The Speed of Time

A family moment of learning to accept the reality of Joe's death. I was living in Playa Hermosa, just north of Uvita and working in real...

Personal, Stories

Things Are Crazy Here On This One

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....

Living in Costa Rica

Expat Real Estate Guy

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...

Personal

Merge with Nature

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...

Land For Sale

Moving On

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....

Personal, Relocation to Costa Rica, Stories

Learning Spanish: Make as Many Mistakes as You Can

I derive perverse pleasure from enticing the reader (you) into learning Spanish by telling you how extremely hard it is to do so. Enjoy!

Living in Costa Rica, Magazine Articles

Water – What’s All The Fuss?

One thing you get used to, living in Costa Rica, is that there is really nothing constant but change. There have been some rather profound changes here as of late,...

For Buyers, For Sellers, Uncategorized

Understanding Costa Rica Real Estate Part 4

This article can serve as a stand-alone read, but if you'd like to read the preceding, sequential articles in this series, please click for: Part 1, Part 2 and Part...

For Buyers

Sales Process Overview: Part 4

This is part 4 of a 4 part series. Click for: Part 1 || Part 2 || Part 3 Due Diligence The term for due diligence is normally 3 weeks,...

For Buyers, Processes

Understanding Costa Rica Real Estate Part 3

After venturing through the early days of real estate in Costa Rica, this is to say, the beginnings of what led up to the current market conditions in parts 1...

For Buyers, For Sellers