The Caribbean’s New $3 Billion Luxury Enclave

By Ronan McMahon

It’s vast…nearly 50 square miles…

That’s twice the size of Manhattan.

Set along three miles of glistening white-sand beach, and miles more of stunning Caribbean coastline, it’s home to the largest inland marina in the region, ultra-luxe resorts, and mansions that sell for tens of millions of dollars…

Along its 72 miles of perfectly paved roads, there are high-end resorts like Secrets and Eden Roc as well as a Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course, a university campus, fitness centers, convention centers, one of the Caribbean’s finest equestrian facilities, a fire station, and medical and veterinary clinics…

The Caribbean’s largest water park opened last year, its amphitheater inaugurated by Elton John.

Just 10 minutes’ away is an international airport with a private jet terminal.

To date, some $3.5 billion has been spent on infrastructure and facilities. That’s the kind of money governments in the Middle East and Asia put aside to build entire cities. And there’s more money coming…

Billions of dollars of infrastructure and a grand vision have created Cap Cana, a leader in luxury.

Some call this destination a “master-planned community.” But that doesn’t capture the size and scale of what’s happening here.

This is a self-sufficient and secure bastion of wealth and luxury that functions with a high degree of autonomy. A virtual city-state for the affluent.

This is Cap Cana in the Dominican Republic.

And it’s one of the best destinations in the world to own an overseas dream home. That’s why I’ve just bought one there…

My name is Ronan McMahon and I’m an international real estate investor and scout.

For more than two decades, I’ve been hunting down and investing in real estate deals in incredible destinations around the world. Today, I have a team of scouts, accountants, analysts, and engineers.  The annual bill for our travel and research is usually over $1 million. My team and I insist on scouting in person, so we can find the very best places to own for lifestyle…or profit…or a mixture of both.

I first scouted the Dominican Republic in 2012 and was completely smitten by the beaches, and excited by the potential I found.

I saw how excellent infrastructure was rolling out…how big money was pouring in, and how incredibly dynamic and robust the economy was.

The Dominican Republic is among the fastest-growing economies in Latin America, breaking foreign direct investment records and riding an export high with medical equipment and electronics. It’s set for more a lot more growth too…

And I saw how the tourist numbers were surging up and up. This small and stunning country is the most-visited in all of Latin America after Mexico. More people visit the DR than go to the beaches of Brazil or the tourism powerhouse of Costa Rica!

The real clincher for me though was I saw how the country had successfully primed to become a leader in luxury travel in the Caribbean…

As I followed these trends I just needed to find the right deal…

Well, as Ben Franklin said: “He that can have patience can have what he will.”

It might have taken me 12 years but I’ve found something incredible in Cap Cana. A deal I view as the complete package, a no brainer. This is a great convergence…the ideal moment and the perfect deal!

No other Caribbean island is as accessible…nowhere else has seen such a transformation…

And things are going to the next level even as I write…

The moment is now!

A Tale of Caribbean Luxury

Cap Cana is the Caribbean everyone wants to experience—a place where unparalleled luxury meets the natural splendor of an island paradise, where relaxed exclusivity is a way of life.

If you’ve never been to the Dominican Republic before, then you probably know someone who has. The small Caribbean country is a tourism juggernaut breaking another record attracting 11 million tourists in 2024. This represents a 6% increase compared to 2023.

In fact, after Mexico the Dominican Republic is the most visited country in all of Latin America. Put another way, for a country half the size of Maine it’s punching way above its weight. For instance, much bigger Brazil hosted only 6 .7 million tourists last year.

It helps the Dominican Republic is only a 2.5-hour flight from Miami and about four hours from New York…

And it’s insanely accessible, with direct flights from all across the U.S., Canada and main hubs in Europe. Many of them landing just 10 minutes from Cap Cana in Punta Cana airport—the busiest in the country. (Last year nearly 60% of all air arrivals landed in Punta Cana.)

Historically known as a mass-market tourism destination the Dominican Republic still attracts tourists looking for affordable all-inclusive resorts, but it’s been steadily increasing its share of the luxury travel market within the Caribbean, positioning itself as a premier destination for the wealthy.

The busiest private jet terminal in the Caribbean is in St. Maarten, which serves as the gateway to nearby luxury destinations like St. Barts, Anguilla, and the British Virgin Islands.

But Punta Cana is now a serious contender…certainly one of the busiest and best-served private jet terminals in the region…

This key hub for private jets in the Caribbean is just 10 minutes from Cap Cana. You’ll find a dedicated VIP terminal designed for private jet passengers, offering high-end amenities, expedited customs and immigration services, and private lounges. The airport has multiple private-jet operators providing comprehensive services, including aircraft parking, refueling, maintenance, and concierge services.

In recent years there’s been something of a scramble across the Caribbean to upgrade and develop private jet facilities.

Luxury travel has boomed globally post-pandemic and nowhere is that more obvious than on the beaches and in the exclusive resorts of the Caribbean.

Destinations across the region have worked hard to cash in but the Dominican Republic was always poised to be a new leader…

The luxury travel market has changed. Today wealthy vacationers tend to look for experiential and personalized travel, sustainability, wellness tourism…there’s a growing emphasis on top-tier dining experiences…and cultural tourism…

The Dominican Republic was already aligned with all these trends, but more than that, for the past decade the country has been putting the money and planning into the right infrastructure, investment and marketing to target the affluent market.

The government has backed luxury tourism in a big way. Roads have rolled out. Airports have grown in size and sophistication. The big brands of luxury travel are all well established and more are pouring in while plenty of smaller exclusive boutique operations have planted their flags.

The Dominican Republic is now competing successfully with traditionally dominant luxury destinations like St. Barts, the Bahamas, and the Cayman Islands.

And it has major advantages…

Unlike some Caribbean islands that focus on a specific niche, the Dominican Republic offers a wide variety of luxury experiences, including world-class golf courses, private villas, luxury yacht charters, and high-end cultural experiences.

To make the most of this, smooth roads makes getting out and about from the luxury haven in Cap Cana easy.

This diversity appeals to a broader spectrum of high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) and many markets…couples on a romantic break, work-from-anywhere professionals, snowbirds looking for the sun, families seeking a place to meet up and activities for every generation.

As one of the most geographically diverse nations in the region, the Dominican Republic offers a lot. It’s home to Pico Duarte, the Caribbean’s tallest mountain peak, and Lake Enriquillo, its largest lake.

In the colonial zone of the capital Santo Domingo you’ll find street after street of historic buildings. The city was a model for many across the Spanish American empire. It’s where you’ll find the first university, the first cathedral and the first castle in the Americas.

A little-known fact: 25% of the land is national park and protected areas where you can hike, mountain bike, explore caves and swim in freshwater lagoons.

You can hike in the Dominican Alps…take surf lessons, a helicopter ride into the mountains, enjoy therapeutic spa days, boat rides to uninhabited islands or go deep-sea fishing. Why not indulge in French-Caribbean cuisine, tour cigar factories, do rum or wine tastings, get active with white-water rafting….find any amount of secret beaches….go whale watching, take a horseback ride or enjoy a polo match…

The country is a leading destination for golf tourism, with over 30 golf courses, many designed by legendary architects like Pete Dye and Jack Nicklaus. (There is a second Jack Nicklaus course due to open in Cap Cana and the existing one regularly tops lists of the best in the Caribbean and Mexico.)

In addition to traditional luxury, there has been a focus on eco-luxury tourism, particularly in areas like Samaná and Jarabacoa. High-end eco-lodges and boutique hotels offer exclusive, sustainable experiences catering to affluent tourists seeking both luxury and adventure.

This variety is a potent cocktail, as I say, appealing to many markets. It’s exactly what we as investors are looking for…growing demand from people with money and means.

And compared to other high-end destinations in the Caribbean the Dominican Republic is competitively priced, offering great value.

The Dominican government has been at pains to attract investment in the luxury tourism sector. There are tax breaks and other benefits for developers of resorts and infrastructure. (And potentially tax incentives for us as buyers too.)

The government’s National Competitiveness Plan includes strategies to boost the luxury segment and the overall quality of the tourism offering. And the Ministry of Tourism has ramped up its global marketing efforts, showcasing the country as a luxury destination in international markets.

In fact, the Dominican Republic’s been ranked the world’s No. 1 tourism destination by leading travel intelligence provider, ForwardKeys. “We have to highlight the marketing strategy that [the Dominican Republic] is carrying out to reach premium markets,” said Juan Gomez Garcia, senior director of intelligence at ForwardKeys, at the announcement.

The country is also investing in culinary tourism and partnerships with international culinary schools are part of the effort to position the Dominican Republic as a destination for food connoisseurs.

The promotion of exclusive cultural experiences, such as private tours of historical sites, art exhibitions, and music festivals, is another strategy to appeal to affluent travelers looking for more than just beaches and resorts.

Recognizing the growing demand for sustainable travel, the Dominican Republic is promoting eco-friendly luxury resorts and green certifications for hotels. This not only appeals to environmentally conscious travelers but also helps preserve the country’s natural beauty, which is a significant draw for tourists.

The government has successfully attracted remote workers in their droves, as well as those interested in wellness and sports tourism.

Cap Cana is well known as a base for professional sports teams. The FIFA governing body overseeing soccer in the Americas are building a state-of-the-art football facility in Cap Cana. It’s worth passing on their reason for choosing Cap Cana: “Key consideration was given to transportation and connectivity within the region, accommodation, climate, security, government and local stakeholder support, and a range of other factors.”

So the picture is of booming tourism and the Dominican Republic emerging as a leader in luxury.

The Dominican Republic is now the most popular Caribbean island destination. The second-most visited country in Latin America. Like a winning sprinter the Dominican Republic stormed out of the traps after the pandemic to dominate tourism and draw more affluent visitors to its shores.

Even Fast & Furious star Vin Diesel wants to build a movie studio there.”

Punta Bergantín is a massive development planned for the north of the country that’s to include luxury resorts like Hyatt and Karisma, a waterpark, a movie studio and an innovation hub dubbed by some “Silicon Beach.”

Just as the country is seeing record numbers of tourists, the Dominican Republic is getting record-breaking amounts of foreign investment and is among the fastest-growing economies in the region…a top candidate for nearshoring for things like semi-conductors. More on this below…

The bottom line is that more and more people are going to the Dominican Republic. More than 11 million tourists visited the Dominican Republic in 2024 making it the most popular destination in the Caribbean after Cancun and the Riviera Maya.

And, as I say, the Dominican Republic is now a leading luxury destination in the Caribbean…

Here’s the thing I really like as a conservative investor…

There are super strong fundamentals underpinning the Dominican Republic’s rise to luxury stardom. Big money doesn’t invest in places just because the beaches are nice or the roads are smooth…

The big resort brands like that the Dominican Republic is politically stable and doing lots of smart things to incentivise investment…

They love that it is strategically located, easy to get to with stunning natural beauty..

The Dominican Republic is a very appealing place for investors…be they huge global luxury hotel brands or ordinary folks like us…

The Dominican Republic Miracle

If economies read like movie scripts then the Dominican Republic is the underdog hero who comes from poverty to triumph against all the odds…

Once poor and challenged the DR is now consistently ranked among the fastest-growing economies in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Since the early 2000s, the country has seen annual GDP growth rates that often surpass 5% to 7%.

Over the past 50 years the average GDP growth rate has been 4.9% as the country has narrowed the gap with the U.S.

As an IMF study noted: “What is remarkable about the Dominican Republic’s progress is not just the level of convergence but also its speed compared to other countries in the region.”

The IMF projects the Dominican Republic’s real GDP to grow by 5.0% in 2025.

According to the IMF, “with the right policies, the country has the potential to become an advanced economy in the next 40 years.”

Number-crunchers in organizations like the World Bank call the country’s robust economic progress “the Dominican Republic Miracle.”

So, how did a small country with a predominantly agricultural economy become a top-performing global economy and one of the hottest candidates for nearshoring…I’m talking the manufacture of semiconductors and sophisticated electronics and medical devices.

The Dominican Republic strategic location helps, and tourism has played a significant part. As have clever policies.

But the best short answer in three words: “Free trade zones.”

There are around 80 free trade zones (FTZs) in the Dominican Republic, areas where companies benefit from a 100% exemption on income tax, export tax, import duties on raw materials and equipment, and value-added tax (VAT). This exemption typically lasts for 15 to 20 years, depending on the location of the zone and the type of industry.

Businesses are also exempt from property tax, capital gains tax, and incorporation and registration fees and enjoy simplified customs procedures, including expedited processing and clearance of imported raw materials and exported goods.

The 1980s saw rapid expansion of FTZs across the country. Companies specializing in textiles, electronics, and medical devices began to flourish.

From there the Dominican Republic became a key player in the global supply chain for these products.

In the early 2000s in response to increased global competition, mainly from Asia, the Dominican Republic began focusing on higher-value industries, such as pharmaceuticals, high-tech manufacturing, and business process outsourcing (BPO).

Some of the big global companies are in the Dominican Republic, like Johnson and Johnson and IBM… and two of the most-significant electronics equipment manufacturers in the Dominican Republic are Eaton Corporation and Rockwell Automation.

The DR’s economy has proved remarkably resilient to the many crises that have rocked it in the last decade…financial…pandemic…it’s bounced back stronger than before.

The Dominican Republic is ideally positioned to benefit from companies in the U.S. and Europe looking to relocate production from Asia to closer, more stable locations.

In the last few years shocks to global supply chains, from pandemic to wars and cooling relations with China, have seen many U.S. manufacturers now reshoring or nearshoring.

According to the non-profit Information Technology and Innovation Foundation “The Dominican Republic offers perhaps the most attractive business environment in Latin America, and is a leading candidate for nearshored investments in advanced manufacturing activity.”

A project that captures the government’s combined strategy of attracting wealthy tourists and more sophisticated manufacturing is Punta Bergantín.

The project is on 2,400 acres of beachfront on the northern coast, where the government is promoting an eco-friendly resort it says will include 4,000 hotel rooms, more than 2,000 residences, a golf course, a hospital, a waterpark and a tennis club.

The project is also set to include a 148-acre movie lot and an innovation hub the government is calling “Silicon Beach.” The plan is to create a tech hub that ties in with the larger goal of becoming a manufacturing center for semiconductors for the U.S. market…a market trying hard to pull away from Asia.

You get the point…

The Dominican Republic’s economy is flourishing and in a strong position for the further growth everyone predicts…

This underpins all that makes the place so attractive for the millions of people visiting…

The majority of whom land just 10 minutes away from Cap Cana…

Welcome to Cap Cana

From the first moment I stood overlooking the fairway along the ocean, close to Cap Cana’s St Regis, I thought of Cap Cana as a Caribbean Cabo.

It has much the same appeal…with some of the world’s best sports-fishing just offshore and one of the Caribbean’s largest marinas, capable of hosting super-yachts. And its beaches are extraordinary…

And it’s attracted the same big names of ultra-luxury hospitality. But before I go into that…

Cap Cana’s origin story is fascinating…

Before the 1970s the area on easternmost tip of the Dominican Republic was sparsely populated and hard to reach. Then a pioneering partnership opened the area’s first resort in the Punta Cana Club.

Roads were improved…and in 1984 Punta Cana Airport welcomed its first international flight. From there the international hotel chains recognized the opportunity and arrived.

With the birth of Cap Cana in the early 2000s things ramped up considerably…

The vision for Cap Cana was to create a destination that would offer luxury living and world-class amenities.

As I keep saying, it’s wrong to think of Cap Cana as just a master-planned community.

This is 30,000 acres—twice the size of Manhattan—planned down to the last perfect blade of grass to be one of the leading luxury communities in the entire Caribbean.

More than $3 billion has been spent on infrastructure and facilities. That’s the kind of money governments in Arabia and Asia put aside to build entire cities. And there’s more money coming.

The wealthy fly their horses here to stable them in Cap Cana’s state-of-the-art equestrian facility. Handy for them that the private jet terminal in Punta Cana is just 10 minutes’ drive away.

The centerpiece of Cap Cana is the marina, one of the largest in the Caribbean, capable of accommodating mega yachts up to 250 feet. Some of the world’s best sports fishing tournaments are run out of here.

And since it opened in 2006 the Punta Espada Golf Course has been ranked among the world’s finest. The renowned Golf Week magazine ranked it as the ”No. 1 course in the Caribbean and Mexico” and Golf Digest as 35th in the world. I can’t wait to play along the sea as an owner in Cap Cana. It’s the first of three Jack Nicklaus Signature golf courses to be developed at Cap Cana. Work is underway on the second, to open in 2025. (I hear nine holes will actually be ready this year.)

Cap Cana is home to the largest water park in the Caribbean, El Dorado Park. It opened in March and includes an amphitheater for live music and shows which was inaugurated by Elton John. (Tickets where from $830 to $2,180.)

There’s also Scape Park, an adventure park with cave exploration, ziplining, off-roading in buggies and diving in the “blue hole.”

As I keep saying, Cap Cana isn’t a normal master-planned community.

Cap Cana is like a city state for the affluent…

It’s a secluded, self-sufficient and secure bastion of wealth and luxury that functions with a high degree of autonomy.

Everything the affluent want or need is right here. And yet it’s so easy to get to!

In terms of schooling, you’ll find the U.S.-recognized Cap Cana Heritage School which grew in student numbers by 20% in 2023. It’s bilingual and has students from early childhood to 12th grade. The UNIBE University Cap Cana campus offers complete programs for all levels of university degrees.

Cap Cana has its own fire station…a clinic…

And in a moment I’ll tell you about plans to create a shopping district inspired by Las Ramblas in Barcelona…complete with art galleries, boutiques…

First though, let’s look at the luxury resorts that anchor Cap Cana…

In 2019 the world’s largest operator of luxury all-inclusive resorts opened Hyatt Ziva Cap Cana and Hyatt Zilara Cap Cana.

Hyatt also owns the 457-room Secrets Cap Cana Resort and Spa there.

My team looked for available rooms there this February and could only find two available, the cheapest being the presidential suite for $26,472 for a week’s stay.

Book for November and you can still get a junior suite for a little under $5,000 per week, nearly $700 a night.

Secrets is Hyatt’s ultra-luxury brand. You’ll find them in the world’s most popular beach destinations, like Montego Bay, Los Cabos and Cap Cana.

The latest move has seen Hyatt buy the Margaritaville with plans to turn it into a Dreams resort this year.

Not to be outdone by their competition, Marriott opened the all-inclusive Sanctuary Cap Cana in 2022.

Marriott is also bringing out the big guns with the St. Regis Cap Cana opening in April 2025. It is a legacy brand known around the world, a lure to the rich and famous.

So you don’t just open a St. Regis anywhere. There’s 120 years of history and heritage to protect. New locations are chosen carefully. The process is painstaking and costly.

Aspen, Colorado…

Venice, Italy…

Bora Bora, French Polynesia…

Dhaalu Atoll, Maldives…

Quivira, Los Cabos…

These are places deemed worthy of a St. Regis by the experts at Marriott.

Now you can add Cap Cana, Dominican Republic to that prestigious list. It’s costing about $220 million to build. A penthouse listed for sale there for $25 million!

The Hyatt and Marriott are the smart money in luxury hospitality real estate. Same way Warren Buffett is the smart money in investing. If Buffett buys shares in a company, it often pays to follow his lead.

So when you have these companies and a bunch more investing hundreds of millions of dollars into a single location, you pay close attention because the smart money is backing Cap Cana to boom…

Look at what’s happening on the best beach in Cap Cana…

Close to Juanillo Beach…just a short stroll…

Is set to be a new $500 million project called Juanillo Village. This is what I was saying is being inspired by Barcelona’s most famous shopping street, Las Ramblas.

This part of Cap Cana will have boutique hotels, condo hotels, condos priced from $600,000 or more…a commercial area, art galleries and beach clubs, along with a Wyndham brand convention center, stores, restaurants, gym, and spa…

Really, at $600,000 or $700,000 for a two-bed condo, Juanillo Village will be a great deal in Caribbean luxury…

These condos will be high-end, and a stroll to that incredible beach…right in the heart of Cap Cana.

Take just a quick look around the Caribbean…

• Albany is a 600-acre luxury community in the Bahamas that like Cap Cana has a mega-yacht marina and an 18-hole championship golf course, an equestrian center and a family water park. You can expect to pay $4 million and up for a condo close to the beach.

• Elsewhere in the Bahamas condos close to the beach in Ocean Club Estates, which has a marina and a Tom Weiskopf-designed golf course range up from $2.5 million.

• In Turks and Caicos Turtle Cove is a master-planned community on Providenciales, the most developed island in the archipelago. A two-bedroom condo close to the beach might cost between $1.5 million and $3 million.

• Another of the Dominican Republic’s lavish “city states of luxury” is Casa de Campo. This is of the largest and most established luxury communities in the Caribbean. Spanning over 7,000 acres, it offers three championship golf courses (designed by Pete Dye), a 370-slip marina, private beaches, an equestrian center with polo fields. To own a condo with amenities on a par with those we’ll have in our Cap Cana deal, close to the beach, you’ll need to start with at least $1 million I would say…and be prepared to spend more.

And spare a thought for Florida’s most prestigious golf and beach communities—places like the Jupiter Club or Naples Bay, you’re talking millions of dollars. And the holding costs do not bare thinking about…

So like I say…

For $600,000 or $700,000 a condo in Juanillo Village a stroll to the beach, in the heart of Cap Cana, is a pretty good deal!

Which makes the price I’ve managed to negotiate completely and utterly insane.

I have a group called Real Estate Trend Alert. It’s made up of like-minded investors who recognize the incredible opportunities in international real estate.

Using the collective-buying power of my RETA group, I’m able to negotiate incredible “off-market” deals for RETA members with discount pricing.

It’s a simple win-win for each side. The developer gets quick and discreet sales from our group…allowing him to go to the local market with sales under his belt and the confidence to charge higher retail prices (i.e. the price everyone else pays)…and we get a deal at a price no one else can even dream of.

In September I bought alongside RETA members in our first-ever off-market deal in Cap Cana.

I bought for the gains—I figure on $275,000 five years after delivery.

I bought for the income opportunity…being silly conservative I expect gross yields of nearly 12% renting short term with plenty of time for personal use.

And I bought for the incredible lifestyle…

To stroll those white sands…swim in that warm azure water…play golf on that Jack Nicklaus course…dine in those gourmet restaurants…

And now RETA members have a narrow window in which they can buy too…

Because the developer has given us a limited handful of luxury condos at RETA-only pricing.

The RETA price starts from only $382,400 for luxurious two-bed condos each with a spacious terrace and views of the golf course and pools.

This price is off-market, RETA-only! And it’s a no brainer.

As I’ve said, I expect condos across the road in Juanillo Village to list from $600,000 and they won’t have our rooftop ocean-view amenities.

I expect five years after delivery these condos will be worth $657,400.

That’s a gain of $275,000. And very conservative at that.

From there we have a range of even more premium condos at RETA-pricing depending on what floor you choose.

As for rental…

Let’s be silly conservative and expect occupancy of 50%.

This is conservative because frankly, we have the best condo location in Cap Cana bar owning right on the beach and you’ll pay a lot more for that.

We’re a stroll to Juanillo Beach. And we have incredible amenities with our rooftop ocean-view pool, bar, gym and so on. Then you have the spacious open views from our condos of the golf course and ground-level pool.

We’re going to see the development of Juanillo Village, a stone’s throw away from our building with its boutiques, restaurants, cafés, galleries…all along our short stroll or golf-cart ride to the beach. And never forget the millions of people landing in Punta Cana airport just 10 minutes away. Coming from all over they want what we’ll own. French, Italians, Brazilians, Americans, Canadians…

High season I’d actually expect occupancy of over 80%…or more. Even in low season, July to October, our unique amenities and perfect location should still attract a steady stream of guests, particularly those looking for off-season deals and longer stays.

And rates of $200 to $500 a night are ballpark for condos depending on the time of year.

This is after things have settled and the community becomes well known.

But let’s call it 50% occupancy and say you only ever rented it for a modest $250 a night, you’re talking about a gross yield of just under 12%.

With time and the right rental strategy I personally would expect to do better…but even if I spend six months of my year in Cap Cana and rent short-term the rest, 12% sounds good to me!

There’s another appealing option…

I’d expect $3,000 a month renting my condo long term, for a gross yield of over 9%. The way I’d probably play it though is look to rent monthly for maybe nine months of the year and have the use of the condo for myself, friends and family for a few months. With so many remote-working professionals and slow-travelers seeking longer term rentals this could work well.

We’re going to have a stroll to the beach…next to the galleries, stores and dining of Juanillo Village, with views of the golf course.

And we will have out-of-this-world amenities including an ocean-view rooftop infinity pool…

Let me give you a taste of our amenities right now as the developer’s sent me some renders. These renders shouldn’t be considered final but give us a great idea of the outstanding luxury and amenities we’ll be getting with our RETA-only condos.

The developer is a specialist in what’s called “quiet luxury.”

The focus is on quality and emphasizes discretion, craftsmanship, and timeless elegance. Think a watch from Patek Philippe or Vacheron Constantin or a car from Bentley…

Take a look at these renders:

The rooftop infinity pool of our building will have incredible views.

And we’ll have a spa…

And a gym…

And a large lagoon pool on the ground floor between our building and the 5th and 6th holes of a Jack Nicklaus golf course…the best in the Caribbean and Mexico according to Golfweek magazine.

That’s just a taster…

Our amenities will also include a restaurant, a bar a yoga area, a BBQ area, a kids’ zone…

All this at insane RETA off-market prices in one of the Caribbean’s most lavish and luxurious destinations.

As I say, I’m reminded of Cabo every time I go to Cap Cana. I think of it as “Cabo of the Caribbean” with immaculate ocean-front golf, a lavish St Regis, a super-yacht marina, fine dining and residents happy to pay millions of dollars for real estate.

And I expect our deal to follow the same trajectory as our Cabo deals. My RETA group was ahead of the astonishing transformation of Cabo. And as a result, we’ve seen incredible uplifts. A few examples…

• $122,700 in six months: In May 2022 we had our RETA-only deal at Monte Rocella with off-market pricing from $234,600 for two-bedroom, two-bath ocean-view condos. Six months after our deal opened a two-bed condo of 1,215 square feet that RETA members could buy for $274,800 was listing for $397,500. That’s $122,700 uplift just a few months after we had our deal. And recently I saw a pricelist showing a two-bed ocean view condo in Monte Rocella for $437,000. (I bought in Monte Rocella.)

• $176,000 uplift: We had our Cabo Costa deal in August 2021. A similar condo to those that had the RETA-only price of $249,000 listed in December 2023 for $499,000. That’s an uplift of $250,000. I bought a condo in Cabo Costa myself. (I haven’t sold mine.)

• $313,844 uplift: I bought my two-bed, two-bath condo alongside RETA members in Copala in the 5-star Quivira resort in April 2015. The RETA price was $336,156. In August 2022 a local broker contacted me to see if I wanted to sell my condo for around $600,000. And I’ve since seen a similar condo listing for $650,000. That’s $313,844 more.

Now, we’re getting in ahead in the $3 billion “Cabo of the Caribbean”…

Stay tuned. I’ll be sharing more about this (and other opportunities) in the days ahead in Your Overseas Dream Home.

To get in on this deal, you need to be a RETA member. Learn how you can join here.