Question: Do you have MLS there so that you can search all available properties or are you limited to your listings?
In other words, can you as a prospective buyer of real estate in Costa Rica work with just one real estate agent, or do you need to scour the various websites looking for the
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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 the property, here are points I’d like to know:
After taking a couple years off from real estate, I have joined Rod in the Properties in Costa Rica real estate office in Uvita. The industry has changed in my time away, and so I am learning (one would think that they could take a year off and simply step back into his good ole … Read on...
Back in 2004 I found myself running a small real estate company in Dominical called Horizon Properties. At that time, the concept of a property listing having a value within the agency, and amongst the various agencies, was non-existent.
As the chief cook and bottle washer of the company, I pretty much expected to procure … Read on...
It is common to think that you know all about how to sell because of your experience in real estate in another land. In Costa Rica real estate, this type of thinking can be a real hindrance.[/caption]
We have posted quite a bit on this blog about seller’s options in Costa Rica and in particular, … Read on...
The U.S. Census Bureau defines the Baby Boomers as those born between January 1st, 1946 and December 31st, 1964. As of January 1st, 2011 more than 10,000 baby boomers will turn 65 per day, a pattern that will continue for the next 19 years. The question isn’t if there will be a lot of people … Read on...
Ben Vaughn, co-owner of Guys In The Zone Real Estate, explains the three listing options available to Costa Rican property owners. There is no Multiple Listing Service in the southern Pacific zone of Costa Rica, which expands the listing possibilities– the Open Listing, the Exclusive Listing, and the (new) Modified Exclusive Listing. Please visit Ben … Read on...
Disclaimer: This program is no longer offered by Guys In The Zone Real Estate. We have closed our doors and are working in tandem now with another company that does not recognize this method of listing properties.
If you haven’t read Part 1 of this topic yet, you might want to. You can do so by clicking here. You don’t have to if you don’t want to. This article stands up fine all by itself. However, to … Read on...