. The names could also [...]

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