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Good Tips Cory
Hi Cory,
I agree that you share some good tips in your post above.
For instance, expecting Nicaraguans (especially new contacts) to do honest work for one is a mistake, so I agree with you that many of the problems quoted above were indeed due to employing them. In retrospect, the project I was undertaking was not a good match for Nicaragua, partly for that reason. The project was too big for the small number of trustworthy associates I had at the beginning.
Do you yourself actually have positive cash flow from your farm, or do you mean that your relatives living there have positive cash flow? From what I understand, you provide cash for needed investments - from your work in the states, where you live full-time - while family members run the farm and have positive cash flow there?
Overall while the question is still open, one thing perhaps we can both agree on is that IF it's possible, it certainly requires an understanding of the culture, in-person management, and a very careful long-term process of developing relationships.
When Carl Towerman read my original post three years ago, he responded that it might be sometimes possible to make a very small amount of mony honestly in Nicaragua but that any medium or large sum could not be earned honestly.
Peter