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Posted Mar 17,2007 5:37 AM kathleen6711
Hola, I bought “Behind The Wheel Spanish” which is a CD/book product. I purchased this on Amazon.com after reading many user reviews. A local high school may offer classes but if they are have started (which mine had) then it’s best to go another route. It says if you practice 1/2 hour each day you can learn in about 4 months. I agree it’s the verbs and sentence structure which is the most difficult. Having said that, it’s true that some people are better at learning new languages (we all have our aptitudes) but tell your wife take it a little at a time. No sense setting yourself up for failure before you begin :)Best of luck, you can do it!Katheen from Boston
Might be a simplistic way to look at it but some skeptics believe that if the US government believes it’s a good deal, it must be – but only for them!
And not necessarily for the other parties involved and isn’t it shame that it’s so damned complicated that EVERYBODY says the same thing – that they are “confused.”
I don’t know about you but I don’t sign anything unless it’s CRYSTAL CLEAR, I certainly would not agree to anything that I thought was confusing.
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.comI have read maravillas fascinating book and we have swapped numerous emails on this sad state of affairs.
Contrary to their sickly sweet advertising campaigns, they are not in the business of caring for people or even healing people, they are in the business to make money – Period. Unfortunately the same can be said for a big percentage of doctors too..
If they found a natural remedy cure for AIDS tomorrow it would probably be supressed because A: Few people would make money with it and B: The news would literally destroy a whole group of stocks in that sector.
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.comYour cousin needs to come down here bulishbear, nursing homes or ‘elder care’ – whatever you wnat to call it, is an ENORMOUS market that nobody is even thinking about…
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.comPOSTED IN THE WRONG PLACE AND REPOSTED HERE BY SCOTT
Posted Mar 15,2007 11:10 AM joescool1
Hi my name is joe morabito from hudson new york. Nine months ago I purchased a product from the pimsler approach, you can find it online under learn to speak spanish. I can tell you that I am learning spanish well and get to speak with my mexican customers at my deli, sub shop. I am considering investing in a gated community south of jaco and know at this point I will be somewhat able to communicate. I study everyday. the hardest part is conjugating verbs but no matter they understand you. thanks for reading , joeKeeping an open and receptive mind is crucial in trying to start a new language. Having said, not everybody is able to learn Spanish.
Try and study before you get down here then immerse yourself in Costa Rica, try to read the daily newspaper in Spanish, try to watch Spanish TV, if you must watch US TV, watch it with subtitles, try and talk with your maid in Spanish and of course start a formal class when you arrive
Like anything else, if you devote time to this every single day, you will probably be quite surprised at your progress.
I have lived here for 7 years and although some people tell me that I am ‘bilingual,’ I certainly don’t feel like I am.
All my girlfriends have been Spanish speaking (they say a “long-haired dictionary” is best but your wife would not appreciate that).
If I am with a well educated group of Spanish speakers I understand about 90%, if I am listening to people in the street talking, maybe 70%.
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.com‘If’ they see you, the police will pull your vehicles over if it does not have the 2007 sticker and when it comes to dealing with local authorities, whatever answer someone gives you here in this forum would be more of a guess that an answer that you could really rely on… Including mine.
The last thing in the world I want to do is to waste half a day and take my car to the RTV and we have a terrific guy that does all of that stuff for my car and my ladies but he’s here and not where you are.
I pay my marchamo online and then visit the bank to collect the sticker to put on the window.
If you are only living here part time I guess you will have to pay someone to take care of this for you each year. In the meantime, is there not a friendly tow truck guy locally whom you can hire to check out the car, give it a service and take it for the RTV?
It’s going to cost you a couple hundred bucks probably but better than having your car impounded …
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.comSorry to hear that you are upset OmniShare but many land sales and time share companies operate in the exact same way. For obvious reasons they want to have you with them and be in total control while you are here which will increase the probability that you will buy from them and not be able to spend time with, and buy from their competition.
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.comThis was posted in the wrong place and reposted here by Scott
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Posted Mar 14,2007 11:33 AM OmniShare
I have been exploring buying property in CR for about 2 years, and have contacted realtors and developers regularly during that time. I have generally been treated with respect and have received very good information from most of them. However, I had a very upsetting experience with Costa Developers. I was planning to tour properties in the central and south Pacific regions in February, 2007, and contacted Costa about a possible tour of their Esterillos-area properties. They have a very proscribed method of showing their properties, and they required that I spend 2 days with them, staying in the hotel they arranged, and going on their transportation to view the properties. When I told them there was no way I would spend 2 days with them, since I was very limited on time and had a very full schedule of appointments, the salesman hung up on me. That makes me very suspicious that they are so controlling and inflexible in their working with potential clients. I also find it curious that they have so little property developed behind their impressive entry gates. I guess they are using their purchasers’ money to develop their roads and other infrastructure, rather than developing that infrastructure to insure their clients that the infrastructure will be built, and built in a manner that is acceptible to the clients. I eventually bought a piece of property in a development in the Lake Arenal area where the infrastructure is in place and can be viewed by the client to determine if the development will meet his expectations and requirements. I just don’t trust Costa Developers, and from looking at their inaction on building the infrastructure, I believe I was absolutely correct to distrust.I love the Grecia area and you should certainly investigate both areas ‘rockville’
Grecia is a larger town than Santa Ana but Santa Ana is practically next door to Escazu and only fifteen minutes form San Jose so there are plenty of people nearby which is a plus for some, and a negative for others. We’ve found that many people prefer Santa Ana over so many other areas because they don’t need a car, getting around by bus is really easy (and cheap) from Santa Ana.
However, because of this ‘convenience’, comparable real estate in Santa Ana will be more expensive than Grecia.
If you can speak a little Spanish, you can see the Municipalidad de Grecia website at and the Santa munipality site at
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLOveCostaRica.comThat’s got to be the lowest cost of living I have heard of for a Gringo in Costa Rica jerry – amazing.
What do you miss most living in the country?
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.comYou can see more about Santa Ana here at which inlcudes a video and a link to the municipality website where you’ll find a lot more data.
It is growing rapidly but has so far managed to maintain the small town feel…
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.comPlease feel free to post all the URLs in this forum where we can see the details of their “completed projects in Palm Beach County Florida.”
I would be happy to take a look and, if there is indeed proven experience, I would be glad to rethink our strategy for Costa Developers…
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.comI can’t think of a single American developer that we have recommended on this WeLoveCostaRica.com site. One Canadian developer but the rest are from south of the US border…
There is an enormous difference between the experienced developers who buy land and have a proven track record of building homes in Costa Rica thta have been recommended on this site and these other companies mentioned that buy land and sell it and combined have not built 20 homes…
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.com
