For two decades I’ve been a full-time international real estate investor and scout. That journey has taken me to some of the world’s most extraordinary places—and uncovered some of the most compelling real estate opportunities anywhere.
In recent months, I’ve used my YouTube channel, The Ronan McMahon Report, to share deep dives on some of the key destinations on my global beat.
With today’s video I’m doing something different…
Instead of profiling a destination, I’m taking you inside the recent Real Estate Trend Alert (RETA) member-only opportunity in Jacó on Costa Rica’s central Pacific coast.
This Jacó deal was a chance to own true beachfront real estate in a full ocean-view community where nothing separates you from the sand except resort-level amenities.
In the video, I share why this opportunity was so rare and how my RETA club is able to secure exclusive pricing on incredible deals like this.
Click below to watch the video now. When you’re done, share your thoughts or questions in the comments. My team and I read them all.
If you’re not familiar with RETA, this video will help you understand what my investment club is all about.
In this new video on my YouTube channel, I take you inside the recent RETA-only deal in Jacó, Costa Rica—and show how my group gets access to exclusive off-market opportunities like this. Click to view…
True beachfront is the rarest type of real estate there is. In Costa Rica, it’s far rarer still.
That’s because the country’s Maritime Zone Law, passed in 1977, makes the first 200 meters inland from the high-tide line either public domain or government concession land.
The first 50 meters belong to everyone—you cannot build on it.
The next 150 meters is leasehold from the local municipality on renewable 20-year terms, with foreign owners capped at 49% unless you’ve been a resident for five years.
That’s 95% of every beachfront parcel in Costa Rica.
The other 5%—the small number of plots that were already privately titled before the 1977 law took effect—is fee-simple beachfront. Freehold. Foreigner-ownable. Mortgageable. Yours forever, the same way your house at home is yours.
No new titled beachfront can be created today.
That’s what makes it so scarce.
And that’s what made the recent RETA-only opportunity in Jacó so special.
This was a chance to own in a brand-new, true beachfront condo community on titled land, in an established Costa Rican beach town just 90 minutes from the country’s main international airport.
And not just any beach town…
Jacó has long been Costa Rica’s most accessible major beach town—a proven tourism market on the central Pacific, just 90 minutes from San José and the country’s main international airport.
But now, the town is maturing.
Access has improved. Demand is broadening. Better restaurants, services, and amenities have arrived. So the opportunity here wasn’t just to own beachfront.
It was to own one of the rarest forms of beachfront in Costa Rica—true titled beachfront—in a proven beach town at a moment when that town is reaching an inflection point in its development.
Watch my new video to learn:
- Why developers choose to work with RETA—and how our collective buying power helps members access pricing the wider market never sees…
- Why this RETA opportunity stood apart from comparable beachfront communities already commanding much higher prices…
- How accessibility can transform a destination—and what Route 27 changed for Jacó…
It’s all in my new video.
Wishing you good real estate investing,
P.S. Eighteen years ago, I founded my Real Estate Trend Alert group to bring together like-minded investors who recognize the incredible potential of overseas real estate. Using the collective-buying power of all RETA members, I can negotiate exclusive, off-market deals from developers—like the Jacó deal I talk about in today’s video.
