Comments on: Struggles of Conscience II http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2007/04/struggles-of-conscience-ii/ Costa Rica real estate - Where it all starts. Sun, 08 Jan 2012 03:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Struggles of Conscience | Costa Rica Real Estate http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2007/04/struggles-of-conscience-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-120 Struggles of Conscience | Costa Rica Real Estate Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:21:24 +0000 http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/?p=40#comment-120 [...] So, is it possible that I could actually enter into this profession and affect a healthy influence from within? Looking back over my first 3 years in the business, I’d say that yes, I have been able to and am doing so. Bear with me as I relate an experience I had the other day that has helped me to better appreciate this now than when I originally made my decision. To be continued… Read Part II of “Struggles of Conscience” [...] [...] So, is it possible that I could actually enter into this profession and affect a healthy influence from within? Looking back over my first 3 years in the business, I’d say that yes, I have been able to and am doing so. Bear with me as I relate an experience I had the other day that has helped me to better appreciate this now than when I originally made my decision. To be continued… Read Part II of “Struggles of Conscience” [...]

]]> By: jay http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2007/04/struggles-of-conscience-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-6 jay Sun, 15 Apr 2007 13:58:00 +0000 http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/?p=40#comment-6 very well written article. as a property owner in the area of the costanera sur from dominical to ojochal i feel compelled to chime in. in addition to a home, i own two residential lots and a 50 hectare finca. all in this area. with the news that has been reported from the tico times regarding the moratorium in the canton on permitting, these development issues are obviously getting everyone's attention now.<br/><br/>what your article points out so well is the issue of density. how much is too much? <br/><br/>first the environmental issues. when lucky enough to be there (instead of here in the usa working to get there not soon enough), my daily visitors are generous numbers of toucans and troops of howler monkeys screaming at all hours of the day and evening. as an investor i am counting on a generous return on investment in the coming years. what will it be when my waterfalls are tainted from runoff and there are no more monkeys and toucans? why would you want to be in costa rica? go to mexico.<br/><br/>yet the motivation for the developer is to chop, chop, chop and sell as much as he can at a "cheap" price, regardless of the ridiculous density. thus, the problem.<br/><br/>to me there seems to be a couple of things that need to take place. first, is the master development plan presumably being undertaken by the osa canton. my hope is that there are established development density limitations. covenants running with the land. once developed, the land cannot be further subdivided. reasonable minimum lot size restrictions. without them your article outcome is the inevitable. why would the seller care about the long term health of an area he is leaving? reasonably enough, he simply wants to maximize his return on his now completed investment. back to usa with his $$.<br/><br/>the second, and more altruistic thought is large tract landowners joining together creating restrictions to benefit each other. what if my 50 hectares and several other adjoining properties of similar or larger size joined together to create our own restrictions on development? place limits on each other that we all have to live with in perpetuity.<br/><br/>under that scenario, we all benefit since we know that as habitat is reduced our "sanctuary" provides the habitat for the wildlife and the preservation of our land value. boy, talk about pie in the sky.....<br/><br/>i envision my 50 hectares someday being the home for 10-15 luxury 3-5 hectare home sites with gorgeous ocean view and dense flora, abundant wildlife and incredible ocean view. all with intense privacy. if that dream comes to fruition, will i not profit handsomely? or i could just carve it up into 50 or more small tracts to maximize profit in the near term and then just leave the country. how sad. <br/><br/>well, you are not the only idealist out there. but, i believe the reality is that there will have to be a different mindset among landowners in the southern zone. <br/><br/>perhaps what is truly needed is an organization of landowners with properties over a certain size that can politically act as one to save the beautiful area that is presently the southern zone of costa rica.<br/><br/>jay very well written article. as a property owner in the area of the costanera sur from dominical to ojochal i feel compelled to chime in. in addition to a home, i own two residential lots and a 50 hectare finca. all in this area. with the news that has been reported from the tico times regarding the moratorium in the canton on permitting, these development issues are obviously getting everyone’s attention now.

what your article points out so well is the issue of density. how much is too much?

first the environmental issues. when lucky enough to be there (instead of here in the usa working to get there not soon enough), my daily visitors are generous numbers of toucans and troops of howler monkeys screaming at all hours of the day and evening. as an investor i am counting on a generous return on investment in the coming years. what will it be when my waterfalls are tainted from runoff and there are no more monkeys and toucans? why would you want to be in costa rica? go to mexico.

yet the motivation for the developer is to chop, chop, chop and sell as much as he can at a “cheap” price, regardless of the ridiculous density. thus, the problem.

to me there seems to be a couple of things that need to take place. first, is the master development plan presumably being undertaken by the osa canton. my hope is that there are established development density limitations. covenants running with the land. once developed, the land cannot be further subdivided. reasonable minimum lot size restrictions. without them your article outcome is the inevitable. why would the seller care about the long term health of an area he is leaving? reasonably enough, he simply wants to maximize his return on his now completed investment. back to usa with his $$.

the second, and more altruistic thought is large tract landowners joining together creating restrictions to benefit each other. what if my 50 hectares and several other adjoining properties of similar or larger size joined together to create our own restrictions on development? place limits on each other that we all have to live with in perpetuity.

under that scenario, we all benefit since we know that as habitat is reduced our “sanctuary” provides the habitat for the wildlife and the preservation of our land value. boy, talk about pie in the sky…..

i envision my 50 hectares someday being the home for 10-15 luxury 3-5 hectare home sites with gorgeous ocean view and dense flora, abundant wildlife and incredible ocean view. all with intense privacy. if that dream comes to fruition, will i not profit handsomely? or i could just carve it up into 50 or more small tracts to maximize profit in the near term and then just leave the country. how sad.

well, you are not the only idealist out there. but, i believe the reality is that there will have to be a different mindset among landowners in the southern zone.

perhaps what is truly needed is an organization of landowners with properties over a certain size that can politically act as one to save the beautiful area that is presently the southern zone of costa rica.

jay

]]> By: jay http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2007/04/struggles-of-conscience-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-533 jay Sun, 15 Apr 2007 13:58:00 +0000 http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/?p=40#comment-533 very well written article. as a property owner in the area of the costanera sur from dominical to ojochal i feel compelled to chime in. in addition to a home, i own two residential lots and a 50 hectare finca. all in this area. with the news that has been reported from the tico times regarding the moratorium in the canton on permitting, these development issues are obviously getting everyone's attention now.what your article points out so well is the issue of density. how much is too much? first the environmental issues. when lucky enough to be there (instead of here in the usa working to get there not soon enough), my daily visitors are generous numbers of toucans and troops of howler monkeys screaming at all hours of the day and evening. as an investor i am counting on a generous return on investment in the coming years. what will it be when my waterfalls are tainted from runoff and there are no more monkeys and toucans? why would you want to be in costa rica? go to mexico.yet the motivation for the developer is to chop, chop, chop and sell as much as he can at a "cheap" price, regardless of the ridiculous density. thus, the problem.to me there seems to be a couple of things that need to take place. first, is the master development plan presumably being undertaken by the osa canton. my hope is that there are established development density limitations. covenants running with the land. once developed, the land cannot be further subdivided. reasonable minimum lot size restrictions. without them your article outcome is the inevitable. why would the seller care about the long term health of an area he is leaving? reasonably enough, he simply wants to maximize his return on his now completed investment. back to usa with his $$.the second, and more altruistic thought is large tract landowners joining together creating restrictions to benefit each other. what if my 50 hectares and several other adjoining properties of similar or larger size joined together to create our own restrictions on development? place limits on each other that we all have to live with in perpetuity.under that scenario, we all benefit since we know that as habitat is reduced our "sanctuary" provides the habitat for the wildlife and the preservation of our land value. boy, talk about pie in the sky.....i envision my 50 hectares someday being the home for 10-15 luxury 3-5 hectare home sites with gorgeous ocean view and dense flora, abundant wildlife and incredible ocean view. all with intense privacy. if that dream comes to fruition, will i not profit handsomely? or i could just carve it up into 50 or more small tracts to maximize profit in the near term and then just leave the country. how sad. well, you are not the only idealist out there. but, i believe the reality is that there will have to be a different mindset among landowners in the southern zone. perhaps what is truly needed is an organization of landowners with properties over a certain size that can politically act as one to save the beautiful area that is presently the southern zone of costa rica.jay very well written article. as a property owner in the area of the costanera sur from dominical to ojochal i feel compelled to chime in. in addition to a home, i own two residential lots and a 50 hectare finca. all in this area. with the news that has been reported from the tico times regarding the moratorium in the canton on permitting, these development issues are obviously getting everyone’s attention now.what your article points out so well is the issue of density. how much is too much? first the environmental issues. when lucky enough to be there (instead of here in the usa working to get there not soon enough), my daily visitors are generous numbers of toucans and troops of howler monkeys screaming at all hours of the day and evening. as an investor i am counting on a generous return on investment in the coming years. what will it be when my waterfalls are tainted from runoff and there are no more monkeys and toucans? why would you want to be in costa rica? go to mexico.yet the motivation for the developer is to chop, chop, chop and sell as much as he can at a “cheap” price, regardless of the ridiculous density. thus, the problem.to me there seems to be a couple of things that need to take place. first, is the master development plan presumably being undertaken by the osa canton. my hope is that there are established development density limitations. covenants running with the land. once developed, the land cannot be further subdivided. reasonable minimum lot size restrictions. without them your article outcome is the inevitable. why would the seller care about the long term health of an area he is leaving? reasonably enough, he simply wants to maximize his return on his now completed investment. back to usa with his $$.the second, and more altruistic thought is large tract landowners joining together creating restrictions to benefit each other. what if my 50 hectares and several other adjoining properties of similar or larger size joined together to create our own restrictions on development? place limits on each other that we all have to live with in perpetuity.under that scenario, we all benefit since we know that as habitat is reduced our “sanctuary” provides the habitat for the wildlife and the preservation of our land value. boy, talk about pie in the sky…..i envision my 50 hectares someday being the home for 10-15 luxury 3-5 hectare home sites with gorgeous ocean view and dense flora, abundant wildlife and incredible ocean view. all with intense privacy. if that dream comes to fruition, will i not profit handsomely? or i could just carve it up into 50 or more small tracts to maximize profit in the near term and then just leave the country. how sad. well, you are not the only idealist out there. but, i believe the reality is that there will have to be a different mindset among landowners in the southern zone. perhaps what is truly needed is an organization of landowners with properties over a certain size that can politically act as one to save the beautiful area that is presently the southern zone of costa rica.jay

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