Do You Have These Mistaken Assumptions About Nicaragua?

reviewr — Wed, 02 May 2012 23:40:05 +0000

Nicaragua is a widely misunderstood country. When you ask most North Americans about Nicaragua, they either have no idea where it is or they’ll mumble something about it being a war zone. What they remember was the high-profile Contra vs Sandinista struggle of the 1980s in which the US was very involved. What they forget is that over 30 years have since passed. The current Nicaragua is a peaceful, beautiful country with a growing economy and rising tourist visitors. In fact tourist visitors hit the 1 million mark for the first time in 2010. Don’t make the same assumptions about Nicaragua or else you may overlook an exciting country from both a tourism and a real estate perspective.

The country offers a a great deal of opportunity everywhere you look. According to overseas property sites RevealRealEstate.com and GlobalPropertyGuide.com real estate prices in Nicaragua are lower than in Costa Rica (its neighbor to the south), Panama and Belize.
The country is teeming with tourism attractions from volcanoes you can ski down to historic colonial towns. Tourists are wowed by the dramatic ocean scenery around the fishing village of San Juan del Sur, the huge volcanoes that you could ski down near Leon in the north of the country, and by Granada, the oldest continually inhabited colonial city in all of North and South America.
For many retirees looking for an affordable place to retire, Nicaragua ticks all the right boxes. It’s possible to live a life of luxury for under US$1000 a month. And baby boomers who have come to realize that an oceanfront retirement property is out of reach back home, are happy to find that these kind of real estate options are well within reach in Nicaragua.
But perhaps best of all, the country is one of the safest in Central America and the locals are friendly. The old tourism strap-line used to be “Nicaragua – with heart“ (In Spanish: Nicaragua – con corazon). For many visitors this still intuitively feels right. Nicaragua has just got a bit more “heart’ that its neighbors. You’ll feel the warm and welcoming vibe as soon as you arrive.
Nicaragua offers an enticing retirement residency program. The program was already pretty good before the 2009 update that made it even better. If you are of retirement age – and in Nicaragua that means just 45 years of age – then it’s worth checking out.

Tempted? Check out these 8 tips for buying property in the country.

Blogging tips by a real estate blogger

reviewr — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 23:04:15 +0000

I’m a fan of practical tips. Ones that talk about what you can do to improve your real estate blogging. Here’s a post that sets out 5 tips to help you build a community on your blog. The takeaway for me is to be yourself and use your blog to connect emotionally with your reader – rather than intellectually. After all most people do business with friends so a blog that builds this kind of relationship will do well.

So the lessons for real estate bloggers:

Don’t just blog your listings. You need to add more value that that.
Write about the lifestyle that your properties will deliver
Become the center of your community by writing about local businesses and services, taking photos and keeping readers up to date with developments
Encourage two-way communication – just like you would with a friend.

Check out the full post on bloggodown.

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Do You Have These Mistaken Assumptions About Nicaragua?

Blogging tips by a real estate blogger