Ben Vaughn

Lived in Colorado for 20 years in the gorgeous mountains. Moved to Costa Rica for 20 years and lived in the gorgeous rainforest. Moved to California and live in a so-so gorgeous suburban town.  I find life a fascinating adventure and it is the people that make it so.

Planetary Option?

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With the massively changing world of the year, 2020, and early 2021, many people were talking like finding a planetary option was what we needed. Ok, fine – the conclusion of this topic was universally, and without exception, the same – there just aren’t any options when it comes to planets. We’re stuck. The next … Read more

Expat Real Estate Guy

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Ok, so what’s a guy to do when he encounters one of life’s dramatic curves and finds himself living back in the U. S. of A. All very unexpectedly and certainly, unplanned. I recently visited Costa Rica. It was a very different experience “visiting” there after having lived there for 20+ years. I had no … Read more

Merge with Nature

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Paul’s Paradise description. Is this property what you are looking for? I’ll get to the details below, but for the sake of your time, here’s my effort at profiling the “Types” that would love this property. These types are not listed in any sort of priority, such as who would be most interested to least. … Read more

Moving On

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The below article was written on March 7, 2019 and not posted until November 30, 2019 I hear from people who tell me that they have read my entire blog. I find this difficult to believe. When I started blogging (I think this was around 2003), it was recommended that blog articles be around 1,000 … Read more