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The problem with renting is that most homes are rented completely unfurnished. And I mean COMPLETELY unfurnished. I’ve seen places where you would have to buy your own lightbulbs.
So many people say to themselves; “If we have to buy all these appliance and furniture, we may as well buy a home.” And I can’t blame them for thinking that way.
You can find furnished places for rent but, they are either A: Cheap and crappy (no! That’s not Spanish) or B: Nice and bloody expensive.
There doesn’t seem to be much in between.
Having said that, my Escazu penthouse apartment rents for US$1,100 per month (584 British Pounds) and it’s gorgeous. You can see photo’s of my apartment at
Scott
PS. And I’m certainly not retired!
“Everyone is telling us stories….”?
We have over 6,000 VIP Members on this website and I very rarely hear problems about the Costa Rican Police. Sure! Police in some areas run out of gas and their cars don’t run by the end of the month (no kidding) but on the whole they do what they can with what little resources they have…
People pay police because they don’t know better. Even if you were speeding, you do NOT pay your fine to the police. You take your speeding ticket and you pay the fine at one of the state banks and it’s actrually very simple.
I would suggest that if – IN THE UNLIKLEY EVENT – that you are stopped and asked to pay money to a Police Officer, you ask them if you can call “your friend” who is head of security at the US Embassy to verify that this is correct.
Scott
Did you see this log home https://www.welovecostarica.com/public/598.cfm >
The sale fell through and it’s on the market again …
Scott
I like Terry and believe that you’re dealing with the right agent for the kind of property that you are looking for…
Scott
I admire your goals and wish you every success in your venture but as you probably noticed from my reply to your other posting, I doubt very much that this would qualify you for ‘investor’ status but don’t listen to me!
Get advice from a qualified immigration attorney who might be able to get you a ‘tourism’ type residency… It’s too darned complicated for a mere mortal like me to give immigration advice.
Scott
They will both have their differences.
I am amazed that on zillions of occasions, when I ask my Guatemalan (Guatemalteca) girlfriend about certain words or expressions and she has no idea what they mean…
I say “But Spanish is your language” and she’ll say to me “But no! It’s Costa Rican, it’s NOT Spanish.”
It really is frustrating sometimes because when I hear Venezuelans abd Colombians speaking, I understand much more of what they are saying than when I hear Costa Ricans, and I have lived here for seven years and have never been to Colombia or Venezuela
Scott Oliver
If you make that $500,000 in a business that will hire a lot of Costa Ricans as full time employees, they might look at you, but $50,000 – I would not think so …
It’s my understanding that getting “investor” status is by far THE most complicated residency and you would normally be looking at a very significant investment.
Scott Oliver
I can find no mention of this on any of the US State Department websites. If you have the link, please do post it here.
With the usual attention deficit like psychotic paranoia, it does state that “There have been no recent acts of terrorism in Costa Rica” which might be comforting to people that know absolutely nothing about the rest of the world.
Scott
Apartments: CONACASA is building hundreds of apartments and you can buy a bran new penthouse for $69K
Houses: Fomento Urbano has another project called Rincon Verde which has dozens of homes for under $100K
Scott Oliver
Author of How To Buy Costa Rica Real Estate Without Losing Your CamisaDon’t know if I am the only one to notice some irony here…
The article states that “… tourism has produced serious social and environmental problems” and then invites the attendees of this Global Exchange “non-profit organization tour” to “Visit the active Poas Volcano and hike through its cloud forest” and also to “Enjoy the beaches of the Manuel Antonio National Park in the Central Pacific.”
Doesn’t that sound like they are criticizing Costa Ricans for developing their tourism industry and then, practically in the same breath, invites you to be a tourist in Costa Rica? And do exactly what they say is producing “serious social and environmental problems”? Huh?
The article also states that “Multinational fruit companies and US corporate backed cattle industries are responsible for a deforestation rate in Costa Rica second to none.” But the Costa Ricans are not going to be able to do anything about that, are they?
The USA has “intervened” (in political language that means they have murdered lots of people purely to help make their corporate clients money) previously in other Central American countries (Guatemaala for example) when the livelihood of their fruit companies has been threatened.
And we mustn’t forget that it’s the same US multi-national companies that are, by far the heaviest users of the highly toxic pesticides in Costa Rica as well.
So doesn’t like it has much to do with the Costa Rican people then does it?
Scott
The sidewalks here (when there are sidewalks) are not particularly safe for people that are fit and healthy.
For someone confined to a wheelchair, I would have thought that as long as you have one of those vans where it’s easy to get the wheelchair in an out and you are living in an area near to a big shopping mall like MultiPlaza in Escazu that you could get around fine but anywhere else in the country? Can’t imagine it being easy at all.
Scott
DOn’t think you could call Jaco “remote”, it is one of the easiest beach towns to get to…
In my short article about Jaco, I did mention that the infrastructure in Jaco is keeping pace with development UNLIKE some of the other areas and you’re right… It’s very important.
Scott
There are hundreds of condo’s available available for less than $75K but it does depend on “where” you are looking?
Your second questions is somewhat vague don’t you think?
Scott
There are dozens of developments in and around Jaco.
There are many small developers there who have never, ever built anything before and I really do wish them luck but, I do NOT think it’s prudent to invest in real estate hoping for “luck” and I don’t want someone “practising” their building experience with my money.
My goal as always, is to find experienced developers with deep pockets, with proven experience in delivering quality real estate for you. That gives you a much higher probability of making money with minimal risk.
In today’s newsletter which you should receive in about 90 minutes you will see three Jaco real estate related articles:
1. US Real Estate Investor’s Experience Investing in One Jaco Place Luxury Condos at
2. Costa Rica Real Estate Focus on Jaco Beach with FREE video at
3. One Jaco Place – Luxury Condos Include your own infinity edge spa pool on your balcony with FREE developer video interview included at
Best wishes
Scott
