Dear Reader,

There has never been a better time to be on the inside of Real Estate Trend Alert. Over 17 years, our club has grown in size and bargaining power.

We’re securing better deals than ever…

And today, you have the opportunity to ensure you NEVER miss out on hearing about one of our new deals.

But first, I’m excited to share news of another change coming to this club. A new project, the full details of which are known only to a few friends and colleagues... 

Quite simply, it’s designed to help you:

Overcome uncertainty and take action with confidence…

Retire earlier (and richer)…

Find the perfect mix of lifestyle and investment potential.

Travel more…

Make the most of your real estate investments…

Best of all, it will help you do all these things no matter what your “starting point” is. 

-L.R., writing about a Caribbean beach town home she discovered in RETA

-T.K.

-T.L.

Miracles, in some cases. 

Like RETA member K. Hoppe, who targets 18-20% annual returns that rival Warren Buffett… and sees occupancy rates of 98% on his short term rental in Playa del Carmen.

We have dozens of stories like these…

But even though RETA has already helped thousands of people, there have always been a group of readers who wanted to achieve a lifetime of wealth through real estate—or simply enough income to live a comfortable retirement—but couldn’t quite get there.

In some cases they didn’t have enough confidence in themselves to take action…

In others, they felt they didn’t have the money, time, or energy to get started. 

That’s why we’ve been working on this new project.  

We’re taking the combined knowledge and success of our network of real estate insiders over the past 17 years, and turned it into a step-by-step “formula.” 

A formula that anyone can apply right away.

In other words, you see exactly what you should be doing right now to start building up your portfolio and net worth.

We call this new venture the RETA Academy and it’s one of many changes for the better that are coming in 2025.

It’s something my team and I are all very passionate about…

“Lifetime” Members get special access to all the profit-focused benefits we introduce to our club... for as long as we publish.

Just for starters... 

✔️ You’ll receive instant and unlimited access to the RETA Academy. With every strategy, technique and lesson currently available plus any we add in the future (more on this below).

✔️ Comprehensive financial analysis to help maximize rental yields…

✔️ Practical strategies to reduce your tax bill

✔️ Residency guidance for top destinations on our global radar…

✔️ Invites to meet up with myself and experts from our network of real estate insiders around the world—often in incredible locations around the world. (Our last “Gathering” took place at the Grand Hyatt in Playa del Carmen.)

And many more perks which I’ll share with you in just a moment.

I couldn’t be more excited to roll out this new iteration of RETA.

That’s why I’d like to offer you a special RETA 17th Anniversary deal today… 

Ronan McMahon here.

Our club was born in 2008, as the world went through trial by fire…

And we grew stronger from it.

While panic gripped the masses, we were locking in killer deals on the beaches of northeast Brazil.

Ronan McMahon here.

Our club was born in 2008, as the world went through trial by fire…

And we grew stronger from it.

While panic gripped the masses, we were locking in killer deals on the beaches of northeast Brazil.

I got in on a deal there myself… a little 600 sq foot condo.

In retrospect it was nothing compared to the deals you can find in RETA today...

But when you buy a new home overseas… it feels like you have the world in the palm of your hand.

Our club has come a long way since then…

During COVID, while the world froze, we evolved again. We leveraged our group buying power against global uncertainty… 

RETA members had the opportunity to buy a penthouse in Cabo for $348,800.

The developer’s price for that same penthouse on the open market? $515,000.

Our members had the chance to save $166,200 on a beautiful home in Los Cabos.

We moved quickly when others hesitated…

And we were better off for it.

As a “Lifetime” member you can ensure you never miss a buying moment like this.

Today, in 2025, this club is evolving again. 

You’ll see some of the best deals on the best properties we’ve ever found, but that’s just scratching the surface.

Our club is not just about great deals anymore… 

We’re promising more. 

We’ll be with you every step of the way as you turn your overseas real estate dreams into a reality.

In 2022 RETA members could buy 2-beds in a community overlooking the Mediterranean for €3. Just two years later those homes were worth €675,000, almost a €307,000 increase

In 2024 a RETA member bought into one of our deals in Costa del Sol for €284,000. Just 8 months  later and similar condos were selling for €388,000.

In 2017 a member bought a townhome in one of our “Crisis Plays” for €189,900. In 2023 they sold out for €370,000. Nearly doubling their investment in appreciation  alone.

One way to look at our 17th Anniversary offer is a simple matter of economics.

There is no doubt that this is the best-value deal we’ve ever offered.

If you want to make sure you don’t miss out on getting money-making insights, recommendations, and insider advice from RETA, then this offer ensures you'll always receive it—never missing an opportunity anywhere in the world… at an unbeatable price.

No matter what happens as we guide our club into the future.

But there’s another way to look at this. Because the truth is, this is much more than just a screaming deal on a RETA membership…

I’m offering you a permanent seat at the table.

As long as RETA exists, you’ll get access to our deals, research, and all your special “Lifetime” Member benefits.

(So here’s looking forward to another 17 years, and another 17 after that!)

If we raise the cost of a subscription as we add more benefits… you’ll be in already.

If we close off access to new “Lifetime” Members… you won’t have to worry, because you’re inside.

And when we add new benefits, new features, and new events exclusive to our “Lifetime” Members?

You’ll get every single one.

As a “Lifetime” Member you don’t need to worry about missing the deal of a lifetime when your membership lapses.

When you take us up on this 17th Anniversary lifetime offer you’re on the inside with us… through thick and thin.

You become a core member of a dynamite buying club with serious clout.

We’ve got decades of proof that give us serious leverage with developers... 

Boots on the ground around the globe... 

And a laser focus on the deals that matter.

But now it’s time to bring out the big guns.

I told you I was bringing important improvements to RETA—changes my team and I have been working toward for a long time.

The biggest one?

The RETA Academy is designed to guide you every step of the way as you turn your overseas real estate dreams into a reality.

Whether you’re looking for financial security, a vacation home that pays for itself, or a way to design a more freedom-filled life… 

The RETA Academy is your chance to learn from someone who’s done it firsthand.

During our first 8-week LIVE Masterclass, you will discover how to align your overseas real estate investments with your lifestyle goals…

✔️ How smart investors cash consistent rent checks—without ever stepping foot in their overseas property.

✔️ A dead-simple one-page worksheet to identify the perfect lifestyle investment property for your life.

✔️ How to choose the right overseas market for you.

✔️ Methods to overcome fear and take action with confidence

✔️ Financing solutions for purchasing overseas.

✔️ The silent killers of overseas investments—and how to sidestep them like a pro.

✔️ How to manage your rental property from afar.

✔️ Big villa or cozy condo? Discover what property type works best for your stage of life, your family, and your income goals.

✔️ Deep dives into emerging markets in Costa Rica… Mexico… Portugal… And much more…

Geneviève is more than an expert international real estate investor—she’s a passionate advocate for building a life that aligns with your values. 

She’s an innovator who combines family, travel, entrepreneurship and real estate to create the ultimate global lifestyle.

Gen’s story is exactly why we created the RETA Academy—to give you the knowledge, strategies, and confidence to take that next step in your own real estate journey.

It’s one many of us can relate to:

She worked multiple jobs through law school, always staying focused on her long-term goals.

She became an accidental and highly successful real estate investor at home...

Then she took that fork in the road and began investing overseas!

Now she’s here to share all of her knowledge with RETA members.

Session 1:

Holistic Goal Setting & Embracing a Global Mindset

Session 2:

Choosing the Right International Market: Top Lifestyle Real Estate Destinations for 2025

Session 3:

Financing Solutions for Purchasing a Vacation Rental Abroad

Session 4:

Using Local Comparables to Analyze Deals and Optimize Returns

Session 5:

Navigating Legal and Tax Systems Like a Pro (With the Right Knowledge and Team)

Session 6:

Managing Your Property from Afar: Finding the Right Property Manager

Session 7:

Design & Listing Hacks to Boost Your Investment

Session 8:

Joint Ventures & Fractional Ownership: What They Are and Whether They’re Right for You

As a "Lifetime" member you’ll get access to raw video recordings of these classes. Packed with real, hard-hitting advice and tools…

…frameworks and actionable worksheets from Gen’s proven real estate investing career… 

… You’ll also get LIVE access to every upcoming session—starting next week.

Where you can ask your toughest questions.

Get answers straight from Gen and the RETA network.

And connect with other members who are serious about building wealth overseas.

And just so we’re 100% clear…

We may charge for this course later.

But when you join as a "Lifetime" Member today?

You pay nothing extra for the RETA Academy. Ever.

Because RETA Academy is more than just training…

It’s your confidence-builder.

Your shortcut around years of costly trial and error.

Your edge in a world of amateurs guessing at overseas deals.

And believe it or not—it’s only the beginning of the profit focused perks you’ll receive when you join today.

Last year a RETA member bought a penthouse in a new landmark building in Panama City. Shortly after the same penthouse in the second tower was selling for $732,150. That’s $99,950 growth in two months.

Growth of 37% in just two years—A RETA deal in Panama City’s luxury neighborhood of Santa Maria let us buy from $268,200. 2 years later similar homes were valued at $368,000.

In October 2024 RETA members had the opportunity to undercut retail prices on beachfront homes. We paid from $519,800 on homes that retail for $605,000. That’s $85,200 of instant equity in a beach home.

There’s a popular saying about the 3 most important things in real estate.

“Location, location, and location…”

Well, I think it would be far more truthful to say it’s about “Network, network, and network.”

Even in the best locations, you aren’t going to get the best deals without knowing the right people.

Which is why I’ve spent over 25 years building my network…

Recently I’ve sent scouts to the Dominican Republic, Spain and Portugal...

Others of my team are plotting scouting missions in the Mediterranean islands of Greece, rolling vineyards of France and impressionist mountainscapes of Colombia...

On my mind are opportunities in Baja California Sur and on the Gold Coast of Costa Rica...

And my research team is crunching through research on our upcoming deal in a true paradise of a beach community in Panama.

We’re doing the leg work. Finding the locations and making the connections. 

This is how we’ve built the most sophisticated network of its kind over the last 17 years. 

But if you want a network like ours, there is an easier way. 

You don’t need to spend a million dollars a year on air travel like we do…

When you become a "Lifetime" member today you’ll secure exclusive invites to our networking events.

Over a million in 3 years—a RETA member purchased a penthouse in Portugal’s Algarve for €1.1 million. The value of this home DOUBLED 3 years later.

In January of last year a, RETA member listed their spacious 2-bed in the Algarve for €799,000... €310,000 MORE than they paid for it two and a half years prior.

More than DOUBLE in 4 years—Penthouses RETA members could buy for €480,000 were later selling for €1 Million

I’m bringing some of the brightest minds in our network to Portland, Oregon this August.

We’ll be hosting a full “real estate track” at International Living’s bootcamp. 

I’ll be bringing five of the hottest opportunities we’ve uncovered this year—and I’ll share them with you in person.

We’ll have real estate attorneys from countries where we RETA members invest.

Where else are you going to get to sit down with an attorney and get advice for free!

And you’ll be able to forge connections with the many RETA members that will be in attendance.

 Best of all, as a new "Lifetime" member of our RETA Club, you’ll get $200 off your ticket. (If you plan on going to this event already, your "Lifetime" membership should be a complete no-brainer)

We’re constantly exploring options for smaller meetups, scouting tours, and immersive training sessions.

Possibly in the Riviera Maya or Portugal’s Algarve… maybe in Uruguay, the Dominican Republic, or even Spain’s Costa del Sol. 

Wherever our scouts touch the ground there’s a possibility we could host a meetup. 

At these events you can expect opportunities to rub shoulders with our local contacts—developers, lawyers, and boots-on-the-ground scouting experts.

Nothing is set in stone yet—but we love the idea of hosting short, intimate workshops where we walk a piece of prime property together, run the numbers right there on-site, and introduce you to the region’s hidden gems. 

We might coordinate a members-only day trip to see a new pre-construction opportunity up close. 

Or arrange roundtables with local attorneys and property managers who can answer your questions face to face.

As a RETA "Lifetime" member, you’ll be the first to know when these gatherings happen. 

We can’t promise dates or specific agendas—because our team follows the deals and responds to where the best opportunities pop up. 

All to say: 2025 is the year we lean into live, in-person networking, sharing scouting insights as they happen. 

If you’d like the chance to look developers in the eye, pick attorneys’ brains on tax and legal issues, or chat with local agents about emerging “Path of Progress” hot spots—locking in a Lifetime membership now ensures you’re always first in line for these special events…whatever shape they end up taking.

250 of our members just met up at the Grand Hyatt in Playa del Carmen. 

It was an incredible networking and brainstorming opportunity for all of us. 

We discussed trends across the globe, income strategies, and even introduced a new deal with incredible potential (more on that below.

When enough real estate insiders like this gather in one location it’s electric. The insights you receive, the ideas you stumble across, and the connections you forge are invaluable—all just from meeting up with real estate insiders.

While we can’t go back in time and give you the networking opportunities this event provided. We can do the next best thing. 

250 of our members just met up at the Grand Hyatt in Playa del Carmen. 

It was an incredible networking and brainstorming opportunity for all of us. 

We discussed trends across the globe, income strategies, and even introduced a new deal with incredible potential (more on that below.

When enough real estate insiders like this gather in one location it’s electric. The insights you receive, the ideas you stumble across, and the connections you forge are invaluable—all just from meeting up with real estate insiders.

While we can’t go back in time and give you the networking opportunities this event provided. We can do the next best thing. 

The Gathering 2025 recordings program will be your chance to learn exactly what’s going on in international real estate today…

Here is a list of the insider presentations you’ll receive instantly with your lifetime membership.

✔️ The Next Big Thing in Portugal

✔️ Top Tips from Our Legal Experts

✔️ Dream Beach Homes on Nicaragua’s Emerald Coast

✔️ Living the Pura Vida at Las Catalinas

✔️ Mind-Blowing Bargains in Sicily

✔️ Your Blueprint for Making Money in Playa del Carmen

✔️ Optimal Tax and Estate Planning for Foreign Real Estate

✔️ The Future is Bright in Panama – Here’s Why

✔️ Dream Beach Homes on the Costa del Sol

✔️ Optimal Tax and Estate Planning for Foreign Real Estate

✔️ Caribbean Luxury Meets Real Estate Gains: Cap Cana

✔️ AI Simplified: How to Embrace the Change and Profit From It

✔️ Dream Beach Homes in Costa Rica

✔️ How to Finance Your Real Estate Purchase in Mexico

✔️ Uruguay: Opportunity in the Portugal of South America

I hope you’ll tune into the brand-new recordings and discover the different ways you can use real estate to construct a life that fits your interests and priorities. My experts share their secrets and show you the ropes. But again, access to these recordings is reserved for Lifetime RETA members only.

RETA members who bought alongside me in May 2022 in Monte Rocella could get an ocean view 2-bed for$252,600. I recently saw a pricelist showing $437,000

Growth of $471,778—In 2018 RETA members could buy a Villa in Mavila for $437,212.  Five years later they were going for $850,000

Close to TRIPLE in 7 years. A RETA member bought a 3 bed home in Copala for $385,115. That was back in 2017. Last year, I saw the same home listed for sale at  $980,000

In past issues of Real Estate Trend Alert, I’ve told subscribers about opportunities like:

✔️ My P.R.I.M.E. System for  Maximum Returns and Minimum Risk on International Real Estate.

✔️ Potential 34.5% Yields and Double-Your-Money Beach Homes in the “Portugal of South America”

✔️ Why owning farmland in Uruguay may be the ultimate crisis hedge.

And when you join RETA today as a lifetime member, you can be confident that you'll never miss hearing about any of these worthwhile plays. I will deliver my recommendations and special offerings directly to you. For life.

In the past, the full price to renew a Real Estate Trend Alert membership for one year has been $499. Over two years, that's $998. Renew annually for three years and it would cost $1,497.

Mind you, I’ve recently brought members deals that resulted in $50,000 or more of near instant “free equity”… 

One deal near the beach on a Caribbean island in a 30,000 acre, meticulously planned luxury “resort city.”

List price was $440,000 for the same type of condo that was available to RETA members for just $384,400.

That’s $55,600 of instant equity. To put it another way it’s like  buying a new home and your RETA membership pays 14.4% of your mortgage right off the bat.

If you prefer a standalone home, I brought my readers a deal last year for 2-bed villas in Costa Rica.

Retail price was $339,000… and a great deal at that.

But RETA members did even better, we got into these homes from just $286,800.

That’s $52,200 of instant equity in a new two bed home, less than half a mile from the ocean.

Something to remember about both these deals (and all RETA deals) is that we got the chance to get in BEFORE these condos went retail.

When you secure your “Lifetime” Membership today you ensure you never miss out on an instant equity play like this.

All you’ll see is a small maintenance fee of $49 a year.

No more expensive dues, no more renewals… just uninterrupted access to killer deals and the best research of its kind.

As far as I’m concerned, buying quality real estate in desirable locations—for less than what others will pay—is the best way to make money.

You avoid the roller coaster of stocks and cryptos with a hard asset.  One that is poised to appreciate and can throw off income, too.

But as a RETA member, you have three major advantages over other investors…

1) First, your global mindset means the world is literally your oyster. You have access to more opportunity than those who don’t look beyond their own borders…

2) Second, the combined group-buying power of all RETA members means you can unlock opportunities not available to anyone else (money talks!)…

3) And third, invitations to meet with our network of insiders around the globe instantly put you on the inside track. International real estate is a small world. I’ve spent years building this network, and you can step in with just a small one time fee.

There’s no sugar-coating it. The next couple of months and years could be tough. Yet as a RETA member, you are uniquely positioned to survive—and even thrive—in the time ahead.

The quality of opportunities I have "in the pipeline" today is greater than it's ever been in Real Estate Trend Alert’s 17-year history.

So as a "Lifetime" Member, over the next few years, you can expect some particularly interesting deals to land in your inbox.

Some of these opportunities take a while to percolate. A lot of research goes into them. My team and I are usually on the road weeks of every month…and then there's all the due diligence…the negotiating on members' behalf…and, of course, the matter of details coming together on the ground…

In addition, I regularly bring members deals that happen lightning fast. I call these Flash deals, one-off, almost too good to be true opportunities I get to RETA members, like you, as quickly as possible—before some other savvy investor snaps them up...

I expect we’ll see a lot of Flash deals over the coming months and years, as our network becomes more integrated...

I am in the business of mining all these different types of opportunities…culling through the mounds of unworthy offerings to identify the gems…and I'm committed to creating for members custom-made deals that only those in-the-know have access to.

Last year, for instance, RETA members had an opportunity to get into luxury condos in “Europe’s New Riviera” over 10% BELOW the developers' retail price.

By way of full disclosure: My company, Pangea Ltd., may earn advertising fees on the deals I pass along to RETA members. This helps fund the travel, due diligence, and resultant legal investigations my team and I do.

There are some big things in the pipeline for the next few months. Many of these were just revealed to "Lifetime" members at The Gathering 2025 last weekend. And when you become a Lifetime member today, you’ll have access to all of the presentations from the event.

I’m not trying to minimize the challenges many people are facing right now. But the fact is, as real estate investors, the best way we can do our part to help the world recover is by providing capital where it is needed most...

In places where real estate prices have been beaten down.

It won't be long before I'll bring you more details and start opening the door to you on opportunities like this—but remember, the only way to guarantee you'll hear about them is by becoming a "Lifetime" Real Estate Trend Alert member.

This Anniversary offer—to own your RETA membership for the life of our club—for just $499 today—is the only way (and your last chance) to get in for this low price

The point is: As a “Lifetime” Member, you lock in every on-the-ground insights and recommendation—and discounted insider deal—we ever publish.

What I'm offering you today is, really, a "set-it-and-forget-it" opportunity to guarantee you're always plugged in during the entirety of the current economic crisis (which could last years) and beyond.

Become a “Lifetime” Member right now, and you'll never have to renew. You'll always be on the inside. You'll always be connected. You'll always have the story nobody else is getting.

And you'll always be well-positioned to profit from it...outside of stocks and bonds, outside the States, often outside the dollar. 

Just one easy payment of $499 today and then a small maintenance fee of $49/yr.

With this special offer today, you lock that rate for as long as we publish.

On Wall Street it's the fat-cats that get in early...and get out with millions in the bank. Regular folks like you and me...we're locked out of the best deals.

But when it comes to real estate around the world...as a RETA “Lifetime” Member, you'll be in-the-know. Very much so.

You'll be hearing about opportunities well before anybody else does—and, more importantly, you're getting access to them that nobody else has.

✔️ Real Estate Trend Alert membership and research newsletter — for as long as our club is around.

✔️  Exclusive access to The Gathering, our private event for Lifetime Members.

✔️  Invites to in person networking events around the world…

✔️  $200 OFF International Living’s August bootcamp, with a full real estate track.

✔️  Access to the recordings from February’s “The Gathering” Event.

✔️  A full library of how-to books and reports

✔️  Access to Matt, your RETA concierge. As an overseas real estate buyer himself, he just knows things, and he’s in place to answer your RETA questions.

✔️  Meaty, action-oriented monthly dispatches sharing insights and recommendations with members.

✔️  Access to special Flash Deals—these are usually one-off properties that represent great value. Like, for instance, a move-in ready 3-bed home Costa Rica for a little over $300,000… or a chance to own in Spain’s Costa del Sol from just $1,167 a month.

And more... all designed to give you insights about real estate abroad and access to deals you’d never be able to put your hands on all by yourself.

And you can upgrade now with the lowest price you’ll ever pay with this special anniversary deal: more than 85% off the value of “Lifetime” RETA Membership $3,750 $499.

Click the "Order Now" button below to take advantage of your last chance to lock in this special invitation to become a RETA “Lifetime” Member today at a very deep discount.

This is not an offer we make to everyone. I hope you'll see the wisdom in grabbing it now.

Sincerely,

P.S. Naturally, this offer is guaranteed. When you upgrade to a Lifetime RETA Membership — for just $3,750 $499, you save more than 85% off the value of this membership.

Give it a try. You've 365 days to mull it over. And if, within that time, you decide “Lifetime” Membership  isn't for you after all, just let us know and we'll send you a refund on everything you paid today. Any benefits of membership that you've already claimed are yours to keep.

Simply fill in this Secure Order Form below to Upgrade today and press "Order Now" at the bottom of the page.

Transparency is important to us. So you should know that properties and development projects detailed in this website and in Real Estate Trend Alert (RETA) may be clients of Pangaea Limited trading as Pangea, a real estate advertising company managed by Ronan McMahon [and Margaret Summerfield]. Should you purchase one of the properties, Pangaea may receive an advertising fee from the real estate developers, real estate agents and/or property owners. International Living Publishing Limited (“International Living”), which publishes RETA, and certain marketing companies who work with Pangaea may receive a portion of that fee. MoXi is the brand name for a group of companies organized in Mexico and the United States which offers mortgage loan origination services, including on some properties detailed by Pangea, and is in the same group as International Living.

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