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Summary: A Huge Help with My Investment Goals
Review: About six months ago I visited Nicaragua with the idea of purchasing some land as an investment. I travelled all over the country and looked at property at the beach and inland. The practical advise in this guide helped me find the piece of property I wanted. It was extremely useful in dealing with the legal problems one faces when buying land here. All of the suggestions in this guide made my work easier. I even found an honest and reliable real estate agent through this book. Without this guide I could have never bought my property. I recommend it to anyone who wants to live or invest in Nicaragua. It is a MUST read.
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Summary: Unsettling undercurrent
Review: Folks, Book is very good in providing you with a roadmap towards acquiring realty estate in Nicaragua. However, it fails to address what I perceived, in my 14-days stay(2002), to be an 'uneasiness' about its economical/political climate. I visited Nicaragua to research the investment climate and found it to be very attractive due to the low prices and 'potential' growth. I placed _potential_ in quotation marks to convey what relatives and friends kept telling me about the economical and political climate in the country. Yes, it's cheap to live in Nicaragua--my uncle felt that $1500/month provides someone with a very high standard of living(by Nicaraguan standards!) In the end, I decided against investing on a single factor: STABILITY. How stable is the country's economical climate? What about its political climate? The later is stable enough but the former is not. I can summarize my decision like this: Would I buy a house (land) in this neighborhood (country)? I would have to say "NO" until the neighborhood is more stable.
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Summary: Author needs a good editor, otherwise . . .
Review: the book is useful if one is seriously thinking of actually buying real estate in Nica. If you want just a good book on the country with an eye towards traveling there, get the Moon Publications book. It's by far the best of the lot.
While this is not the most professionally written or edited publication, it does have the crucial information you need to know about before buying in Nica. Essentially, there are three types of documents you need to get a hold of and to verify before purchasing a property. A good, clean title is essential, especially since some of the lands were expropriated from large landowners during the Sandinista years and given to local groups. Some of the groups are now selling parts of their ranches and these lands may have clouded titles. Get a local lawyer not associated with the real estate agent would be my recommendation. Overall, good book, but don't expect a great read or an in-depth review of the country itself.
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