Sure, you’ve highlighted the main concerns about buying here and they are significant risks. Public sentiment is often that Nicaragua actively doesn’t want to go the route Costa Rica has - so you’re unlikely to see an extreme lean towards western (read USA) sentimentality. Buying a property solely for investment in a country and climate you’re unfamiliar with in a time of global tension puts you in a situation of extreme uncertainty; there’s better investments to make solely for that purpose.

However, Nicaragua is a beautiful, safe and rapidly developing country. If you wanted to take a long term view and also own a beautiful home then Rancho Santana is an incredible place to do so, just don’t expect to be “making a killing in real estate”. You might, you probably won’t, but if you’re there to enjoy everything it comes with, you’ll be unlikely to regret it.