We receive a verbal offer in Costa Rica real estate quite often. Is a verbal offer acceptable and legal or not? An offer is not binding in Costa Rica unless it’s a written purchase – sale agreement, signed by both buyer and seller and accompanied with an earnest money deposit. A verbal offer is normally…
Is what was supposed to be included in your Costa Rica home purchase there indeed after closing? I always write up the offers my buyers make. Unlike many real estate agents, taxi drivers, waiters, bartenders, pole dancers and hotel bellboys who also sell Costa Rica real estate. Costa Rica real estate is not very formal.…
The first offer syndrome can create huge havoc during the buy-sell process. Again and again, our Costa Rica real estate agents see sellers reject the first offer they receive. Years later, they sell their house years later for a much lower price. The first offer syndrome makes the seller tired, cranky, at odds with the…