VIDEO: Follow These Folks to Real Estate Riches

There’s a special group of folks that I like to track closely…

Because when they start to move into a place, the effect is transformative. Property prices soar and it can lead to huge gains for those of us who invested ahead of the pack.

Over the years, I and members of my Real Estate Trend Alert group have tracked this group as they moved into destinations ranging from Los Cabos to Portugal’s southern Algarve region. And we’ve seen huge uplifts for owning overseas dream homes in these places as a result.

Now, we’ve tracking the same trend in a new destination, on the shores of the Caribbean.

So, who are these folks, and why do they have such a huge impact on real estate prices? I set it all out in the video below…

There’s a special group of folks who’ve transformed destinations ranging from Los Cabos to Portugal’s Algarve. Now they’ve moving into a new destination in the Caribbean, as I discuss in this video.

The folks I’m talking about are the “ordinary rich,” and they’re the most important group to understand in international real estate.

More on them, and how we can follow them to real estate riches, in just a moment.

First, I’m about to bring a new off-market deal to members of my Real Estate Trend Alert group.

With this deal, I figure on gains of $275,000 five years after delivery. I’m conservatively expecting gross yields of nearly 12% renting short term with plenty of time for personal use.

And the lifestyle will be ultra-luxurious…out of this world… You’ll be a short stroll to glorious white-sand Caribbean beaches…near a Jack Nicklaus golf course and the largest inland marina in the region…close to a major international airport.

Tomorrow (Saturday, Feb. 1) at 1 p.m. ET, I’ll be releasing the full briefing on this opportunity to RETA members.

I’ll also be sharing a special preview of it here in Your Overseas Dream Home

That’s coming tomorrow…

Today, the “ordinary rich.”

Ordinary rich is a term I use for folks who earn well…not super rich but well-off. Often they can often move around to some degree, too. I’m talking about small-business owners, entrepreneurs, financial and investment experts, lawyers, surgeons, software specialists, management consultants…

These folks aren’t in the market for multi-million-dollar mansions or 5-star resort residences. But they want luxury and resort-style amenities…and they can pay for it.

While wealthy, the ordinary rich don’t display the extravagant lifestyle often associated with wealth. Yet they play a pivotal role in shaping markets, particularly in luxury goods, real estate, and investment sectors.

That’s important because their numbers are increasing…

According to consultancy firm Kinsey, there’s been “a sharp rise in the number of individuals globally with net worths between $1 million and $30 million.”

The growth in this group naturally leads to a corresponding increase in demand for luxury travel and living experiences.

More than ever people are adventuresome, international-looking and discerning.

The days of hanging out in a condo in Florida until death are gone. People are sports fishing, golfing, learning to paddle board, ride a horse…they are more open to new destinations…and their expectations are higher…

Meantime this type of luxury living is getting insanely expensive in the U.S. Many of those that can afford it just aren’t willing to do it.

So they’re ending up in new destinations—places overseas that offer incredible experiences but also incredible value.


One of the new destinations attracting the ordinary rich is a vast master-planned community in the Caribbean. I’ve just bought a home here. And I’m about to give members of my Real Estate Trend Alert group an opportunity to do the same at exclusive, RETA-only pricing…

A decade ago, I watched as these folks started arriving in Los Cabos in big numbers.

They came for the sun…for the lifestyle…and because the value for best-in-class real estate was incredible relative to places like California and Florida.

But even though Cabo was exploding in popularity with this group, most of the new development was focused on that top end of the market. That was a function of Cabo’s long history as a high-end destination for the ultra-rich and celebrities.

There was a shortage of the kind of real estate the ordinary rich want…good-value, high-quality communities with outstanding resort-style amenities.

I saw the gap in the market and got to work finding the right deals for RETA members.

Our first was in 2015 in the 5-star Quivira resort. RETA members could own two-bed, two-bath ocean-view condos in the Copala community in Quivira for $336,156. I bought in this deal. 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 an uplift of $313,844! I’ve also been able to rent out my condo long term for $3,000 per month when I’m not using it. On an annualized basis, that’s a gross yield of 10.7%.

Cabo’s not the only destination where we’ve profited from this trend…


The pool at the owners beach club in Quivira. This is a place I like to work, hang out…think. I and members of my RETA have seen huge uplifts in Quivira…because we bought ahead of the ordinary rich.

Over the past decade, we’ve also tracked the arrival of this group into Portugal’s Algarve.

For decades, the Algarve has been one of Europe’s premier tourist destinations. But it used to be seasonal…the kind of place that Brits and other northern Europeans flew into for a week or two in summer for some fun in the sun.

But since it’s been discovered by the ordinary rich, it’s been transformed.

Today it’s heaving with people. Some 30 million people visited Portugal in 2024, smashing all previous records. That’s a gigantic number for a country with a population of 10.5 million people. Any of these visitors go to the Algarve, Portugal’s top destination.

Amid this influx, the traditional 10-week summer high season has become a thing of the past in the Algarve. Long-term rentals there are like gold dust.

There’s a critical shortage of inventory and soaring demand for real estate, which has led to a big spike in prices. And that price growth shows no signs of abating…

My RETA group was ahead of this explosion in demand and I brought our members many incredible deals here:

  • In December 2019, RETAmembers could buy in a community called Santa Maria from €310,500. Last year, two-bed condos available to RETA members for €390,000 were listing for €550,000—a boost of €160,000.
  • In 2020, I recommended condos in a community called Adega in the town of Lagos. RETA members could get penthouses here for the incredible price of €480,000. Those were listing last year for around €1 million…meaning they’ve doubled in price.
  • In 2021, we had our RETA deal in the luxury community of Dona Maria. RETA members could buy two-bed condos in Dona Maria from €575,000. These now list for about €850,000—an uplift of €275,000.

Now, we’re buying ahead of the ordinary rich again…in a new destination in the Caribbean.


The stunning Santa Maria community in the Algarve. In 2019, I brought my RETA group a killer deal here. Two-bed condos available to RETA members for €390,000 were listing in 2024 for €550,000—a boost of €160,000.

This week I’ve been telling you about Cap Cana, my No. 1 destination in the Americas to buy real estate in 2025. (See my top destinations to own real estate in 2025 here.)

Set on the Caribbean shores of the Dominican Republic, Cap Cana is often called a “master-planned community.” But that doesn’t capture the size and scale of what’s happening here.

It’s 30,000 acres! That’s more than twice the size of Manhattan.

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.

The centerpiece of Cap Cana is the inland marina, the largest of its kind 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.

Along its 72 miles of perfectly paved roads, you’ll also find high-end resorts like a 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…

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.

This is where the ordinary rich want to be.

That’s why back in September, I bought in Cap Cana in our first exclusive RETA member-only deal here.


Juanillo beach in Cap Cana. Would you ever get tired of introducing family, friends and acquaintances to the white sands of your Cap Cana playground?

This is an absolute no-brainer. The complete package…RETA-only pricing from $382,400 on luxurious condos in the ideal location in one of the world’s most phenomenal luxury destinations.

  • I expect gains of $275,000 five years after delivery. Put another way, I expect our condos to be worth $657,400 five years after delivery. And that sounds silly conservative even now.
  • Rent short term and I conservatively figure on a gross yield of nearly 12%. And that really is very conservative. I’d expect $3,000 a month renting my condo long term, for a gross yield of over 9%. The way I’ll probably play it though is 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.

The lifestyle you’d have is incredible…


The rooftop infinity pool of our community in Cap Cana will have incredible views. (Renders like this shouldn’t be considered final, but give you a good idea.) I’ve never felt so conservative predicting gains…in this case I’m saying $275,000 five years after delivery.

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

And the amenities we’ll have with our community are incredible…

We’ll have a rooftop infinity pool will have mind-blowing Caribbean views, a lagoon pool, a spa, a gym, a restaurant, a bar, a yoga area, a BBQ area, a kids zone…

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

This price is exclusive to RETA. And it’s crazy! A complete no brainer.

On Saturday, at 1 p.m. ET, I’ll be releasing the full briefing on this opportunity to RETA members.

I’ll also be sharing a special preview of it here in Your Overseas Dream Home.

That deal briefing is coming tomorrow…


Ronan

Ronan McMahon, Founder, Overseas Dream Home & Real Estate Trend Alert

P.S. Check out this incredible video overview of Cap Cana prepared by my team. This place is special. I can’t wait to own here…

Cap Cana is more than twice the size of Manhattan, a veritable city state of Caribbean luxury.

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