At every Costa Rica real estate closing, the role of the closing attorney should be clear. Each real estate agent works different and usually many details are left to the closing attorney. And the choice of a closing attorney is not always in the power of the real estate agent. In a cash purchase, the…
It is important to know, for all parties involved, what the role of the real estate agent is in the purchase process. When you plan to purchase a property in Costa Rica you will probably contact a Realtor to help you find the right property. By doing so, you want to hire the best and…
In part 3 of this series, I’d like to give you some additional Costa Rica Condominium information. Such as what kind of title will you own when you buy in a condominium? The Title Important Costa Rica Condominium information is the title. When you buy a condominium unit, you acquire individual and absolute title to…
International Living® and their commercial division Pathfinder recently approved one of our affiliate partners, as their representative for the Central Valley of Costa Rica. The next International Living® convention will be in Cancun, Mexico 21-25th February 2012 and we needed to decide on a good sample of properties for sale to promote there. We are…
Looking to get financing for a Costa Rica real estate purchase? Then you need to fulfill several requirements for a mortgage. The most important one is that you need to be a resident of Costa Rica or you have to buy cash. Very few banks will give a mortgage to a non-resident. The mortgage rates are…
Do you want to make money? Buy Costa Rica real estate with your IRA or 401K portfolio and even in your Canadian Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP). You have your money in the wrong place! Think of your retirement now. You can make money in Costa Rica real estate. Make between 6 – 8% return on your investment (ROI) and…
You need to have a hard look at the mortgage conditions each bank will give you if you plan to buy a Costa Rica property with a mortgage from a Costa Rican bank. Getting a mortgage in Costa Rica is very different from many other countries because we don’t have any mortgage brokers in Costa…
I’d like to tell you how I got hooked to Costa Rica. Let me introduce myself. My name is Kathy D. Peterson and I’m from Chicago. My Costa Rican real estate agent asked me to tell you about my experience of moving to Costa Rica in 2006. As I recall my personal experience with the…
Should you rent before you buy property in Costa Rica? This is a question I’m asked quite often. That is because I sell property in Cariari, Costa Rica. I’ve also noted that those people who have owned their own home for a long time have a harder time adjusting to the idea to rent. Some…
Thinking of making renovations to your home? I am a Cariari real estate agent and I have also built homes and fixed up homes in my area. In this article, I’d like to tell you a bit about fixer-uppers in Costa Rica. There are two kinds of renovations you can make to Costa Rica real…
As a buyer of an apartment in Sonesta Jaco Resort, I received an email from the Developer. Joshua ten Brink of Riverside Developers sent this email during Eastern Week 2010 to all condo buyers. Joshua told us that he was using the bank who lent them the money to build the project of One Jaco Place in…