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Rocky Point has some great condo specials for the whole family. Be sure to beat the heat and have some great times in Rocky Point. After a fun day of sun and sand, be sure and check out some great music at Changos and The Lighthouse. Saturday night at Las Palomas will feature stand up comedy from Gene Pompa. 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Point</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.puertopenascorealestate.com/blogs/kurt/comments/1081443.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.puertopenascorealestate.com/blogs/kurt/commentrss.aspx?PostID=1081443</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Palatino Linotype','serif';color:green;font-size:12pt;"&gt;Real Estate in general has proven to be an excellent investment, and actually better than the Stock Market over the long term.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Real estate in Mexico is really a safe haven for real estate investors, more so than in the US.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;The recent drop in values of real estate in the US and Mexico makes now an excellent time to invest in real estate.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;I tell potential buyers looking for a mortgage in Mexico that they can choose to invest in the US, but unless it will be their primary residence, it isn&amp;rsquo;t a good place to put their money because prices are going to be very slow to increase in the US &amp;ndash; there is a huge inventory in the market, and many foreclosures are yet to be put into the market, which will likely depress prices even further.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;If people are looking to pick up a property in the US for cheap and rent it out &amp;ndash; guess what?&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Everyone else has the same idea and the rental market will not be strong and rents will be low.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;If people want to buy a great primary residence to live in for not much money, then the US is a good place to buy a home.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Palatino Linotype','serif';color:green;font-size:12pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Palatino Linotype','serif';color:green;font-size:12pt;"&gt;The real estate market in Mexico is still very viable, and although prices are the lowest they have been in the last 5-8 years, the bottom of the market hasn&amp;rsquo;t fallen out.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;There are no massive foreclosure problems in Mexico. Interest rates are at an all-time low in Mexico (as low as 5.25%) and values are going to appreciate much faster than in the US since there is still a huge pent-up demand of baby boomers looking to make their retirement nest-egg go as far as possible.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;This is even more true now that retirement assets have dropped in value &amp;ndash; again.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Mexico is still an inexpensive place to live &amp;ndash; once people have their real estate purchased.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Warren Buffet and J. Paul Getty (as well as other wealth investors) share an identical strategy that when everyone is selling, it is a good time to buy and pick up exceptional deals.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;This is true of Mexico right now.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Investors are fed-up with the stock market and will want to put their money into a safe investment - and for many, a place they can use and enjoy as the value of their real estate goes up.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Investing today is not so much about how much return you can make on your capital investment, but it is more about protecting the investment you have so that it doesn&amp;rsquo;t lose value.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;We can honestly tell potential buyers that a dollar invested in Mexico isn&amp;rsquo;t going to disappear like it can in the Stock Market.&amp;nbsp; ---Doug Jones,&amp;nbsp; President Mortgages in Mexico&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.puertopenascorealestate.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1081443" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.puertopenascorealestate.com/blogs/kurt/archive/tags/Market+Conditions/default.aspx">Market Conditions</category><category domain="http://www.puertopenascorealestate.com/blogs/kurt/archive/tags/Finances/default.aspx">Finances</category><category domain="http://www.puertopenascorealestate.com/blogs/kurt/archive/tags/investment/default.aspx">investment</category><category domain="http://www.puertopenascorealestate.com/blogs/kurt/archive/tags/Mexico+Real+Estate/default.aspx">Mexico Real Estate</category><category domain="http://www.puertopenascorealestate.com/blogs/kurt/archive/tags/Financial+Risks/default.aspx">Financial Risks</category><category domain="http://www.puertopenascorealestate.com/blogs/kurt/archive/tags/Buyer+Uncertainty/default.aspx">Buyer Uncertainty</category><category domain="http://www.puertopenascorealestate.com/blogs/kurt/archive/tags/border/default.aspx">border</category></item><item><title>Mexican Economy Looking Good</title><link>http://www.puertopenascorealestate.com/blogs/kurt/archive/2011/06/10/mexican-economy-looking-good.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 18:15:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">c4f74823-4ba3-4ee7-a28a-6fa2ef0b2846:1009769</guid><dc:creator>Realty Executives Puerto Penasco//  Rocky Point</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.puertopenascorealestate.com/blogs/kurt/comments/1009769.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.puertopenascorealestate.com/blogs/kurt/commentrss.aspx?PostID=1009769</wfw:commentRss><description>The National Real Estate Investor has posted great news for people savvy enough to be looking to Mexico to invest in Real Estate.&amp;nbsp; Mexico is benefitting from the proximity to the US and the current positive trade indicators, overtaking the yearly increase over China for the first time.&amp;nbsp; The positive economic news is reflected in real estate investments as well.&amp;nbsp; For details, see &lt;a href="http://nreionline.com/finance/news/mexico_rife_opportunity_0606/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;font color="#009af7"&gt;http://nreionline.com/finance/news/mexico_rife_opportunity_0606/&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.puertopenascorealestate.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1009769" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.puertopenascorealestate.com/blogs/kurt/archive/tags/Real+Estate/default.aspx">Real Estate</category><category domain="http://www.puertopenascorealestate.com/blogs/kurt/archive/tags/Market+Conditions/default.aspx">Market Conditions</category><category domain="http://www.puertopenascorealestate.com/blogs/kurt/archive/tags/Finances/default.aspx">Finances</category><category domain="http://www.puertopenascorealestate.com/blogs/kurt/archive/tags/Buyer+Information/default.aspx">Buyer Information</category><category domain="http://www.puertopenascorealestate.com/blogs/kurt/archive/tags/Mexico/default.aspx">Mexico</category><category domain="http://www.puertopenascorealestate.com/blogs/kurt/archive/tags/investment/default.aspx">investment</category><category domain="http://www.puertopenascorealestate.com/blogs/kurt/archive/tags/Mexico+Real+Estate/default.aspx">Mexico Real Estate</category><category domain="http://www.puertopenascorealestate.com/blogs/kurt/archive/tags/Financial+Risks/default.aspx">Financial Risks</category><category domain="http://www.puertopenascorealestate.com/blogs/kurt/archive/tags/Buyer+Uncertainty/default.aspx">Buyer Uncertainty</category></item><item><title>Commercial Flights to Rocky Point / Puerto Penasco Mexico</title><link>http://www.puertopenascorealestate.com/blogs/kurt/archive/2007/08/26/commercial-flights-to-rocky-point-puerto-penasco-mexico.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 03:32:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">c4f74823-4ba3-4ee7-a28a-6fa2ef0b2846:177095</guid><dc:creator>Realty Executives Puerto Penasco</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.puertopenascorealestate.com/blogs/kurt/comments/177095.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.puertopenascorealestate.com/blogs/kurt/commentrss.aspx?PostID=177095</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font face="Consolas" size="3"&gt;COMMERCIAL AIR FLIGHTS TO PENASCO!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Consolas" size="3"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font face="Consolas" size="3"&gt;Starting Sept. 4th, a new comercial flight from Hermosillo to Puerto Penasco &amp;ndash; on Aerolitoral! Aeroliteral is PART OF AEROMEXICO..Mexico&amp;rsquo;s largest airline.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font face="Consolas" size="3"&gt;Aeromexico and the State governmentand local government have worked very hard on getting this to happen.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Consolas" size="3"&gt;Flight 2350 will leave Hmo. At 10:40 in the a.m. on Tuesday, Thursday and Sundays and from PP to Hmo. The flight will leave at 14:00 hrs. The ticket (one way) will cost $699 pesos &amp;ndash; approx. 63 USD dollars plus tax. And will have 11 existing connections to, Ciudad de M&amp;eacute;xico, Guadalajara, Monterrey, Ciudad Obreg&amp;oacute;n, La Paz, Chihuahua, Culiac&amp;aacute;n, Loreto, Torre&amp;oacute;n, Los Mochis y Hermosillo.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font face="Consolas" size="3"&gt;Why fly to the US&amp;nbsp;and go through homeland security nightmares; take a 6 hr. bus drive or rent a car and pay about 100 USD; deal with border issues when you could&amp;nbsp;fly to Hermosillo?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font face="Consolas" size="3"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font face="Consolas" size="3"&gt;So this is GREAT NEWS!! Because when the Mexican business people can support a growing area, with businesses, services, etc. everyone benefits.&amp;nbsp;Real Estate in Puerto Pe&amp;ntilde;asco has had increased investments from within Mexico and with this flight I sure this will help even more. Puerto Penasco can now increase its weekend traffic from various part of Mexico which improves returns for real estate investments and helping the local market conditions.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font face="Consolas" size="3"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font face="Consolas" size="3"&gt;Let&amp;rsquo;s support their new route to keep it going!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.puertopenascorealestate.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=177095" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.puertopenascorealestate.com/blogs/kurt/archive/tags/Real+Estate/default.aspx">Real Estate</category><category domain="http://www.puertopenascorealestate.com/blogs/kurt/archive/tags/Market+Conditions/default.aspx">Market Conditions</category><category domain="http://www.puertopenascorealestate.com/blogs/kurt/archive/tags/Puerto+Pe_26002300_241_3B00_asco/default.aspx">Puerto Pe&amp;#241;asco</category><category domain="http://www.puertopenascorealestate.com/blogs/kurt/archive/tags/Mexico/default.aspx">Mexico</category><category domain="http://www.puertopenascorealestate.com/blogs/kurt/archive/tags/investment/default.aspx">investment</category><category domain="http://www.puertopenascorealestate.com/blogs/kurt/archive/tags/Mexico+Real+Estate/default.aspx">Mexico Real Estate</category><category domain="http://www.puertopenascorealestate.com/blogs/kurt/archive/tags/AMPI/default.aspx">AMPI</category><category domain="http://www.puertopenascorealestate.com/blogs/kurt/archive/tags/air+flight/default.aspx">air flight</category></item></channel></rss>