Estimated Reading Time: 6 Minutes When you purchase a property in Costa Rica, and your savings are in a different currency than US dollars, you will need the assistance of currency brokers. Transferring money to Costa Rica for your property purchase is not cheap, the reason for this article. While property in Costa Rica is…
Estimated Reading Time: 7 Minutes Are you considering a vacation but can’t decide to have your vacation in Costa Rica or Finland Costa Rica? Do not worry! We have included all of the pertinent information about these lovely countries here. Visitors widely recognize Finland for its stunning landscapes, including hundreds of lakes and saunas. In…
Estimated Reading Time: 5 Minutes Digital marketing has completely changed our business. For example, when I started in real estate 35 years ago, the only option for marketing properties for sale was in the newspapers. The Tico Times was the only newspaper for English-language clients in those days. So every English-speaking person in Costa Rica…
Estimated Reading Time: 5 Minutes Many homeowners do not realize that they have roof damage during the rainy season. That’s when the roof suffers most and needs repair. How do you know? A roof is an essential part of your house that protects you from several elements. As a matter of fact, the roof is…
Don’t you want to know how much property tax to pay before buying property in Costa Rica? Learn now how much, when, and where to pay Costa Rica property tax, as well as other taxes. After you purchase a property in Costa Rica, you have to pay several property-related taxes: Property Transfer Tax When you…
Estimated Reading Time: 10 Minutes Did you miss some of the most read Costa Rica real estate blogs 2021? Now is your chance to recover the good stuff. If you’d like to, you can also check the top 10 from 2020. In 2021, we published a total of 56 blogs this year, on many subjects.…
Estimated Reading Time: 7 Minutes Ask any ex-pat in Costa Rica which are the best beach towns to live in Costa Rica, and they’ll all have a different opinion. Why is that? Because they’re all looking for different lifestyles, amenities, things to do, and the services they need, it’s great we’re all so different. That’s…
Estimated Reading Time: 4 Minutes By using smart technology, you can take advantage of several benefits. In Costa Rica, 98% of the energy we use is renewable energy, a feat that many larger and wealthier countries have not yet accomplished. Costa Rica is an incredible country to live in. I know, I’ve lived here now…
Estimated Reading Time: 5 Minutes Do you own a Pennsylvania house and fell in love with Costa Rica during your last holiday? Then you’re not the first one looking to move here and in need of a quick sale of your house. No worries, don’t feel bad about it! So many others have done the…
Estimated Reading Time: 5 Minutes Some say it’s easy to do business in Costa Rica, but others have a horrible experience. A few decades ago, doing business internationally was the domain of only the most prominent companies and the wealthiest in society. But today, almost anyone can trade with anyone else on the planet with…
Estimated Reading Time: 3 Minutes Depending on which country you come from, there is a good chance that real estate measures differently here than it does where you live! I am now talking about how we measure everything in Costa Rica, which is by using the metric system. We advertise construction sizes in square meters…
Estimated Reading Time: 4 Minutes Our very dear affiliate in Tamarindo, “Jogi” Juergen Gerner appeared as a Featured Top Agent 2021. Jogi, who has been an affiliate since the American European Real Estate Network was founded in 1999. Top Agent Magazine features the best real estate agents and industry partners throughout the world. This US…
Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes Often, visitors to our website plan to move to Costa Rica before visiting for a vacation. Some learn about the country from friends or family; others have been dreaming about moving to the tropics for years and then saw an excellent ICT advertisement. The “Only the Essentials” advertising campaign by…
Estimated Reading Time: 7 Minutes What’s a perfect expat life, you might ask? It is, in my opinion, someone who is happy for having moved to Costa Rica, one who doesn’t find all the faults they can in their new home country and complains all the time. I have identified seven common barriers to having…
Estimated Reading Time: 4 Minutes Buying Atenas residential property is one of the best decisions you can make. It allows you to build wealth and is a safe place to keep your money, whether the property’s value drops after some time or goes up. Imagine that Atenas residential property was selling well in the dip…
Estimated Reading Time: 6 Minutes As a foreign buyer, you should know a few important facts about Costa Rica Real Estate. Many foreign buyers assume that real estate here functions the same as it does in their home country. Wrong! Although Costa Rica offers an incredible variety of places to retire or make your home,…