Ronan McMahon

Ronan McMahon is the editor of Real Estate Trend Alert, Your Overseas Dream Home, and a contributing editor to IL. Ronan’s Your Overseas Dream Home e-letter is delivered to readers’ inboxes daily. No matter what level of real estate investor you are, there’s plenty of great info for you. In it, you’ll read about every promising international real estate investing idea Ronan and his team comes across.

He also brings you up to speed on his favorite markets for making “double your money” gains through either capital gains, rental income, or both. Ronan also shares his key strategies for identifying profit opportunities in some of the most beautiful locations worldwide—by Caribbean, Pacific, and Atlantic beaches, in glamorous European cities, in quaint little mountain towns, or anywhere else that might take your fancy.

An Opportunity Locals Have Yet To Discover in Northeast Brazil

By Ronan McMahon August 2015

The news out of Brazil is bad. Really bad. I’m excited. I’m excited because, while the media’s stories imply that the whole nation is a mess, I know that’s not the case. But most people don’t know that. And for you that opens a window of opportunity. You see, Brazil’s media is centered in, and dominated by, Rio and São Paolo. What reaches us as “Brazil news” is essentially just Rio/São Paolo news. And yes, there are troubles in Brazil’s economy, no question. But I’ve been focusing my attention south of Fortaleza in the northeast, and I’ve come across some great opportunities.

Three Killer-Deal Condos in Playa’s Golden Zone

RETA Alerts

By Ronan McMahon

As I told you in my full report yesterday, Mexico's beach city of Playa del Carmen is a boomtown locale on the up. The future is bright for Mexico. As I told you in my report, I expect Mexico to become a First World country over the coming decades.

July 2015: Strong Values and Upside Potential on Mexico’s Caribbean Coast

RETA Issue

By Ronan McMahon

Here at Real Estate Trend Alert, my beat is to first find places that are up-and-coming and then identify the best way for us to profit there. There's a situation right now worth our attention on the Riviera Maya.

Getting Ahead: Have You Acted Yet?

RETA Alerts

By Ronan McMahon

As I told you yesterday, we have had a great run here at Real Estate Trend Alert and we have banked strong gains. I'm confident our run is going to get even better. The world is a big place. At any given time there are situations at play creating opportunities.

Making Money on Our RETA Beat

RETA Alerts

By Ronan McMahon

Times are good in the world of international real estate investing. There are serious opportunities to profit on my beat. RETA members who have followed my recommendations are sitting on some serious gains. The world is in flux—just the type of situation that can create opportunity for us. Here's how some of our opportunities have played out so far…

Do This When a Brazilian Offers You a Dead Chicken (Itâ€™s not what you think…)

RETA Alerts

By Ronan McMahon

''Mind if we pull in here? I got a dead chicken in here last Thursday,'' my Brazilian contact Daniel asked. Before I knew what was happening the barrier to the underground car park of the luxury condo building rose. We drove in. My head was fuzzy. I had just stepped off a long flight from Lisbon.

A Unique Rental Opportunity on the Riviera Maya

RETA Alerts

By Ronan McMahon

As I told you yesterday, the community at Tao is now a reality. Rentals are in strong demand. You see…Tao is now a destination. This is a place where folks come to take part in wellness retreats and activities, to play golf and hang out at the beach, or, like me, for business trips.

Buy Like it was 2011: Lock in a Paper Gain of $56,000

RETA Alerts

By Ronan McMahon

As a RETA member, you know we have an opportunity along Mexico’s Riviera Maya. This stretch of coast is pulling in mobile people and businesses from Mexico’s new upper middle class. As investors we care about this. Big time...

Southern Nicaragua: Get Killer Views for Low Prices… While You Can

By Ronan McMahon July 2015

Eleven years ago, I made my first public speech about opportunity in international real estate. The topic? “Nicaragua: The Next Costa Rica?” I argued that indeed it was. The premise of my talk was straightforward. Over time, I predicted, Nicaragua would develop along lines similar to those tourist-friendly Costa Rica has followed.

Visit Fire-Sale Spain Before Prices Increase

RETA Alerts

By Ronan McMahon

Tthe year-round weather in Marbella is among the best in the region. It's an internationalized place that attract folks year round. That's an attractive proposition—and now you can visit yourself on a members-only scouting trip this July and August to see the real estate deals I've been telling you about.