Estimated Reading Time: 4 Minutes Most sellers don’t worry about the property listing removal after closing. Of course, once you’ve closed the sale, you probably have better things to do. Nonetheless, most sellers forget about all those agents they listed the property with. They’re not doing the new owner a favor by not contacting all…
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,…
Estimated Reading Time: 5 Minutes Nothing is worse than surfing on Google looking for property listings and not finding anything you like. Or they’re not in your budget. Probably, the property listings you find are also in the wrong location. Some don’t know where to start because they have never been to Costa Rica. The proof…
There are several great benefits for listing a property for sale on the #1 MLS in Costa Rica. When looking to sell, property owners often don’t know where to advertise their property for sale. Of course, you can try listing on For Sale by Owner, or Craigslist. Nonetheless, buyers will find very few options in…
Quite often buyers from out of the country ask why real estate developments in Costa Rica are not listed on the MLS. If you are interested in buying a condo or a house in any of the real estate developments, they are really hard to find. You have to be on the ground (in Costa…
Some say a Costa Rica real estate MLS will be a monopoly. In my opinion, it will be far from that. Is the creation of a Multiple Listing Service (MLS) be a smart decision or not? Let’s start with this statement: Costa Rica real estate professionals should put buyers and sellers first! Once again a…
What amount of time does it take to sell my luxury home in Costa Rica, is usually the first question a seller asks. Of course, once you have decided to list your luxury home for sale, you would like to move on. And, as soon as you can! There are quite a few factors that…
Quite often, we get a request from a realtor in another country to list a property on our MLS. Just last week, a realtor from Carson City emailed me “I am a listing agent in Nevada (USA) who is working with a seller in Costa Rica. The seller would like me to list the property on…
Do you have any idea who might be hiding behind all those Costa Rica real estate websites you find all over Google? Don’t you want to know what your realtor in Costa Rica looks like? Have you ever asked yourself Who is Who? Don’t you want to know who you’re dealing with? Why don’t real estate…
Are you reading this on your cell phone or iPad? If you are, you will see that our MLS is fully mobile friendly. You will still be able to use your desktop or laptop computer to look for real estate and read our articles. Google has been warning website owners that the growing percentage of mobile…
Is it easy to get comps in Costa Rica? Visitors to our website often ask, “What is the price per acre on property in Costa Rica?” Or, better yet, “Will you send me some comps on that house so I can see what similar homes are going for in the South Pacific?” Yea, right. The…
Quite often, we receive an email from a potential Costa Rica real estate buyer, asking us to send the listing location on Google maps. Real estate agents in Costa Rica, who have a property listed on their website, will never give the exact location of a property for sale. Unless they have a signed exclusive…
Estimated Reading Time: 5 Minutes Should real estate agents bother with an open house in Costa Rica, or not? We do not have a real MLS in Costa Rica, such as you will find in other countries. For that reason, you will find very few real estate agents organizing an open house in Costa Rica…
What is the difference between a Funda Junkie and a returning visitor on a real estate website? I surf real estate websites all day. Am I becoming a Costa Rica real estate website junkie or not? Many people spend hours surfing real estate websites just for the fun of it. The other day, I was…
Can you compare Costa Rica real estate with Florida real estate? An article in an online newspaper on Florida real estate this week, gave me a good reason to follow up on my last week’s article “Should Costa Rica real estate adjust its prices or not”. I am shocked at how little the Florida market…