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I visited an agricultural fair in Zarcero a few years ago and it was a bloody cold day! Love the area but it can get quite chilly up there…
Scott
WeLoveCostaRica.com90% of the Americans I speak with tell me they would like air conditioning even in the Central Valley where one would very rarely need it.
So if 90% of them ask for it then the people building/selling their properties will include what the majority are asking for… You “demand” and they “supply.”
The penthouse apartment that I am renting now, is the first home that I have lived in that has had A/C and in the last two years, I have used it for a total of about 30 hours and 90% of that time was when I had singing lessons 🙂
Scott
Sorry to say this but I would be very surprised if CONCASA will have any apartments available in Jaco by February 2007 and would also not be surprised if they increase their prices again before that time.
If you do decided to visit Costa Rica before then, fly into San Jose and they’ll arrange to have someone pick you up and take you to see their project here where they have finished eight (I think) buildings so that you get a clear idea of the type of apartments that they will be building in Jaco.
All you need to do is to visit the article at and fill in the form and someone will contact you
Scott Oliver
WeLoveCostaRica.comPS. CONCASA makes buying the apartments quite easy… Reserve the aprtment with US$1,000 then when you sign the agreement (within a month normally), they would require 30% down however, you can spread this 30% downpayment out over 12 monthly payments. The balance would be due upon delivery.
The weather in Atenas is lovely like many areas in Costa Rica and will depend on your altitude but, please help me!
I have heard this quotation so many times (about National Geographic saying it’s the best weather in the world) but nobody has ever been able to show it to me, do you have it? Can you show me where I can read it?
Sctt Oliver
WeLoveCostaRica.com
Great feedback – Thank you all – Muchisisisisisimas gracias….
Will buy the biggest container of white vinegar I can next week and see if I can train the maid to get it right…
Scott
You are welcome… Dr. Molina will look after you and your pet well
More people die every year in the USA of regular flu than the total number of people that have died of avian flu but I probably shouldn’t start ranting on about that…
Scott
Please visit the following article and double-check with Dr. Molina
The requirements do change regularly and he would know …
Scott Oliver
WeLoveCostaRica.comUnfortunately Jill, I could spend 24 hours per day researching companies that are “not on the up and up”.
As you know this is a free website and yes! I have spent YEARS writing articles and books to help “educate and protect” our VIP Members, it really doesn’t “pay” to continue spending so much time doing that…
I had the same problem with investment scams… We warned about this in my first book but thousands of people including dozens that I know personally still lost HUNDREDS of MILLIONS of dollars.
At the end of the day, Costa Rica real estate buyers will find more detailed information on my site that will help educate and protect them (now over 1,000 articles) than any other in the world.
You can teach a child that if he plays with matches he’ll get burned, but if he still insists on playing with matches after that – there is little we can do…
Thank you for bringing this to my attention and I will try to look into it more…
Scott Oliver
WeLoveCostaRica.comYou are quick lotus! I put that up there ten minutes ago…
I gotta’ go to bed sometime 🙂 but would you believe there are soccer parties around me tonight? We can only hope that they are not planning on partying all throughout the night and then restingt after the game – That would probably kill me right off…
While I’m here – Please tell me! What short videos would you REALLY love to see on the site?
Scott
You have to invest a LOT of money in real estate if that’s the route you are taking to try and establish residency.
Getting your residency as a ‘pensionado’ is a lot simpler.
The ARCR offers a variety of services to their members and I think they also have their own real estate sales brokerage firm.
I don’t think they have “their” health plans, I believe they offer group insurance from the Costa Rican insurance monopoly INS.
Maybe some of our other VIP Members can verify that for you?
As always, do your homework before you do business with anybody.
Scott Oliver
WeLoveCostaRica.comPhew!
I did look at the links you gave and did notice the names that you mention HOWEVER…
1. Would you please confirm how you know that those specific individuals are part of the companies mentioned because I cannot find them mentioned anywhere (understandably I guess).
2. Would you please supply the link to the other forum so that we can see what’s said there?
Scott Oliver
WeLoveCostaRica.comI can recommend two other car rental agencies. Not as good as Dean’s, but darn good!
Jim Hughes who lives in Escazu. He has older cars (about ten years old) but they run very well. His phone numbers are
011 (506) 228-5827
011 (506) 825-9694
011 (506) 302-1242
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Here is another one. She rents mainly 4x4s and is a Tica.
Xinia of A4 Auto Rentals
Email her at: a14_rentacar@yahoo.com
011 (506) 388-7616
011 (506) 839-9024
011 (506) 273-1178
Have a good trip!
Scott Oliver
WeLoveCostaRica.comThis subject has also been discussed at
It’s actually quite an amusing article, I love the part where Mr. Chilton states that “I do not really care much what Mr. Scott Oliver says or thinks.”
This is somewhat difficult to believe after reading the T-W-E-N-T-Y N-I-N-E pages of personally insulting and abusive comments about one buyer’s (unsolicited) article (a VIP Member of this site) who has purchased two condos in a competing development, about me, insinuations of wrong doings on behalf of one major developer and blatantly slanderous accusations against another major developer.
Mr. Chilton would be wise to remember that slander is a criminal offence in Costa Rica and not a civil one and, the two substantial developers he is writing about were aware of his article before I was.
I believe that in trying to differentiate his real estate product, Mr. Chilton could have done so in much less space, been more effective and not turned his audience off in the process.
But at the end of the day, his article says more about his explosive personality and this is already damaging his sales. I know this because people that he has sent ‘explosive’ emails to have in turn emailed them to me.
Mr. Chilton has learned a lot about real estate in Costa Rica for someone who’s never actually built anything here before.
All his ‘projections’ are just that – ‘projections’ and if he is wrong with any of his estimates, or if construction costs are more than he anticipates, which happens frequently with experienced developers never mind first timers, then his entire concept of “quality living with cash flow” or a “healthy investment return” will disappear.
I wish he and his investors success, I think there is room for his product however, from a marketing perspective, tearing down another’s product does not enhance one’s own.
Scott Oliver
WeLoveCostaRica.comCosta Rica will be in a trance on Friday morning – Everybody will be watching the game.
I just hope that it’s not too painful to watch….
Scott Oliver
WeLoveCostaRica.comI don’t think it is that high.
I arrived in Costa Rica with 48 boxes of belongings and if I remember rightly paid about $450 in taxes. That’s nothing.
As long as your goods are for personal use and not for resale, the taxes are rarely excessive
You may wish to see the article Import Taxes – How Do They Work? at there are some useful website links in there “if” you speak Spanish
Scott Oliver
WeLoveCostaRica.com
