Estimated Reading Time: 4 Minutes Thousands start looking for a retirement home abroad many years in advance. After all, retirement means arriving at the age when you no longer must worry about going to work or running a business. Some can afford to retire early; others will try to keep working as long as they…
Estimated Reading Time: 5 Minutes To lay a robust background for your real estate journey, getting to know the real estate market thoroughly is indispensable. Having in-depth knowledge of the Costa Rican real estate market can be a daunting task at first. However, it will help you avoid impulsive decisions due to the lack of…
Estimated Reading Time: 4 Minutes Beginning a new home search is a complicated process that can be daunting. There are so many things to consider such as the area, size, and cost of your new house. However, it doesn’t have to be difficult. This article will provide you with 6 top tips to start a…
Estimated Reading Time: 6 Minutes Have you had this dream: you’re sitting on the balcony of your luxurious condo on a Costa Rican beach, sipping a piña colada? Well, this is a pretty common dream for those who live through cold winters year after year. Thousands of snowbirds fly down every year, to enjoy their…
Estimated Reading Time: 4 Minutes When moving to Costa Rica, and without being here, apartment hunting is not so easy. Finding the right apartment can be a bit challenging at a distance. Especially if you have never been to Costa Rica before, you probably don’t even know where to start. Not knowing your options and…
Estimated Reading Time: 5 Minutes Making a real estate investment can be very rewarding. Yet it’s also fraught with a lot of challenges and risks. Especially if you decide to do it alone. There’s a belief among real estate investors, almost taken as gospel truth, that you can never go wrong with investing in real…
Estimated Reading Time: 8 Minutes If you plan to live in Costa Rica, you better get used to the fact that plants and trees will play an important part in your life. They say, “stick it in the ground and it grows”. That’s because we have so many volcanoes here. Volcanic eruptions have deposited the…
Estimated Reading Time: 6 Minutes Many real estate deals go sour because buyers do not know how to make an offer on a property. Often, that happens because the buyer hired an incompetent real estate agent or because the buyer goes FSBO. Often buyers don’t realize that they are in another country with different rules,…
Estimated Reading Time: 5 Minutes A tenant-landlord relationship can be exceedingly difficult, even if the landlord-tenant law is clear to both parties. Disputes are quite common and unfortunately, in Costa Rica, it is costly for either party to take the other to court. I always keep interesting articles on my computer, this one was written…
Estimated Reading Time: 6 Minutes Are you planning to have your next adventurous vacation to Costa Rica? If so, then get ready for your new experience! Are you looking for an adrenaline rush or want to relax and unwind? Then this list of adventurous and fun things to do in Costa Rica will surely help.…