Forum Replies Created
-
Posts
-
I’m no attorney but I am assuming that this legal contract that both parties sign allows the client (buyer) to ask for their money back whether they have what you think is a “concrete reason” or not, and it would appear that the seller is the one that is legally obliged to honour the agreement and return the client’s money…
This is a Discussion Forum and not a court of law and if a buyer is legally entitled to ask for his money back and the seller does not want to do that then that is a “problem.”
Lastly, when it comes to “honouring” agreements, if you sat here every day with me and watched what has happened to hundreds of land buyers in Costa Rica, the word “honour” would probably disappear fairly quickly from your vocabulary.
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.comDr. Mario’s office offers the Zoom whitening process which you can see more about at and they charge $350
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.comMapache are having some serious difficulties at the moment as you can see from the other thread but I don’t believe that your money is at risk.
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.comThe news about Mapache in La Nacion – the country’s most influential newspaper recently has been OVERWHELMINGLY and EXTREMELY negative.
They have been found to be:
Buying cars for local politicians –
Making very ‘strange’ arrangements for local water rights
Putting up buildings without permits
In his defense, Carlos Arroyo who is the General Manager of Mapache stated that: “En este momento hay 24 proyectos o 40 proyectos, ahí en el Coco y ninguno tiene permisos; no han pagado ni un solo cinco, ni un solo papel y ahí están en construcción; yo solo tengo cuatro.”
Which in brief means that there’s 24 or 40 projects going up in his area without permits and he’s only got four of them. Kind of like when we were kids – “Well everyone else is doing it Mom, why can’t I?”
I would be very careful buying here, there could be significant legal problems for this company and those complications could continue for many, many years.
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.comIf you Google ‘Costa Rica teeth whitening’ you’ll find a number of listings.
Having said that, I have an appointment with my dentist later today (you can see an article about him at ) myself and will ask some questions for you.
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.comI can find no refernce to clogging whatsoever in Costa Rica but the British Embassy has “Morris dancing” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_dance) on the Queen’s Birthday party so perhaps there is clogging somewhere
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.comWould you like to expand on this question a bit? Are you referring to the dancing?
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.com1. Please do not use all caps and …
2. What road exactly are you referring to…?Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.comWell done Mike!!! “Lightning”
If you do your homework and follow some fairly simple steps – many of which don’t cost a penny – you should avoid 99% of those very expensive “learning experiences” and make a good and hopefully very profitable Costa Rica real estate investment.
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.comGood advice Lotus – Thank you
We will be prohibiting these posting in the very near future – to be perfectly blunt – I am bloody exhausted answering questions like this…
Seems to me that people do more research on buying a new refrigerator than they do in buying land in Costa Rica.
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.comYou’ll find a few mentioned in this article
You could also visit and click on what specialist you need – psiquiatria – and contact those Doctors listed.
I would think that a big percentage of psychiatrists here would speak English
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.comBy all means tell us the name of the company Lotus.
Do you know them personally?
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.comThank you rf2cr but I didn’t do anything except provide the means for two parties to communicate with each other.
*** We will probably have to change the rules soon regarding Discussion Forum postings for companies selling land in Costa Rica.***
It is taking an ENORMOUS amount of time, energy and yes – money too trying to ensure that these topics are discussed diplomatically and within the confines of Costa Rica laws which are very different from US laws.
We must remember that slander and defamation are criminal offences in Costa Rica and not civil offences which means that people can be locked up for saying things that are considered slanderous or defamatory in Costa Rica so please remember this if you see that a comment has been deleted and you aren’t sure ‘why’.
The definition of slander and defamation in Costa Rica is also much broader than it is in the USA. Perhaps one of the reasons the Ticos are so unconfrontational?
I am not be sure exactly ‘why’ either most of the time but the most powerful attorney firm in Costa Rica – is sure and since I have also been personally slandered and defamed publicly in this forum, we need to ensure that this does not happen to others.
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.comThere are no property management ‘companies’ that I know of who would be interested in maintaining a single home, they are focused on the big condo projects…
Good Realtors tend to be so busy with sales that they understandably can not spend time on rentals.
What am I saying?
You’re really on your own here meaning that you would have to advertise, qualify potential renters and manage the property or maybe pay a friend/neighbour to do it for you but be sure to have a formal legal contract that spells out their responsibilities.
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.comTicos will do what Ticos do Diego – yes we understand that!
But most of the VIP Members on this site are NOT Ticos, they are Gringos and as such are guests in this country and once again…
This website and our newsletter reaches a lot of people and although I agree with some of what you say, there can be no misunderstanding or confusion in the minds of our VIP Members that we – Scott Oliver and my associated companies can not be seen to, and will NEVER recommend that people “ignore”, bend or break Costa Rica laws no matter how stupid we think they are.
THIS THREAD IS NOW CLOSED. THIS THREAD IS NOW CLOSED.
Best wishes
Scott Oliver
WeLoveCostaRica.com
