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		<title>Exclusive Listings Revisited Part 3 of 3</title>
		<link>http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2011/05/exclusive-listings-re-visited-part-3-of-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 20:47:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This series of articles is all about selling a property in Costa Rica.

Part 1 dealt with the most common type of listing that sellers use in Costa Rica: the Open Listing. 
Part 2 discussed how agencies here in The Zone imitate the MLS (Multiple Listing Service) of the U. S. and other countries by offering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exclusive Listings Re-visited Part 2 of 3</title>
		<link>http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2011/04/exclusive-listings-re-visited-part-2-of-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2011/04/exclusive-listings-re-visited-part-2-of-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 20:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Costa Rica real estate imitates the workings of the MLS market place of other countries. The result is a hybrid market place that isn't quite as good as the mature Multiple Listing Service of other countries. Is there a better way?  This article features a consideration of an alternative business model.]]></description>
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		<title>Costa Rica Real Estate Chit Chat</title>
		<link>http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2010/04/costa-rica-real-estate-chit-chat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2010/04/costa-rica-real-estate-chit-chat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 23:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A free flow of some of the latest goings on in Costa Rica's southern pacific zone and the business of real estate there.  There appears to be a licensing requirement coming for Costa Rica's realtors.  Also, a full bodied MLS is in the works (finally) for Costa Rica.  It appears that the legal provision of a trust is, at present, not available in Costa Rica.  And finally, about reading Spanish language websites in English.]]></description>
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		<title>Kicking Tires in Paradise</title>
		<link>http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2009/10/lots-of-looking-going-on-costa-rica-real-estate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2009/10/lots-of-looking-going-on-costa-rica-real-estate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve had a week full of working with  buyer-type clients, but they definitely fit into what the &#8220;Man Says  There’s No Market here&#8221; article says below.  I&#8217;ll call them the  Schmuggerdoos.  They are intent on buying some land, they came here to buy  land, they found land that will suit their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seller Options: Exclusive Listings</title>
		<link>http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2009/04/exclusive-listings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2009/04/exclusive-listings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:39:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my previous article I considered the workings of the standard Costa Rica real estate model &#8211; the Open Listing..  If you haven&#8217;t read it (and would like to) you can by clicking here.
I have been a bit negative about exclusive listings in the past.  My attitude towards these is now changing and, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Costa Rica Property Seller Options</title>
		<link>http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2009/04/costa-rica-property-seller-options/</link>
		<comments>http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2009/04/costa-rica-property-seller-options/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/?p=364</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have written about the nature of our marketplace and the listing options open to sellers.  Its not a pretty site in this non-MLS (Multiple Listing Service) marketplace. The seller is confronted by the decision to personally market the property to each of the real estate agencies in the area (Open Listing), entrust one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help for Buyers and Sellers Takes a Big Step Forward</title>
		<link>http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2008/12/help-for-buyers-and-sellers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2008/12/help-for-buyers-and-sellers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2008 23:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
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Imagine this: you are interested in buying a piece of  property in Costa Rica’s southern zone, so you walk in to one of the real  estate offices in say – Uvita. You consult for awhile with an agent there. (For  the sake of this article, lets call him “Ben”  ) and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Day in the Life of a Costa Rica Real Estate Guy</title>
		<link>http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2008/05/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-costa-rica-real-estate-guy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2008/05/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-costa-rica-real-estate-guy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 17:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A great example of how to go about buying a piece of land in Costa Rica
I thought that it might be interesting to catalogue the recent visit, well actually the current visit, of The Smiths. Their visit is very representative of what are perhaps the bulk of my presentations. From their upper budget limit of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Problems In Costa Rica Real Estate Caused By Not Having an MLS</title>
		<link>http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2008/05/the-problems-in-costa-rica-real-estate-caused-by-not-having-an-mls/</link>
		<comments>http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2008/05/the-problems-in-costa-rica-real-estate-caused-by-not-having-an-mls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was out with a client the other day. We had set up the appointment via e-mail. I had helped with getting him set up with a car rental, and we had spoken extensively via phone regarding what he was looking for so that I could have a presentation ready for his arrival.
We met, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Do An Exclusive Property Listing In Costa Rica</title>
		<link>http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2007/02/how-to-do-an-exclusive-property-listing-in-costa-rica/</link>
		<comments>http://www.costa-rican-real-estate.com/2007/02/how-to-do-an-exclusive-property-listing-in-costa-rica/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Feb 2007 14:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the continuation of an earlier article on How To Sell A Property In Costa Rica.  That article left off with the statement: &#8220;listing your property with an agency doesn’t guarantee that other  agencies will know about the listing.  There is a gap that the listing  agency should try and fill [...]]]></description>
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