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You know how investing in real estate isn’t about becoming a landlord?

It’s really about doing the things that will someday give you the personal freedom to live life on your own terms. Well, Emily, our Office Manager, recently found herself in Costa Rica living her Rock Star Life … we decided to share it today because it’s cold and windy outside!

OK, so after a pretty crazy weekend filled international video web conferencing and legal and property discussions in another language … the deal is done!

This picture was taken by Nick right from the terrace of the condo.   Can you tell while we’re so excited about this place?

We locked up our very first international property purchase.  It’s a fairly large brand new condo in a small 9-unit building on the southern coast of Croatia.  The place is going to have  a pool on the roof, a private garden for your own pleasure, a covered parking spot and it has enough room that we can host family and guests!

This part of Croatia is full of tourists in the summer but we chose a location that is off the beaten path so it’s a really great retreat from the hustle of vacationers.  And the views of the coast line and islands are amazing!

Below you’ll find 3 new videos…

Video #1: Nick at the beach this past weekend (13 degrees celsius)

Video #2: Tom outlining where this property is in Europe and some of the motivation around buying the propertly along with floor plans.  The condo is up but not finished inside, closing will be this summer.

Video #3: The exact same beach last summer 2009 (37 degrees celsius)

The Beach in March 2010

Here’s a video with Nick at the beach over this past weekend:

The Property: Floor Plans & Views

Here’s a summary of where the property is in Europe, some shots of the coast and a look at the floor plans!

We also go over some of our motivation for buying this.

As a quick aside, we visited this location this past summer and were blown away with the views, the 37 degree heat and crystal clear waters.  We didn’t plan on returning to buy a property so quickly, but sometimes an opportunity comes along that you can’t pass up…

The Same Beach in August 2009

Here’s a video from this past summer that gives you an idea of how the beach looks in 37 degree heat:

Until next time, your life, your terms!

And oh yeah, we have a Introductory Training Class coming up on Real Estate Investing right here in Canada … the next one is Thursday, March 25th, 2009.  Visit www.CanadianRealEstateTraining.com to save yourself a seat.

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If your outside of the GTA and Golden Horseshoe then you can learn about investing from our Rock Star Reports … 52 bit sized investing lessons all in plain English.  Check them out at:  www.YourRockStarLife.com

There were some interesting Canadian real estate market numbers released last week and BNN reached out to us for some insight. Check it out.

Eddie has some great experience with student rentals and we get him to share some of his experiences. Learn more at www.TheRealEstateRenegades.com or www.RenegadeRealEstateBlog.com

Recently we have been upgrading one of our student rental properties. It has been fun….but time consuming

Since the property is close by, I have been manging the contractors myself. One thing I learned years ago is that someone needs to be checking in on the work being done. If you don’t do it yourself you need a qualified project manager that you trust.

I’ve learned the hard way that if you leave contractors to do things themselves some ‘interesting’ work can get done. Usually it is not exactly what you had envisioned.

Take a peak at one of our real estate investments in the videos below. There will be a couple more for you next week.

- Nick Karadza

P.S. If you are looking for more real life, current day, on the streets real estate investing information click here to check out the Rock Star Inner Circle, we are going to have some limited spots opening up next week.