WHY NICARAGUA NOW?
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The Premier Emerging Market in Central America
"Nicaragua’s dramatic Southwest Pacific coast has been described as “Southern California at 1950s prices” for good reason. The topography is identical, with hundreds of secluded bays sheltered between massive headlands jutting into the Pacific, creating some of the best surf and swimming beaches on the planet. However, circumstances have combined to make prices along Nicaragua’s Pacific cost some of the lowest available anywhere in the world for comparable property."
~ International Living Magazine
Over the last three years, Maverick Investor Group has travelled through Europe, the Middle East, the Caribbean and Central America studying markets and reviewing real estate projects. Nicaragua is clearly one of the most extraordinary, undervalued global markets that is primed to explode onto the world stage.
2010
In 2010, Nicaragua saw a 30% increase in exports, 17% increase in Foreign Direct Investment and a 10% increase in tourism surpassing 1 million visitors for the first time in the history of the country, and over a 4% increase in GDP.
2011
In 2011, Nicaragua saw a staggering 100% increase in foreign direct investment over 2010 (highest in the history of the country), a 22% increase in Exports over 2010 (highest in the history of the country), a 4% increase in tourist visitors and a 17% increase in tourism revenue over 2010 (highest in the history of the country), as well as another 4.7% increase in GDP.
2012
Untold upside potential. The time for international real estate investors to get into Nicaragua is NOW.
A Safe, Friendly Country Attracting Over 1 Million Visitors a Year
"Nicaragua now lures travelers to its 'eco-amazing' shores, to surf and swim, hike jungle trails, snowboard on volcanic sands....Nicaragua is now one of the safest places in Central America."
~ Departures Magazine, January 2011
Often misunderstood because of its turbulent past 3 decades ago, the New Nicaragua is a safe, friendly country with warm people that is rapidly attracting international vacationers, eco-tourists, retirees and investors from all over the world. According to the Inter-American Human Rights Institute and Interpol, Nicaragua has been one of the safest countries in all of the Americas for years. .
International travelers are drawn to its pristine beaches, inland lakes, volcanoes, and the largest tract of primary growth rain forest north of the Amazon. If you are looking for adventure, you can enjoy some of the best surfing in the world, hike up a volcano and snowboard down the other side!
Or you can explore some of the oldest colonial cities in the Americas, shop at the local artisan markets, eat traditional Nicaraguan food, dance the night away and melt into the history, culture and romance that is ever present in this tropical paradise. If you are looking for leisure, privacy and relaxation, imagine pristine virgin beaches (not mobbed with tourists), wine or cocktails served to you as you watch the sunset over the Pacific Ocean, and enjoy the ultimate in spa treatments, pampering, wellness, and natural healing for mind, body and spirit.
There are places of extraordinary beauty that are safe and friendly, and where you can live like royalty for $1,200 a month"
~ International Living Magazine
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Rising Onto the World Stage: Tourism is Skyrocketing
"Nicaragua is on the cusp of becoming Latin America's latest 'it' destination....Whether you want your trip amped up or over-easy, this emerging destination delivers."
~ Doctor's Review Magazine, January 2011
The CBS hit realty TV series Survivor, Nicaragua drew over 14 million weekly viewers from the US and Canada in 2010 and helped raise the profile of Nicaragua for millions of North Americans. That same year Nicaragua attracted over 1 million visitors for the first time in the country’s history according to the Nicaragua Tourism Institute. The 2011 season, Survivor, Redemption Island was also filmed in Nicaragua and tourism revenues were 17% higher in 2011 than in 2010.
Nicaragua was also ranked the Top 3 International Travel Destinations for 2011 by TravelAge West, and the Top 5 Affordable Travel Destinations for 2011 by Lonely Planet. As such, Nicaragua is expecting a 10% increase in Tourism in 2011 so international visitors are expected to top 1.1 million according to Orlando Castillo, General Manager of EAAI (the International Airports Administration Company of Nicaragua).
"For clients who enjoy tropical weather and exotic surroundings, Nicaragua may be the next best, if not more authentic, alternative to travel to Costa Rica."
~ TravelAge West
Nicaragua Tourism & Growth Projections:
Because of the gigantic spike in tourism, there is also estimated to be a hotel room deficit of 5,000 rooms by 2013.
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Ranked #1 Affordable International Retirement Haven for 2011
"Retirees are drawn by a breathtakingly beautiful country of beaches, lakes, volcanoes, and pine forests, with vivid green parrots swooping through mangrove swamps. It has the same natural rain-forest beauty as do Costa Rica and Panama"
~ AARP
"Nicaragua is more attractive than ever...Here's where you should be looking to realize the adventure-filled retirement of your dreams"
~ US News & World Report
The baby boomer market is expected to top 78 million, and many of these retirees will be looking for warm climates where their money goes much further. Many of these ‘global-boomers’ are setting their sights on Nicaragua where they can have premium weather, golf, amenities and top notch medical care, yet where they can live like royalty (with a maid, a cook and a quality doctor who makes house calls) on their social security check!
US News and World Report ranked Nicaragua as the # 1 Affordable International Retirement Haven for 2011.
AARP also ranked Nicaragua in its Top 10 Places to Retire Internationally.
"We wanted somewhere inexpensive and we looked at other Central and South American countries, but we kept coming back to Nicaragua, due to the cost of living, the beautiful country, and the gentle people. You can live the tropical life in your dream house on the ocean, start a business in the mountains, or work with a foundation to help people and their children. Every day is an adventure."
~ Darryl Bushnell, American Retiree Living in Nicaragua, Quoted in AARP Magazine, 2010
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Easily Accessible
Seaside Mariana is located approximately one hour from Nicaragua’s capitol city of Managua, where over 100 international flights per week arrive and depart from Augusto C. Sandino International Airport.
Managua is just a 3 hour flight from Miami or Houston
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A Stable Democracy that Encourages and Protects Foreign Investors
"Nicaragua is virtually unknown -- and usually misunderstood -- by most people, which is why forward-thinking investors can find some of the best real estate deals in the world in this country."
~ International Living Magazine
Nicaragua is the largest country in Central America, with about 5 million inhabitants and has been a stable democracy for the past 20 years with 4 peaceful transfers of power during that time.
Nicaragua is also investor friendly. It is an active member of CAFTA, and recently passed Law 306, which is one of the most aggressive pro-tourist and pro-investor laws in Latin America. Nicaragua was one of the first two recipients of the US Government’s Millennium Challenge Account Grant—a $175 Million Grant awarded only to countries that “rule justly, invest in their people and encourage economic freedom.” Nicaragua was also ranked favorably in the Wall Street Journal’s Index of Economic Freedom, and the World Bank’s Doing Business report ranked Nicaragua the easiest country in Central America to start a business and to close a business. The World Bank also ranked Nicaragua as the #1 country in Central America for "Investor Protection" in 2011 and 2012.
Nicaragua’s democratically elected President Daniel Ortega has been dedicated in words and action to upholding for the rights of foreign investors and has personally endorsed the Seaside Mariana Oceanfront Community.
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A Dynamic Economy that is Starting to Boom
"Nicaragua´s economy has gone from a slow growing economy to a moderately growing economy in 2010 and will soon jump to a fast growing economy in the next couple of years."
~ Francisco Mayorga, Economist and former president of the Nicaraguan Central Bank
The New Nicaragua possesses one of the most dynamic economies in Central America due in large part to the increase in foreign investment and exports. In 2011, Nicaragua broke all historical records for tourism, exports, and foreign direct investment in the country....and 2012 is looking even better.
