Texas Land For Sale – The Profit Potential, the Risks and a Better Alternative

By: Sacha Tarkovsky
Submitted: 2007-01-17 16:16:13
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Texas land for sale is a hot investment market and many investors have been taking advantage of buying land here and making some big profits, but will these continue and will investors continue to make healthy profits?

Here we will look at the prospects for Texas land for sale as an investment and also some problems that could occur in the future, as well as an alternative land for sale investment market that can provide more profit potential with less risk.

Texas land for sale storm clouds

From Austin to San Antonio to Dallas, Texas land for sale is a booming market and many investors are looking at land for sale in Texas as a safe and secure investment that can give them long term capital gains.

Rural real estate prices have risen around 10% and over the last couple of years prices have risen faster than at anytime since 1981.

Of course, land near major cities in prime locations has risen even more, with as much as 50% a year being made.

So what are the problems that could occur? Well the economy for a start.

Check out the price of oil and unleaded gas, which are near record highs.

What’s that got to do with Texas land for sale?

A lot actually!

High fuel prices increase inflation and choke economic growth, when a downturn comes in stocks then so to will real estate and land prices turn down.

The real boom has already taken already taken place and with a slowing economy over the next few years’ land prices could suffer and the gains we have seen may well disappear as they could in all the boom states including Florida and Arizona.

Today, the economy is global and many Americans are looking at opportunities overseas. The fact is many overseas markets offer far bigger land profits than Texas land for sale.

The good news is:

You don’t have to look far from Texas for a booming land for sale market that will continue to boom and it’s a three hour flight south in Costa Rica.

Here land for sale investments have been turning over 100% annual profits with low downside risk! Let’s see why this has happened and will continue in the near future.

Americans have been snapping up real estate as second homes here in record numbers getting more for their money as property costs up to 70% less.

Investing in Costa Rica land will not be affected by a downturn in the economy like Texas land for sale.

Why?

Quite simply because the trend in migration from America will not drop. The baby boomer generation are waking up tot the fact that the state is providing less, medical insurance is soaring and they haven’t saved enough.

To maintain their standard of living their moving to Costa Rica for a cheaper and better standard of living, in a beautiful country that has strong ties with the US and makes immigration easy.

Investors who previously were making money in Texas land for sale, are now casting their eye toward Costa Rica and buying investment lots in ever increasing numbers.

Many are making 100% annual profits, downside risk is low and profit potential in the future is excellent.

If you are considering buying Texas land for sale as an investment, check out Costa Rica its close and offers a risk to reward that is hard to beat anywhere.

For More info

On opportunities in Costa rica and how to invest in land with low risk for long term capital growth visit http://www.costaricalandlots.com

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