by Chad Wallace | Oct 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
Dear Friends and Family, Krista and I want to begin by saying thank you — truly — for joining us on this remarkable journey of building community at Spirit Mountain. Whether you’ve been with us since the early days (back when Manabao didn’t even have...
by Chad Wallace | Sep 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
In many U.S. real estate markets today, high entry prices, rising borrowing costs, andcompressed cap rates make new investments difficult to justify. In contrast, the DominicanRepublic (DR) offers a compelling counterpoint: a stable investment climate, strong...
by Chad Wallace | Aug 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
As Estancia Natura at Spirit Mountain moves from dream to dirt, from concept to reality, I’ve realized just how challenging—sometimes downright impossible—it can be to explain something that is layered with history, depth, and complexity. Some of you “get us.” You’ve...
by Chad Wallace | Jul 20, 2025 | Uncategorized
There are more than a couple of ways to judge a book….by its cover, by a quick skim of the content…some people only read the first and last chapters then review the table of contents. You can actually sit down and read a book as it was intentionally deigned to...
by Chad Wallace | Jun 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
Some people dream of white picket fences and HOA meetings.We dream of mountain mist, papagayos, tree frogs, and Grant making a surprisingly terrible pun before handing you the best cup of coffee you’ve ever had. That’s just the kind of place Estancia Natura is...
by Chad Wallace | May 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
Breaking Ground: From Crazy Idea to Actual Dirt Moving Well friends — after years of drawings, dreaming, and no small amount of caffeine-fueled debate, construction is officially underway on the first cluster of A-Frames at Estancia Natura. It’s actually...
