Hi Everyone ,Let me first introduce myself to the community.My name in Kenrick from Aruba(the caribbean), I am a young entrepreneur on the island also involved in real estate.In this discussion I will elaborate more about types of real estate investments in Aruba & where I see opportunities.Aruba is a part of the Netherlands, but still we are autonomous, this being said the Netherlands still has some responsibilities with Aruba and other caribbean islands.Aruba has its own currency & its own government.For more info on Aruba: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArubaReal estate in Aruba:Arubas real estate I would describe as a strong market, we have seen only growth in real estate prices this after more then 20 years after a market correction due to the closing of a refinery leading to job loss and Aruban citizens migrating to other island.Aruba in the past years have seen major condo projects & is still being invested primarly from Venezuelan investors with there condominium projects.Property land prices have been rising as supply does remain short of the demand of houses.Land:In Aruba if you want to build your own house, 2 ways you could do this either buy a property land or a government owned land leased to you.Property land being the most expensive(most valueble) & government owned land being the cheapest  with restrictions are still available depending on size average size needed is 300 sq. meters or more.Housing projects is still a big business because of supply and demand, dividing big pieces of property land and developing them into housing project is a good business with draw back in regards to getting permission from government departments, must have a concrete/paved road, infrastructure in place all expenses for the real estate investors costing time & money with could lead into a delay of a year or more.Opportunity:Opportunity to buy either a big piece or a small piece of land which could easily be divided can easily double your money in 3 to 6 months time.

I am a little behind the digital aspect so I plan on taking a entire week or month and doing nothing but online marketing.  

I was thinking about the possibility of having a digital lease agreement on a Microsoft Surface that could be programmed with required fields and signed right on the tablet.

Retirement plans are best suited for lending.On a positive note, it's not a difficult business to learn and earn double digit returns with very little risk, if you're careful.

The next 15 years is your guess but IMHO likely to be less as we are peakish now and 15 years ago was a relative dip... could still be dandy.I view cash flow <--> capital appreciation; risk <--> reward; investment <-->speculation  as  spectrums not digital values, and any specific property lies somewhere on those spectrums.

Also buy a good Digital Volt meter. 

I use digital Watchdog cameras and Digital watchdog software.

They dig it because if I'm not on a job site to answer their question they can reference it really quick.

My vacancy rates are down in the low single digits and maintenance is virtual non existent.

Good rule of thumb, your license number and a disclaimer should be on absolutely everything that you send out in print and digitally.