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Guys In The Zone no Guys In The Zone info@guysinthezone.com info@guysinthezone.com (Guys In The Zone) All rights reserved Guys In The Zone 2009 Living in Costa Rica Starts With A Place To Live costa,rica,real,estate,relocation,moving,to,foreign,country,buy,property,in,costa,rica,dominical,uvita,ojochal,costa,ballena http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/category/land-for-sale/ http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2010/05/guys-in-the-zone-talk-show-episode-7/ http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2010/05/guys-in-the-zone-talk-show-episode-7/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 19:00:30 +0000 Tigre http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/?p=1142 http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2010/05/guys-in-the-zone-talk-show-episode-7/feed/ 1 http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2010/02/houses-in-our-future/ http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2010/02/houses-in-our-future/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:09:26 +0000 Tigre http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/?p=906 http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2010/02/houses-in-our-future/feed/ 2 http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2009/08/thoughts-from-the-outfield-1/ http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2009/08/thoughts-from-the-outfield-1/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:08:55 +0000 Tigre http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/?p=650 http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2009/08/thoughts-from-the-outfield-1/feed/ 1 http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2009/05/sdp-off-the-grid/ http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2009/05/sdp-off-the-grid/#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 18:45:38 +0000 Ben http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/?p=434 http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2009/05/sdp-off-the-grid/feed/ 0 buy land in costa rica,projects Writing a blog about Costa Rica real estate has its perks. We’ve got readers out there who are doing some pretty creative projects and we don’t even know about them… until they get ready to go to market with their project. Writing a blog about Costa Rica real estate has its perks. We’ve got readers out there who are doing some pretty creative projects and we don’t even know about them… until they get ready to go to market with their project. Such is the case with Sierpe Del Pacifico (SDP). Fred and his son Cassidy approached Rod & I about a month ago to tell us about their project in Sierpe. I think that this type of inquiry wouldn’t normally have much interest to us Guys, but Fred had written such an eloquent and well crafted introductory e-mail that we were intrigued. Sierpe is a bit out of the way, on the fringe of “The Zone”. I’ve also heard that it is hot and buggy. I’m not much for hot and buggy, but in truth I couldn’t speak from personal experience regarding the place, so I kept an open mind.  What Fred & Cassidy have done is they have formed a father & son team and are passionately developing a piece of property that offers what, I suspect, a lot of readers of this blog are looking for: a truly unplugged, solar powered, bio-digesting, boat access project, surrounded by some of the best fishing, both fresh water, brackish and deep sea, in the… country? World? I don’t know, but you always catch big, tasty fish when you go out with them. After visiting Sierpe Del Pacifico, Rod and I have been touched, and are firmly decided on backing this project with our marketing and sales support. I’m playing around with a slogan along the lines of “Not for general consumption” or, “Not for everyone, which is a good thing”, something like that. I imagine you get the picture.  We met in Sierpe where I parked my car and looked a little hesitant at Cassidy when he said to just leave it there as we started walking towards the boat. He saw my concern and said that Sierpe is one of the most crime free areas he’s ever seen.  We walked past the Sierpe jail, which had no door on it. They said that on the rare occasion that there is a resident there, and he needs to use the nearby bathroom, he stands in the door and waves at whoever may be nearby, and they have the community responsibility to escort the “prisoner” to the baño and back. If the prisoner were to just go it alone, he’d get in some kind of trouble.  This feel of community, safety, and security permeated our day along the Sierpe River.  Guillermo is the man in charge of pretty much everything having to do with SDP. Lean and clear eyed, Guillermo was born and raised in Sierpe, and is one of the pillars in the local community. He works full time for Fred & Cassidy, and has nicely interfaced the necessary connections between the cultures there. Gringo’s and Ticos, working together with a common interest in preserving some of the most profoundly natural terrain on planet earth.  We got in the boat and were expertly glided down the Sierpe about 10 minutes to the private dock that services SDP. All residents of SDP get their own slip included in the purchase of a property there. The prices in the project range from $40,000 to $225,000, depending largely on the river views. This compares nicely with a project up in Quepos where just the slip alone will run you $175,000. The ocean tide is what affects the flow of the river. Sierpe has a constant floating bio-mass of what the locals call “lechuga” which translates to “lettuce”. It isn’t edible, but just looks a bit lettuce-like. There are some flowering lilies as well – gorgeous. The effect is that you can tell whether the tide is coming in or going out by what direction the lechuga is moving. When we got there in the morning, it was all moving inland. When we returned in the afternoon, it was all flowing towards the ocean.  On the way there, we spotted a “lagarto” (crododile) in the water. I asked Guillermo if people swim in the river to which he replied “si”. “Isn’t that a little dangerous”? “No, the crocs are timid and you just use your head about where to swim”. The fact is, Guys In The Zone no http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2009/03/gitz-talk-show-episode1/ http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2009/03/gitz-talk-show-episode1/#comments Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:59:27 +0000 Tigre http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/?p=279 http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2009/03/gitz-talk-show-episode1/feed/ 0 Talk Show - Click the "Play" button (upper left) to listen to the show. - The newest feature on GuysInTheZone.com, our "Talk Show" is your audio source for news and information about real estate in Costa Rica's southern Pacific zone. Hosted by Ben and Rod, Click the "Play" button (upper left) to listen to the show. The newest feature on GuysInTheZone.com, our "Talk Show" is your audio source for news and information about real estate in Costa Rica's southern Pacific zone. Hosted by Ben and Rod, these conversational shorts can be listened to online (just hit the Play button below) or download them to your iPod and listen to us at your leisure. Episode One, "Under 100K Ocean View Properties" offers a quick overview of the evolution of local real estate, followed by short descriptions of the current ocean view properties we have in this under $100k category-- Property #1 in Lagunas Property #2 in San Buenaventura Property #3 in Tres Rios We welcome you to post comments on the blog and, if you like what you hear, sign up for future Talk Show episodes and blog posts. - Ben and Rod “Success is not a place at which one arrives but rather the spirit with which one undertakes and continues the journey.” -- Alex Noble Guys In The Zone no 21:07 http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2009/03/the-question-on-everbodys-mind/ http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2009/03/the-question-on-everbodys-mind/#comments Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:29:20 +0000 Ben http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/?p=309 http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2009/03/the-question-on-everbodys-mind/feed/ 3 http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2009/02/relocation-to-costa-rica/ http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2009/02/relocation-to-costa-rica/#comments Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:32:36 +0000 Tigre http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/?p=220 http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2009/02/relocation-to-costa-rica/feed/ 0 http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2009/01/yodeling-naked-firesales/ http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2009/01/yodeling-naked-firesales/#comments Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:25:54 +0000 Ben http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/?p=207 http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2009/01/yodeling-naked-firesales/feed/ 6 http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2009/01/how-to-sell-in-a-down-market/ http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2009/01/how-to-sell-in-a-down-market/#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:02:53 +0000 Tigre http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/?p=181 http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2009/01/how-to-sell-in-a-down-market/feed/ 0 http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2008/11/bens-predictions/ http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2008/11/bens-predictions/#comments Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:37:12 +0000 Ben http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/?p=83 http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2008/11/bens-predictions/feed/ 3