Ecuador has some of the best real estate values on my beat. An early-in opportunity in a community called Montecristi Golf Club & Villas recently crossed my desk. The deal grabbed my attention because of the strength of the group behind it. There's good bang for your buck too with lots starting at $39,504. With trips to Spain, Malta, Thailand and Nicaragua in my diary from September to mid-November, my schedule has been too busy to visit yet. But I'm planning to check out this project as soon as my schedule permits.

I delivered my special report from my scouting trip along Spain's Costa del Sol to your inbox on Wednesday. I made some exciting discoveries on this trip including strong real estate opportunities in La Duquesa, The New Golden Mile and the little town of San Pedro de Alcántara. As with every scouting trip I take, I check out numerous properties in different areas but only a handful of deals meet my "buy" criteria.

I've recently returned from a scouting trip to Spain's Costa del Sol. I'm putting the finishing touches to my special extended report called Spain: Our Time Has Finally Arrived. Four years ago, I started to seek out strong fire sale opportunities—but my trip has confirmed that now is the time to act.

Today, I want to tell you about a part of Costa Rica that is still a secret to most of the outside world. This place is called the forgotten coast because it is the least discovered and most unexplored region in Costa Rica. For years, tourists have flocked to the country’s Pacific coast and business has gravitated to the capital city, San Jose. Most people overlooked Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast.

There are two segments of Ireland’s property market where I see the potential for strong demand—and there’s a limited supply of housing. Rents and values in these two sectors are rising. First-off, there’s a shortage of family homes in Dublin’s leafy suburbs and residential areas. With almost no activity in six years, there’s a pent-up demand to buy good-sized family homes.