IL Postcard

Day 2 - Crisis Creates Opportunity: Make Money No Matter Your Situation

Date: 06/04/2009 Author: Suzan Haskins

June 4, 2009
Fortaleza, Brazil
Live from IL's International Real Estate Investment Forum

There are two compelling reasons to be a real estate investor:

1) You have money to put into a secure investment.

2) You have no money to put into a secure investment.

That’s sinking in now, after the second day of the International Real Estate Investment Forum (going on now) in Fortaleza, Brazil.

As I told you yesterday, the deals here are flying fast and furious. I’ve already told you about some of them and in a moment I’m going to fill you in on the best one--a deal that can be done even if you have very little money. Sound intriguing? Keep reading…

I’m Suzan Haskins and I’m your conference insider, reporting from the International Real Estate Investment Forum. As I mentioned when I signed off yesterday, I’m on information overload.

There have been somewhere near 50 general session and workshop presentations here. There was a get-together dinner the first night and a cocktail party last night. Another is planned for tonight. Tomorrow we hit the road to visit local real estate projects. So I apologize in advance if I seem a bit addle-brained right now. My head is swimming with facts, figures, and detailed information about countries, markets, projects, and opportunities.

There’s no way I can tell you everything we’ve learned here.

But let me give you some of the highlights…the buzz among both speakers and those in the audience is about the best ways to diversify out of the U.S. dollar. If and when the U.S. economy begins to recover, it’s widely believed, the dollar has a long road ahead of it. That’s not hard to understand given the announcement earlier this week about General Motors filing for bankruptcy protection.

So it’s easy to understand why savvy people might want to hedge their bets when it comes to the future of the dollar. But most of us need a little guidance when it comes to currency diversification. It’s not something that’s encouraged by the government or the typical financial advisor, after all. And that’s understandable, as Larry Grossman told us today. The government believes it’s entitled to your money and the financial advisors can’t figure out how to make much money on you when you take your money overseas. Nor do most of them have the knowledge base to advise you about non-dollar opportunities.

Pension Plan--Use Yours to Invest in Foreign Real Estate

If you’ve attended an International Living conference in the past, you’ve probably met Larry Grossman. He’s the managing director of Sovereign International Pension Services and he now concentrates on helping his clients use their IRAs and pension plans for foreign investments.

Larry is also a financial planner, but he’s turned that side of his business over to his partner, Greg Adams, who also spoke to us today about the potential of offshore annuities and other foreign investment vehicles.

Larry is now concentrating pretty exclusively on custom-designed retirement plans. As far as he knows, he says, his is the only financial advisory firm that’s become an IRA custodian--and was the first one to purchase foreign investments with IRA funds.

Larry said his goal today was to scare us. And that he did, with talk of U.S. government plans to restrict our investment options, impose mandatory contributions, and enforce 100% exposure to the dollar.

“Basically the government will be investing your retirement money in treasury bonds whether you like it or not,” he said.

So, Larry said, it’s more important than ever to act now to invest your money as you see fit and diversify out of the dollar while you still can.

And then he got specific. You can use your IRA to buy real estate--domestic or foreign--but you need to have the structures and processes in place before you go shopping. In fact, Larry told us six things you can do with your IRA that the majority of us don’t know about. (But we do now, of course.)

I have to tell you, after Larry’s presentation I wondered why anyone wouldn’t take their IRA offshore? It just makes sense--and can also be a way to mitigate your tax burden if you do it right.

By the way, you can listen in on Larry’s presentation (and his workshop) when you order our International Real Estate Investment Forum-at-Home Kit.In fact you can listen to all 50 presentations…

Today, for example we also heard from Rainelda Mata-Kelly who told us about opportunities in Panama. She believes the global economic crisis was a blessing in disguise for Panama. It’s slowed down the real estate boom there to tolerable (and safer) levels she says, and brought prices down to a more realistic and reasonable level.

And big-money interests are as keen about the country’s potential as ever, Rainelda stressed. The Hilton Hotel chain has announced it will build four new hotel properties there and new President Martinelli advocates building a subway system to alleviate city traffic.

One of my favorite presentations of the day was about opportunities in Ecuador, a country dear to my heart. (I lived there in 2001-2002.) Lee Harrison profiled several properties and projects on the Pacific Coast that he feels are worthy of investor attention.

Ecuador--Flip Oceanfront Property for 48% Gains

Anyone interested in developing large tracts of oceanfront land can do very well here. And an individual investor, for instance, can pick up a five-bedroom/three-bathroom oceanfront home for $150,000 (or less…that’s the asking price) and put $18,500 in renovations into it. (Always the detail main, Lee actually solicited bids on this.) He predicts you could then flip the property for $250,000--a healthy profit.

But the highlight of the day was Ronan McMahon’s special invitation-only luncheon for his Real Estate Trend Alert members. He had promised a special investment deal and he more than delivered on that promise.

“As we all know, crisis creates opportunity,” Ronan said. “In order to create momentum and reduce their risk, developers are now more willing to deal than ever before. As a group we have tremendous buying power.”

That’s why, Ronan said, he’s been able to negotiate pre-launch pre-construction deals in the Fortaleza market that are 10% - 15% discounted from the price offered to the local market.

Brazil--Oceanview Condos With a 24% Discount

But the deal he announced at lunch today has even better terms than that. (As I mentioned yesterday Ronan is writing a special White Paper for his Real Estate Trend Alert members that explains all the details of this deal.) Essentially, it’s a project offered by the operator of some of the top hotels and resorts in northeastern Brazil.

This group is building a new oceanfront resort just less than an hour’s drive from Fortaleza. (In yesterday’s dispatch I mentioned all the reasons Ronan is so keen on this area…a huge growth in tourism and a chronic shortage of both hotel rooms and short-term rental accommodation are contributing factors.)

Ronan has negotiated a special pre-launch deal on condos at this project of 2,500 reais ($1,290) per square meter. When the project officially launches to the public on Aug. 20, the price will be 3,300 reais ($1,700) per square meter.

Total cost will be about $70,000 for a 600-square-foot unit. Get in now and your investment should grow by 20% - 25% in just two short months when the project is officially launched.

But, as they say…there’s more. You can get in for just 1% down…less than $750. You’ll pay 1% per month during the build. On delivery you can obtain developer financing of 1% per month plus interest. Sell your unit and walk away with the gains or hold onto it and rent it out. As Ronan says, this may be the most lucrative rental market he’s seen…and it shows no signs of slowing down--the Fortaleza area is the most popular tourist destination in Brazil.

This and the other deals we heard about at the International Real Estate Investment Forum are the opportunities of the year. Why am I so sure?

For most people, it’s been a rocky couple of years as we’ve watched our investments seesaw up and down…mostly down, I’d guess, if you’ve been heavily invested in the stock market or in real estate in the U.S.

But as we all know, a struggling economy means opportunities in other areas. And the experts at this investment conference know where those opportunities are and can tell you exactly how to act on them. Heed their advice and in a few months, you might find your investment portfolio worth far more than it is today.

We’ve heard about more than a few of these deals in the past two days. And remember, these are overseas investment opportunities…a very smart way to diversify out of the dollar and protect your hard-earned assets.

How can you directly profit from the information shared at our International Real Estate Investment Forum?

To help you beat “the system,” you need a system. It sounds counter-intuitive, I know, so let me explain.

At the International Real Estate Investment Forum here in Fortaleza, we’ve learned about situations with large upside potential. And we learned how to properly structure these investments to reduce risk and comply with whatever rules and regulations might be thrown our way. I’m no expert in these kinds of things, but fortunately, the speakers at this conference are.

Also fortunately for you, we're making audio recordings of all 50 of the presentations. Thank goodness, because I can’t possibly explain all that was shared here…there were just too many intricate details.

The International Real Estate Investment Forum-at-Home Kit will also contain copies of all the experts' handouts, Powerpoint and visual presentations.

Additionally, Ronan McMahon is writing a special White Paper that provides the details of the exclusive investment opportunity he introduced to his Real Estate Trend Alert members at the luncheon today.

As I’ve told you, you must be a Real Estate Trend Alert member to be eligible to receive Real Estate Trend Alert reports or news of special investment opportunities.

We think, though, that once you hear about this lucrative opportunity, you’ll want to become a RETA member on the spot. So we’d like to entice you by offering you a three-month free-trial membership (value $249) when you reserve your copy of the International Real Estate Investment Forum-at-Home Kit.

Order now.

Reserve your copy of the International Real Estate Investment Forum-at-Home Kit and catch up with those of us in the audience here in Brazil…but at your leisure. Review all of the presentations whenever you want, from the comfort of your home or office…and with as many breaks as you need.

Watch the PowerPoint presentations, read through the handouts, listen to the audio recordings, copy them to your iPod and listen to them any time, any place. Skip around to the presentations that interest you most, take notes... Listen to them as many times as you like, so you don't miss a thing.

Of course, you’ll want to act on the Real Estate Trend Alert SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY ASAP… (before it is launched to the general public on August 20 at much higher prices)… and with your International Real Estate Investing Forum-at-Home Kit you’ll learn how to do that.

Reserve Your International Real Estate Investing Forum-at-Home Kit Now For The Lowest Price Possible…

We know it isn't always possible to attend our events. But we do want you to have access to the information shared with those of us here in Fortaleza.

Seminar attendees paid up to $1,995 each to get this information firsthand. And it’s being made available to you here at a price far, far less than that.

Reserve your International Real Estate Investment Forum-at-Home Kit today and you'll save an astounding $120 off the regular price. Instead of paying the regular price of $399, it'll only cost you $279. You save $120 when you order now.

We’ll offer this low price only until we have the recordings ready to deliver to you. At that point… we'll charge the full price of $399.

As soon as we're finished making copies of the recordings, the handouts, the PowerPoint presentations, etc., I'll send the information about how to obtain your forum package. And you’ll receive your Real Estate Trend Alert investment opportunity White Paper as soon as Ronan writes up the deals for his members.

Of course, we hope you’ll join us in person at one of our events some day soon. So we're throwing in a $100 voucher toward any upcoming International Living event. Use it to attend any future event or seminar you may be interested in and on top of any other discounts you may be eligible for.

(Still to come in 2009, we’ll be hosting events in Panama, Las Vegas, and Mexico. And you can use your voucher on any event we have in the works for 2010 or beyond, too!)

If You Don’t Find the Information in This Kit Truly Valuable, You Pay Nothing

The 20+ experts at this event cover every possible aspect of investing in real estate and other opportunities around the world. After you've heard their briefings, there'll be nothing to stop you from acting on the information they share--especially on the special deal that Ronan McMahon has negotiated for you.

If, after you’ve reviewed the information…the audiotapes and Powerpoint presentations, the handouts and speaker bios….if, after you’ve read Ronan’s special White Paper…you don’t agree that you received valuable and actionable information, we'll return every penny you paid. And you can keep your three-month trial Real Estate Trend Alert membership.

This is a risk-free opportunity for you.

We think you’re going to do very well… if you act on even one of the opportunities you learn about in your International Real Estate Investment Forum-at-Home Kit.

In fact, we’re so sure you’ll be pleased with your purchase that if you aren’t--for any reason--we’ll refund your money even after your free 3-month trial Real Estate Trend Alert membership expires.

That’s right. You can call us at any time in the future--next month...next year...or next decade--and tell us the information didn't help you. (Or don't tell us anything. Just ask for your money back.) We'll give you back your $279.

So if you're serious about increasing your net worth through real estate investing, you really should take advantage of this offer and reserve your International Real Estate Investment Forum-at-Home Kit now.

Regards,

Suzan Haskins
Your Conference Insider, International Living

P.S. Remember, you get $120 off the regular price of the International Real Estate Investment Forum-at-Home Kit… that’s for all the handouts, audio and Powerpoint presentations from the forum, plus a 3-month free trial to Real Estate Trend Alert, plus an urgent investment opportunity White Paper--normally reserved for RETA members only… plus a $100 voucher good toward any of our next events or conferences.

But this special offer is only available until we’re ready to deliver the recordings--after that the price goes up.
Don’t wait. Because if you do, you’ll pay more. Reserve the International Real Estate Forum-at-Home Kit now, here.