• Selling Your Property For Dummies

    Selling Your Property For Dummies0

    Someone I appreciate once told me that there are five P’s for success in a Real Estate Deal, those P’s translate to: Prior, Planning, Prevents, Poor and Performance. In order to avoid a Poor Performance on the sale of your house, please follow these useful tips: Hire an agent who knows the market  In Costa

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  • Does your property have water? Let’s talk about it0

    In Costa Rica all water is owned by the State, so ideally, water availability should not be an issue. However, as you may already know, in practice that is not the reality. Costa Rica, although a tropical and fairly humid country, has severe droughts at certain times of the year, and, of course during those droughts, water

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  • Due Diligence, is it necessary in Real Estate?0

    One of the most common things we see with property purchases is the understandable initial excitement and joy of the idea of purchasing a property in a tropical paradise like Costa Rica. Unfortunately, as it is well known, high emotions tend to cloud rational thought, and that could lead to buying a property that while

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  • Condominium Rules in Costa Rica3

    You are looking to invest in a property located in a condominium in Costa Rica. Congratulations! First of all, let’s discuss what does a condominum entails: a gated housing development enclosed by a fence or a wall, all of which is watched over by a guard service that functions 24 hours per day. Only residents of the

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  • Squatter Rights and Inalienable Property in the Public Domain5

    On this occasion, we are going to address in a brief manner a topic that tends to be somewhat technical in the Civil Law field. A property or real estate can be acquired in many different ways through Costa Rican law. Perhaps the ones that come to mind first are: plain and simple purchase, donation

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  • An Expat Guide on How to Buy Property0

    So you’ve pulled up stakes, and you have packed your wagon and are headed to the tropics, as in Costa Rica?  You’ve had every family member question your judgement and promise to visit.  You are ready to buy your dream home in Paradise.   With the help of a qualified lawyer, your dream will become a reality:

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