Marc Schweitzer is originally from Manhattan, he has travelled to Costa Rica for about 15 years and eventually moved here permanently in 1996.

He lives in Escazu and says: “I love it.”

Escazu is a “pretty unique place”, it’s “quite gentrified” and “looks a whole lot more like Brentwood, California that you’d expect it to.”

Marc has originally planned to live here for six month in the year but just decided to stay and “discovered a great business opportunity which I have been pursuing ever since.”

“The biggest surprise I had in moving here was just how little I miss going home.”

Costa Rica Living in Escazu Video Interview: To watch this short video, please click on the small white triangular Play button in the middle of the screen below and allow a few seconds for the video to begin.

In this Cost Rica video interview, Marc gives his opinions about crime in Costa Rica, the qualifications and the training of the health care professionals – dentists and surgeons – that he has encountered.

As far as Escazu real estate is concerned, he states that: “Escazu is not cheap” but “I paid about $300,000 for the apartment (in Escazu), in New York City it would be a $2,000,000 apartment.”

If my best friend back in the US asked me about moving here I would say: “Do it sooner rather than later!”

And as far as Marc is concerned, one of the secrets to living here happily is “to accept where you are…”

Marc Schweitzer is the President of his own mortgage brokerage firm in Escazu, Costa Rica. You can see an in depth video interview about mortgages in Costa Rica here: 2008 – A New Age For Costa Rica Mortgage Financing with FREE video interview here.

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Written by Scott Oliver, author of How To Buy Costa Rica Real Estate Without Losing Your Camisa and Costa Rica’s Guide To Making Money Offshore.

Andrew Makarik

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Andrew Makarik is the main editor of WeLoveCostaRica, a fan of this sunny country. He is also a loving husband and a has a lovely daughter. By being a devoted family man and the biggest Costa Rica fan, he wants to make more people feel at home there. WeLoveCostaRica unites people and helps them find new home or a new travel destination. This website is a friendly community where everyone can find not only information, but also new friends and travel pals. Andrew is also passionate about IT and programming, so he himself maintains a friendly atmosphere in this cozy environment of WeLoveCostaRica.com.