My book review for the L.A. Times: Second-home opportunities in Central America

I'm very pleased to announce what I hope will be a new relationship with the Los Angeles Times, the first of which is a book review I wrote on buying second homes in Central America for the real estate section.

Some excerpts:

Including the countries of Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala and Belize (formerly British Honduras), the first part of "Cashing In on a Second Home in Central America" provides brief historical contexts for the political, economic and ethnic differences among those countries before digging a little further for suggested cities and even up-and-coming neighborhoods.

Looking for a more exotic version of home? Perhaps Panama, with its world-class water system, large middle-class population and melting pot of Asian, European and Latin American cultures, is the spot for you.

But perhaps better deals are to be found in a potentially riskier Nicaragua -- yes, that Nicaragua -- and it's in dispelling common notions about mysterious countries that this book excels.

In fact, it's possible that as these markets increase in popularity that we'll seen even more Trump- and Related Cos.-branded projects not just in Mexico, but throughout Central America as well.