Special Announcement from Brazil

Ronan is in Brazil hosting the International Real Estate Investment Forum. Yesterday he gave a special VIP lunch for RETA members during which he revealed his newest pre-construction deal in Brazil. Don’t worry if you’re not reading this from Brazil right now–Ronan recorded the whole presentation (about 35 minutes) and you can listen to it here.

Crisis Investing – 3 Deals I Discovered This Morning

I consider crisis investing and distressed sales to be one of the hottest international real estate plays today. I’ve called on several sources to help me identify the best opportunities–bankers, developers, finance specialists, and others. This morning I spoke with Colin Murphy. Based out of Madrid, Spain, Colin spends his time pouring over the books of banks–cherry picking the best distressed opportunities in Europe’s major markets. Through his company (Torcana), Colin offers these opportunities discretely to his clients. This is what’s know in the trade as an “off market” deal, i.e. deals that will never be publically advertised. Here’s what we discussed.

Follow Me in Brazil…

I’m in Brazil with 20 of your fellow members. As usual, places on our scouting trip went fast. I’ll send you a full briefing of what we find when I get back to the office. But meantime, there’s a way you can “ride along” with us…

The Mexican “Gilt Resort Program” With a Guaranteed Income

True rental guarantees–that accurately reflect the market–are rare. So rare, that I think of them as a unique type of program for savvy investors–it’s a type of resort rental, but I call them “Gilt Resort Programs” because of the guaranteed fixed payments. I know of a few programs like this in France…and one in Mexico, which is the opportunity I’m writing to you about today.