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First off, it’s Guanacaste not Guanacasta.
Secondly, I’ll second the motion not to try this without being reasonably fluent in Spanish.
There is no way you can do this in a day, since half the day will be taken up at the borders.
You you will have to pay duty on your belongings. You will not have to pay on a vehicle, at the time but you will need to pay it later if you ‘overstay’.
You must have the proper papers for the dogs will all inoculations up to date. This alone will add extra time at the border.
If, you are contemplating staying in Costa Rica, you will need the documentation from your home country.We get ours delivered to our door too, just outside of Guayabo, Guanacaste. Regular envelopes and boxes from Canada and the US with never a problem.
While ‘Imxploring’ writes “
‘The real answer to this question is…. “You get off the plane and start selling Real Estate!”‘
The correct answer would be ‘you could try to sell real estate along with thousands of others’!Some friends of our who sell real estate, not legally, just mentioned the other day that they were closing a deal and that this was the first for over a year.
This won’t help raise and feed a family, unless you have money to spare…Avoid wood as much as possible as it only sends up a red flag to all the insects that will move in with you! Cement, steel and glass is the way to go.
Depending on where you are going to build, really think hard about a ‘water feature on your wall’. It could cause all sorts of humidity problems.Put one on your patio or at your entrance.
And haven’t you heard of “beauty is in the eye of the beholder”?Mabe did finalize the deal.
Ticos are quite proficient with their hands and once trained, like any other worker, would be able to do the task. In fact, these guys often make the own replacement parts.
The more I read this topic the more I wonder if you have checked out the legalities of using a dish here, and how difficult it is to access a satelliteEdited on Sep 18, 2008 16:53
I have small containers with holes in the top/lid filled with non-clumping cat litter, in the closets, drawers, under the bed, etc. Works like a charm! We don’t use an AC and keep windows and doors open all day.
Many lawyer offer ‘shelf’ SA’s, which means they are usable, more or less immediately. Carlos, realize too, that to apply for your residency, you will need to deposit $60,000.
That could take a big bite of your saving/intended investment.
If you can been hired then brought to Costa Rica to work for this particular company, I think you would get a work visa for one year, which can be extended if want/needed. If, he got the job here, it is considered to be taking the employment from a local or legal resident.Actually, maravilla, it doesn’t. It can be deposited in any bank that is on the ‘approved’ list of Costa Rica. Sorry, but I can’t remember what it is called, but not many banks/financial institutions will actually be on it!.
I do agree with what dehaaij said, in part:
‘The agent should not have even shown the property to the buyer in the first place, unless the buyer understood that the agent was expecting a commission from the buyer. As a buyer, I would NOT expect to pay the agent a commission above and beyond the sellers asking price.’
If there is/was a sign or the ‘client’ knew in advance that the property was FSBO with the price stated, why would he even consider paying a commission?
As some agents say ‘I have been working on that property for months…’ and all they have really done was take & post photo on their website.
As many who have tried to or have sold their home here in Costa Rica it can take years! And it probably was only shown a couple of times. And if the were using, FSBO, they too probably were contacted by agents ‘who have a client…’ that never appears.Why would you not try to grow these spices you mentioned, tumeric, basil, etc. ? I do, and they all grow very easily.
Edited on Sep 04, 2008 10:11
There is someone in the British club that sells haggis, at least in January for the Robert Burns night.
I don’t mean to either rude or disbelieving, but what is the difference between making a ‘Botanical garden’ or just a ‘garden’? I have a large garden myself but I wouldn’t call it a Botanical garden.
Jo, no problem! I was adding the other info. as many think that they can buy a ‘regular home’, and convert it to a B&B to obtain the status of inversionista. Obviously cheaper than purchasing an existing B&B with an ‘existing clientèle’ that may already be in the tour/travel books. The property that your friends probably already had the ‘blessings’ to be accepted for this status and with that, the folks who purchased that will have no limitations on their doing the physical work. We tried to obtain this status, originally, and it is difficult, even more so that getting pensionado or rentista…and that was 6 years ago, so imagine trying to ‘do’ it now!
You have to provide info on costs, how many ‘locals’ will you hire,etc with the questions going on and on. We gave up!I was part of a flower exporting company and saw the problems that went with that, transportation, increasing problems with Agriculture inspections, etc.
We also owned a coffee farm, but sold to one of the large companies.
I have a friend who had looked into exporting coffee beans, but you need to go through one of the companies that already offers processing, etc. Then, of course, the price goes up.
I will contact him.
