Costa Rica Real Estate

The e-mail copied below is representative of several such that we have recently received asking about the condition of the Costa Rica real estate market. This one was sent to me, Ben, and I decided to write my own answers to Deb’s questions,  I have asked Rod to do the [...]

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Build or Buy in Costa Rica

Episode 3 features a discussion on the Pros and Cons of buying a house or building a house in Costa Rica’s southern Pacific zone.  Featured listings in the episode include–
Casa by The Pond – #319; a lovely house located in central Ojochal with a pond, swimming pool and extra sub-divided [...]

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Guys in the Zone heresay service: I thought that I’d behave like a blogger this morning and so I cruised the Costa Rica news & real estate blogs.  The following are my findings along with some current gossip:
The PRETOMA (Programa Restauracion de Tortugas Marinas) website
The US Department of State`s Bureau of Oceans, Environment, and Science [...]

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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 [...]

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Guys in the Zone Talk Show offers a look at real estate in the southern Pacific zone of Costa Rica.  Hosted by Ben Vaughn and Rod Martin, Episode 2 features a discussion on Property Values, Sellers’ Options and a few Featured Listings that serve as examples of great lifestyle and investment options.
Episode Two, [...]

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In my previous article I considered the workings of the standard Costa Rica real estate model – the Open Listing.. If you haven’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, [...]

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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 [...]

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Very much in keeping with the theme of Costa Rica real estate, I thought I’d take advantage of the liberties afforded me as the owner of this blog and write about the death of a professional associate, and a friend, Sean McGraw.
Sean died Tuesday night, March 24th, 2009, in a car accident. He was [...]

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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 [...]

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How would you describe the current “crisis” impact on the local economy and on Costa Rica real-estate in general?
Yesterday I made the trip up to San Isidro de el General to take care of some things. I was to meet Rod and Lindsay for lunch at “Mexico Lindo”, an amazing genuine Mexican food restaurant [...]

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