Guys In The Zone: Costa Rica Real Estate

CAP Meeting in Uvita

The bad guys, the criminals, are getting caught and thrown in jail here in The Zone, and the quality of life is in an upwards trajectory.
This morning was our monthly community meeting of CAP (Crime Awareness and Prevention). I can say that I am truly proud of this little group of giving [...]

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I subscribed to a new blog on my Kindle last night.  I am now paying .99 cents a
month for content that can be seen for free by going to  www.sharpbrains.com
I am willing to make this investment cuz, as many of you know; I am finding that there are brain changes afoot at this period in my [...]

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I am one of those guys that doesn’t pay much attention to what stuff costs at the grocery store.
What I do pay attention to is when something is outrageously expensive, like walnuts, and cheese. Peanut butter is prohibitive and only the not-good-for-you-hydrogenated-oils-added type is available anyway. This is a bummer for those of us that thrive on peanut butter on bananas. Here we live where bananas grow like weeds, and there isn’t a decent source for quality peanut butter. Give me a break! Such are the ironies of life.

Electricity is expensive here, and as with so many things here in Costa Rica, the powers that be are saddled with the challenge of two extremely different economic strata living together in one country.

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The inspiration for this post came from a recent article fed from LinkedIn.  The title was “38% of Homes Purchased in 2011 Bought with Cash.”  I thought to myself, 38%?!  That number seemed high, so I did I little more research.  According to another article in USA Today, that number was as low as 12% [...]

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Instead of going belly-up and hurting all those who put their belief in the words of dealers (such as yours truly), and who bought untitled land there, the GITZL shareholders got together and prioritized… (now prepare yourself. We are talking here about behind the scenes corporate maneuverings, in an effort to make vast sums of money) – the wellbeing of those who had bought land in the project. The shareholders, at personal expense, allowed the project to go to the primary shareholder without a struggle. This primary shareholder, of his own volition, felt that it was important to protect the land owners there, that their ownership would be recognized and guaranteed.

I know, you’re thinking that you have stumbled upon a science fiction account of life on another planet. But you haven’t, and this is not. What you are reading is a firsthand account of my observations over the past 4 or so years. I am also one of those shareholders who lost in excess of $100k in the process (but who knows? The fat lady has not yet sung.)

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A week ago, I was reading the Tico Times and the headline “Liberia Airport Renovation Nearly Finished” jumped out at me. It’s only been nine years since that airport opened, and now it’s getting $41 million dollars worth of renovations?? I had to figure out why, if only because it might offer a flash forward [...]

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The popular movie series of the – what was it – the nineties, eighties? Well, whatever it was, Back to the Future illustrated well the point that knowing what is going to happen in the future is key to making a lot of money. The problem with this tidbit of obvious investment data is that [...]

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I just received some questions from a connection that I made in the Social Media site LinkedIn. I am reprinting these here due to the increase in these types of questions lately. I’m sure that these questions, and their answers, will be of help to a number of our readers.
Location In The Zone:

We don’t want [...]

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Visiting Family:
It is one of the truly enjoyable aspects of living in a foreign land.  You have to leave the United States to be able to visitthe United States.

There is an obvious pleasure quotient to visiting family.  However, I suspect that my case is a bit unusual.  Here is what I get to do at [...]

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I was excited to find the Poll functionality on LinkedIn a couple of weeks ago. The question I came up with “What is the top reason to buy land in Costa Rica’s southern Pacific zone?” seemed like a good jumping off point for this regular feature on the blog. Although the sample size was small, [...]

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