Thirty years in real estate. Hundreds of thousands of square feet. One rule: only invest in what you can touch.
Then I sat down with Mike Cobb — co-founder of ECI Development — and he cracked that rule wide open.
Mike's spent three decades building communities in Belize, Nicaragua, Panama, and Costa Rica. He ran a business in Central America for 33 years without a single bribe. He lived in Nicaragua with his family for 14 years. And he got a 90% malignant lung diagnosis in a Costa Rican hotel room that ended up being the clearest moment of his life.
This episode is about international real estate, yes — but it's really about how to build something that matters and lasts. Jump in.
Michael Cobb
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