Vegan Lifestyle in the Zone – Question From Reader

Preamble: this article is my response to question I received from one of this blog's readers. Its a bit unusual, but I see it as demonstrating a growing interest in The...

Raw Land Making a Comeback?

Over the past couple of years, there has been a definite trend of houses selling and raw land not so much. This high season has started off with a bang...

A New Type of Property Buying Option in Costa Rica

Video done by Chuck Chastain of Aerial Media Typically the type of property that I have sold over my years in Costa Rica real estate have been multi-acre, ocean view properties. These have...

Should I Buy or Build a House in Costa Rica?

Construction, that is to say, building a house in Costa Rica, is a project for the adventurous relocator, and for those that are looking to optimize a real estate investment...

The Costa Rica Expat Scene

"Myopic" would probably best describe this post. The vantage that I have of the Costa Rica expat scene will be purely autobiographical, what I have seen and some of what...

Virtual Fly Over of Costa Rica’s Pacific Side

This is a typical response that I send to inquirers who have hit our main website, www.propertiesincostarica.com, and who seem to know that Costa Rica is where they want to...

Should you Move to Costa Rica?

First Steps - Study & Visit I just received the following from a childhood friend from Davis California that has now made a couple visits to Costa Rica. I felt...

About the Airport

I came across your blog when searching for info on the new Ojochal airport plans. Your article was from aug 2012, do you have any updated news on the outcome...

How to Buy a Property in Costa Rica

Reasons we hear for why people buy property in Costa Rica: "There are big changes in (home country) afoot" "We'd like to simplify" "Gotta get out of this cold!" "We'd...

Sell a Property in Costa Rica

Once pleasantries are exchanged, we get to the core issue: “We’d like to sell our property and we’d like for you to give it a look”. If I don’t know...