I’m on a train bound for Dublin. Outside, the rolling hills—lush green streaked with autumn gold—are whipping by.
My laptop is open. I’m reviewing details of the incredible new deal I’ve negotiated for my Real Estate Trend Alert (RETA) group. I’m shaking my head in astonishment as I do. This is a deal to blow minds—set to be one of the greatest I’ve ever brought to RETA.
It’s an exceptionally rare chance to own two-bed ocean-view condos in one of the most beautiful destinations on Earth: San José del Cabo. And at absolutely insane, no-brainer pricing. More on this in a moment, including how you’ll get my full Deal Briefing on Saturday.
But first…I’ll be scouting three countries in the next two weeks.
Playa Palmilla in San José del Cabo, where I’ve negotiated a mind-blowing deal for my RETA group. With this deal, I’m expecting gains of $186,600 three years after delivery and gross rental yields of 15% (and I’m being cautious really at that). I’ll be sharing full details this Saturday in a deal briefing…
I’m on my way to Dublin airport as I write…
From there, I’m flying to my historic villa in Caminha, northern Portugal, so I can use it as a base to scout that region and neighboring Galicia in Spain.
A week later, it’s on to Madrid to continue my recent scouting of Spain’s capital. Then my wife and I fly first class across the Atlantic to our home in Guadalajara, Mexico.
This is how I’ve organized my life. I move between my bases…scout where I see opportunity. It’s a lifestyle that keeps rewarding me.
Since I can travel when I choose, it often means I can go first class for little more than most folks pay for economy. Lately, I’m browsing listings on a house-swapping platform—breathtaking homes on Lake Como, the French Riviera, Costa Rica’s Pacific coast. All places I can stay for free simply by trading time in my Caminha home…that’s when I’m not using it or renting it for €600 a night.
This is the personal and financial freedom I’ve unlocked by owning a portfolio of lifestyle and investment properties overseas.
And I owe it all to two sliding-doors moments.
The first was pure luck: I started off investing in my home market during Ireland’s Celtic Tiger boom. I didn’t have to find a boom market. It was right there, where I was. I was making a lot of money, but I understood it was mostly from being in the right place at the right time. As this market topped out I knew I had to find the next place…
The second sliding door moment came in 2004, when I went to Panama City and found a market at the dawn of a transformation that’s still roaring today. I took the leap and bought a condo. Friends said I was crazy. They changed their minds when I sold the condo for a $72,000 gross profit.
The place I picked overseas was a home run. I bought ahead of its transformation. I was off…
Those initial successes opened the door for everything that’s followed. I was able to move forward quickly…add more properties in more destinations…build the lifestyle and portfolio that I have today.
The key lesson from this is…
I got lucky that I started off in a home market as it was experiencing a huge transformation. But the reality is that big transformations rarely happen in your own backyard. You need to look beyond.
This is why I founded my RETA group. To identify the great transformations happening around the world and put RETA members ahead of them.
And that’s why today for anyone looking to start out in real estate today—I’d point them to Los Cabos.
I spend much of each winter in Los Cabos, watching and scouting the roaring wave of development transforming the Baja Peninsula. At the center of it all is San José del Cabo—anchored by its expanding international airport, world-class resorts, and a steady surge of wealthy visitors.
If you don’t know Los Cabos, at its heart are the twin towns of Cabo San Lucas and San José del Cabo.
This is a place of incredible natural beauty—glistening golden-sand beaches…piercing blue waters…the rust-colored desert with its towering cacti…
The weather here is perfect: Mild, bright winters; long, dry summers; cool sea breezes. And crucially, it’s easy to get to. Los Cabos international airport has 300 flights per week to more than 30 U.S. and Canadian cities.
With this mix of natural beauty, perfect weather and great accessibility, Los Cabos has been drawing the world’s wealthiest folks for decades.
San José del Cabo is the cultural and historic heart of this region—elegant, art-filled, and effortlessly beautiful. This is where colonial architecture, art galleries and farm-to-table dining meet stunning beaches and the warm waters of the Sea of Cortez.
Around San José you hit the highest concentration of ultra-luxury resorts in Mexico: One&Only Palmilla, Las Ventanas, Chileno Bay/Auberge, Montage, Viceroy Los Cabos. More are in the pipeline, like Park Hyatt Los Cabos and St. Regis Los Cabos.
Billions are being invested on this coast—an unmistakable vote of confidence from brands that build only where high-priced, long-run demand is bankable. Money is flowing into infrastructure too, like new roads and a $370 million upgrade for the airport.
The transformation happening here is one of the most powerful in the world.
Private jet traffic has increased 20% in San José airport in recent years and the numbers of commercial passengers is rocketing.
I first set foot here, in 2014, scouting for a RETA deal. The potential was unmistakable—the geography, the climate, the sheer magnetism of the place.
The first RETA deal came in 2015, with the Copala community inside the 5-star Quivira resort in Cabo San Lucas. The RETA-only price was from $336,156. I bought alongside RETA members. Similar Copala condos now list for $729,000—an uplift of $392,844.
At the time, I bought purely as an investor. It was never my plan to spend so much time here. But Cabo got under my skin. My Copala condo became a cornerstone of my lifestyle portfolio—a place I spent time every winter. I also rent it for $3,000 a month when not there. That’s a gross yield of 10% on an annualized basis. And that’s renting long term, which means hands-off and hassle-free.
For the past 11 years, I’ve lived and breathed this place more than most—meeting developers, walking land, tracking construction, studying every new project that comes to market.
We’ve had incredible RETA opportunities, with uplifts of $157,200…$232,000…$265,100… (details below). But they’ve been rare. Sometimes years have passed without a deal here. And we’ve never had one in San José del Cabo…until now.
Over the past 11 years, literally hundreds of San José deals have crossed my desk, at varying stages from concept to reality. None cut muster. Now, finally, I’ve found the perfect opportunity in San José.
With this deal, RETA members can own two-bed ocean-view condos in the ideal location.
Our community will be incredibly rich in amenities—rooftop pools, a gym, co-working space, lounge areas, fire pits…
And it’ll be just 15 minutes from the international airport and a few minutes from the historic downtown and the beaches of San José del Cabo.
The developer we’re dealing with is among the best, with iconic luxury projects in their 43-year portfolio, hotels like the Viceroy, Cabo, and The Edge on Brickell in Miami where condos list well into the millions of dollars.
And the RETA-only pricing I’ve negotiated is mind-blowing.
A developer’s render showing the planned view from one of our rooftop pools. Renders shouldn’t be considered final, but they give a strong sense of what’s coming—spectacular ocean views, a prime location, and resort-level amenities by a team with a proven luxury design pedigree.
Around San José two-bed condos list for well over $400,000 into the millions of dollars. Just looking around our location and listings are $452 a square foot…$482 a square foot…
But we’re getting in from off-market pricing of just $298,400 for a two-bed ocean-view condo in the ideal location.
That’s from $261 per square foot for a luxurious ocean-view condo!
With this killer pricing, I expect gains of $186,600 three years after delivery and gross rental yields of 15% (and I’m being cautious really at that).
On Saturday (Oct. 25) at 1 p.m., I’ll be sharing the full Deal Briefing on this opportunity with you.
You’ll be able to dive into all my research and analysis so you understand everything to do this deal and see if it’s right for you.
Make sure you’re signed up for our SMS alerts. I’ll send one when the deal briefing is live…and you’ll want to see this the moment it lands.
If what we talk about here appeals to you at all, you should consider this deal
This is a place that ticks every single box: The lifestyle is world-leading. It’s accessible. The weather is perfect. And the scale of the transformation happening here is breathtaking. The capital appreciation and income potential is extraordinary.
This is exactly the kind of deal on which you can build a lifestyle of personal and financial freedom through international real estate.
I’ll share my full deal briefing on Saturday…
Wishing you good real estate investing,
P.S. The RETA track record in Cabo. I’m highly selective. I’ve passed on hundreds of deals that weren’t RETA grade. But when I’ve brought a deal to RETA, the results have been extraordinary…
RETA deals in Cabo are incredibly rare. But as you can see, they have paid off for RETA members who’ve acted. I personally own more real estate in Cabo than anywhere else in the world.
