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Sweikert

when are you visiting costa rica again..

[quote=”sweikert925″][quote=”clayton”]Lighten up,Jeeesssshhhh![/quote]

I’m perfectly light, thank you.

Yes, we are all entitled to opinions on any possible subject under the sun. But in a situation where the subject is whose position is correct on a legal point concerning a contract between 2 parties then unless you are all of the things I referred to above the opinion isn’t particularly valid. My opinion is that I have absolutely no idea whether position of the government of Costa Rica or the position of Infinito is correct.[/quote]

[davidd]

Scott

I would never thought to say this but I think it would be good for costa rica if Villalta wins

but ONLY 1 term this will balance things a bit

Arraya is a corrupt crook pure and simple.. and I have pysical prrof of this but that is another story

but if I had my way.. I would have you be president and sweikert your vice president.. just to keep him in check 😀

[quote=”Scott”]Villalta is a full blooded Communist and IMHO would be a TOTAL, unmitigated disaster for Costa Rica.

Johnny Araya is very popular although a few well connected attorney friends of mine seem to think he’s not quite as crispy clean as he appears…

But realistically, has anything actually improved from one election to the next in the U.S?

Does anything actually improve from one election to the next in the U.K?

Does anything improve from one election to the next anywhere?

I don’t believe the political and economic problems in Costa Rica and in most places around the world can solved by replacing one talking head for another, we need a new system free of the cancerous Central Banks, their City of London/Wall Street bankster buddies and all the Shylocks running them!

Scott
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sweikert925

Your right!!! geeezz how in the world did you become so smart????:wink:

[quote=”sweikert925″][quote=”imxploring”]The majority of the improvements in everyday life over the last 100 years have to do with advancements in science, technology, and medicine.[/quote]

[quote=”Scott”]Couldn’t agree with you more imxploring.[/quote]

To someone who is a member of the privileged class (and who would have also been a member 100 years ago) I suppose you tend to think of progress purely in those terms. You both probably even think you got where you are today with absolutely no government help.

100 years ago women couldn’t vote. Blacks were strung up from trees to the utter amusement of the local white citizens. Children were forced to work 16 hours a day in sweatshops or hellish factories. Tainted food, water and medicine killed thousands every year. 2 people of different races (not to mention 2 of the same gender) were forbidden by law to marry. The talents of bright children with poor parents were squandered due to inability to access higher education. Farmers whose crops failed starved or hung themselves from the barn because they had no recourse. Banks failed and the savings of thousands who had their money there was just lost. Old people routinely died of starvation and curable diseases.

Of course to many on the right, mention all that and the reaction you get will be “Ah, the good old days!”. (Some are doing everything they can to recreate that world). To them mention progress and they only think in terms of flat screen TVs, cell phones, Viagra and internet porn. But guess what? Progress is a whole lot more than that to people who occasionally think about more than their own comfort.[/quote]

[davidd]

Costa Rica [b]is [/b]the most expensive country in central america

anyone want to dispute this??? would love to hear the opposite

problem is nothing changes here except at a private level

where in gods name is all that money????

if Ortega had some Savvy he could make his country into the place to be. I have friends that live in grenada that say its the same as escazu at half price.

[quote=”costaricabill”]http://www.amcostarica.com/morenews2.htm

Can you imagine the chaos and anger that will be generated at the fronteras over the next month and the accompanying holiday period? Another tax, but with limited places throughout the country to make payment and absolutely no place to pay at the border!

I think I don’t want to be a border guard, especially at Penas Blancas. There will be thousands of angry Nicas trying to get home for the holidays!!![/quote]

[davidd]

You should try amazon.com and become a kindle author- I have friends that have 50 titles and make $5000 per month kindle sales.

or try adsense

or affiliate marketing

or lead generation for business

or CPA marketing

or work on a specific skillset and offer it on sites like fivver

or ebay craigslist

or PPC marketing

or video marketing

or membership site

or email marketing

or Blogging

etc etc

in todays world we are so fortunate to live in such opportunity and abundance.. its truly amazing!!!

the biggest challenge is these self limiting beliefs that stop any growth.

[davidd]

Scott

thanks for those links

[quote=”Scott”]Please also see the following two articles which will clearly explain how extremely difficult it will be for you to work legally in Costa Rica.

[url=https://www.welovecostarica.com/members/2302.cfm]Expats Doing Business or Working in Costa Rica[/url] With Free Video With Attorney Rick Philps. The most important things you must know or you will be doomed from the start…

[url=https://www.welovecostarica.com/public/2208.cfm]Working In Costa Rica[/url]. Many come to enjoy the tropical beauty and ideal climate. Others, who are more entrepreneurial, see tremendous investment potential and an opportunity for a simpler lifestyle and want to find a way to work here and support themselves.

You can certainly own a business here but owning one and working in that business are two very different things ….

Scott
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[davidd]

BTW I would also recommend if Scott allows to spend some time with him.. he has impeccable taste

[quote=”davidd”][quote=”sweikert925″][quote=”Scott”]Glad to hear you like George. [/quote]

Actually I never met George, so I’ll have to take your word for that.[/quote]

SWEIKERT

for godsake man.. why did you not call me I would have picked you up at thge airport and we could have gone for a cup of Java..

:cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry:

oh well

next time 😀

seriously good you made a tour.. when you do retire.. you should have an idea of the areas you would like to “TEST” this way you can rent a place for a few months in each area to really see which is the best based on your personal preferences.

On the surface you seem like a high maintenance guy but I could be wrong..:wink:[/quote]

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[quote=”sweikert925″][quote=”Scott”]Glad to hear you like George. [/quote]

Actually I never met George, so I’ll have to take your word for that.[/quote]

SWEIKERT

for godsake man.. why did you not call me I would have picked you up at thge airport and we could have gone for a cup of Java..

:cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry:

oh well

next time 😀

seriously good you made a tour.. when you do retire.. you should have an idea of the areas you would like to “TEST” this way you can rent a place for a few months in each area to really see which is the best based on your personal preferences.

On the surface you seem like a high maintenance guy but I could be wrong..:wink:

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[quote=”njackson”]We three individuals bought property in 2007. Now we, with our now-adult three sons, are considering becoming a corporation (SRL?). How difficult will it be to change the real estate ownership from individuals to corporation? Is it even worth it to become a corporation in the first place? We are trying to secure and simplify the ownership and future transfer to our kids. Please, any legal advice would be so appreciated…[/quote]

nothing is difficult if you have money 🙂

incorporating now has an additional tax whcih goes up every year.. so besides your normal property tax you will pay a corp tax.. and to change from individual to corp will also cost you transfer tax.. taxes.. taxes.. taxes

[davidd]

BTW if you do some dillgence you will notice

China buying and storing large amounts of gold.. and many countries are setting up bilateral agreements with their currency’s to by pass the dollar when doing trade..

Iran, China, Russian, Africa, etc are getting on this trend

[quote=”davidd”]Costa Rica is terrible doing business

and I am not talking about online/real estate commissions I am talking about brick and mortar type business.

this country.. unless you have large budgets and money is not a concern.. then you can always pay your way out

like walmart or some of the larger companies here

BUT small business forget it..

if you find a little niche.. then maybe.. just maybe you can make a few sheckles.. as long as you stay under the radar so to speak

but not worth the hassle in my opinion and this is from vast experience here.

Costa Rica has advanced in Tax theft and its collection methods are ever increasing. The good news is that they are only brick and mortar level and I don’t see them getting to the level of stealing from online companies..

for example a tica friend started buying clothes and items from the U.S. to try and sell here..

she opened up a small shop.. but between the ever increasing taxes and harassment from local municipalities she was NOT making any money

so I guided here thru a change and we eliminated her store front completely and set her up online , the only thing she did was get a high speed internet connection, and also a costa rica VOIP number.. m. so now sales are good and she can support herself and her kids instead of relying on the government.

or some man to take car of her. and she gets most of her clients on facebook.

NO SHOWROOM NO PERMITS NO TAXES

so you have I would say 10 -15 years.. but who knows if the whole monetary system wont collapse before then.. which I think we will see this i the next 10 years.

Fiat currency.. if you research this out in the history of mankind there have been hundreds of various Fiat Currency around the world.. and they ALL at some point FAILED

the dollar is just a matter of time.

[quote=”Scott”]I certainly do not think it would be sensible to try developing real estate in a Spanish speaking country without speaking Spanish but I don’t actually know if that’s the case here…

Scott[/quote][/quote]

[davidd]

Costa Rica is terrible doing business

and I am not talking about online/real estate commissions I am talking about brick and mortar type business.

this country.. unless you have large budgets and money is not a concern.. then you can always pay your way out

like walmart or some of the larger companies here

BUT small business forget it..

if you find a little niche.. then maybe.. just maybe you can make a few sheckles.. as long as you stay under the radar so to speak

but not worth the hassle in my opinion and this is from vast experience here.

Costa Rica has advanced in Tax theft and its collection methods are ever increasing. The good news is that they are only brick and mortar level and I don’t see them getting to the level of stealing from online companies..

for example a tica friend started buying clothes and items from the U.S. to try and sell here..

she opened up a small shop.. but between the ever increasing taxes and harassment from local municipalities she was NOT making any money

so I guided here thru a change and we eliminated her store front completely and set her up online , the only thing she did was get a high speed internet connection, and also a costa rica VOIP number.. m. so now sales are good and she can support herself and her kids instead of relying on the government.

or some man to take car of her. and she gets most of her clients on facebook.

NO SHOWROOM NO PERMITS NO TAXES

so you have I would say 10 -15 years.. but who knows if the whole monetary system wont collapse before then.. which I think we will see this i the next 10 years.

Fiat currency.. if you research this out in the history of mankind there have been hundreds of various Fiat Currency around the world.. and they ALL at some point FAILED

the dollar is just a matter of time.

[quote=”Scott”]I certainly do not think it would be sensible to try developing real estate in a Spanish speaking country without speaking Spanish but I don’t actually know if that’s the case here…

Scott[/quote]

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Sweikert

I will be waiting with Baited breath for your arrival :):P

[quote=”sweikert925″]By the way, you seem like the perfect person to ask this question of.

I was hoping to get an altimeter so I can measure the altitude of the places I will be visiting on my upcoming visit to CR in a couple of weeks. But that was before I found that altimeters are really just barometers and that they work by measuring barometric pressure, not actual height above sea level. Barometric pressure changes the higher up you go. But since barometric pressure ALSO keeps changing with the weather, how DO you get an accurate reading of altitude?[/quote]

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Johnny

you are smart to be concerned and ask these questions..

Costa Rica is indeed increasing in prices and with the influx of gringos ( sweikert 🙂 ) leaving the U.S. for other options do not help.

And with Costa Rica’s quest to collect more taxes.. the equation will soon become too out of whack.

You can get great deals but need to live in the boonies so to speak and learn to live like the natives.. otherwise you will fall into that catagory of the have’s and this is what the government wants to target.

I love this quote from todays AM costa rica

“Whatever are the proposals the minister advances, expats can be sure that those with money will be targeted”

those with money will be targeted sounds very much like whats going on in the U.S. except those with money are now labeled middle class 🙂

[quote=”johnnyh”][quote=”Scott”][quote=”johnnyh”]I have looked at quite a number of properties on the web (houses)in Costa Rica, both on the Pacific as well as the Caribbean side. In talking to one of my Tico cousins down there, and referring him to the properties, he was flabbergasted by the pricing, and he mentioned that these are inflated gringo prices. Any truth to this? Any experiences?[/quote]

Your cousin is not correct, take a look at the dozens of real estate magazines, websites and the newspapers advertisements that focus on the local Tico buyers and NOT the Gringo or other expat buyers and you’ll see that they are not “inflated gringo prices.” Real estate prices in Costa Rica are not cheap…

Ask your “Tico cousins” to give you website links of developers who focus on the Tico market and you’ll soon find out that the average Tico family is having a [u]very tough time[/u] trying to find affordable homes …

I know a number of developers well… One Venezuelan developer tells me the exact same homes he builds here (and he’s built THOUSANDS) sell for twice the price here than they sell for in Venezuela…
[/quote]

Thanks for the reply Scott. I can understand the prices in Venezuela, the way things are there, but is the labor so much more expensive in C.R.? Are things getting so much out of hand leading to a bubble? Considering that we are experiencing a worldwide “depression” and facing an American default, or most likely a devaluation of the Dollar which is door number two, it doesn’t look good. Que pasa cuando muchos gringos se vienen de vuelta para aca? I might be wrong.[/quote]

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pixframe

Hmmm… thats interesting..:)

one of my friends who is diabetic has for years been on a plan that did what you said.. the company paid 70% and he paid out of pocket the rest. He also has a $300 deductible per year..

I asked him to explain to me what happened.. and he said that now. his deductible is $1500 per year with the same 70/20.

he explained to me that this is because of the new law with OB care.. in so many words..

Who knows.. we can be sure on one thing.. only time will tell..

yes???

I don’t see this increase just being a normal process

[quote=”pixframe”]David, when I started working, most companies insured their employees with, what was at the time, the “tradition” 80-20 plan which had an annual “out of pocket” limit. It was a simple process. I went to the doctor. I paid the doctor. The doctor gave me a bill marked “paid in full”. I submitted the bill to my insurance company and IF the procedure was covered by the plan I was reimbursed 80% of my cost. Every year thereafter my annual out of pocket limit increased and that was because every year with the insurance contract’s renewal the premium increased and a higher annual out of pocket helped slow down the growth of the premium. With the next year’s contract renewal … where the employer paid 100% of the premium … with yet another premium increase … in addition to yet another increase in my annual out of pocket cost I was told I had to participate in the cost of the premium and 25% of the cost was deducted from my paycheck. In the early 1980’s HMO’s became the trend. Much lower premiums than the 80-20 plans but with the HMO’s also came “in network doctors” and co-pays. The first HMO my employer signed on with was Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield (New York State). The doctors I had been seeing for years were not “in network” and I had to find new doctors and adjust to not only paying a portion of my insurance’s monthly premium I had to adjust to paying co-pays with each visit. Two years later my employer changed to Oxford Health Plans, an HMO (for the obvious reason …. premiums went up again). And, once again I had to find new set of doctors, pay a larger percentage of a larger premium, larger co-pays and larger annual out of pocket expenses.

Much of the issues people are being confronted with by Obamacare are simply a continuation of the “same old”. Only difference now is is that more people are being introduce to the “process”.

[quote=”davidd”][quote=”pistol”]Things may change now that it is being implemented.IE.Families that have been covered are finding that their premiums are being doubled as well as their deductable. This monster must be paid for by the haves to cover the have-knots.Pure wealth redistribution on a scale unprecedented in the history of The Republic.[/quote]

I have spoken to 1 dozen contacts and they all fall under the middle class.. all of them has had increased in either rates.. and deductable.. one went from $300 dedectable to $1500..[/quote][/quote]

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[quote=”pistol”]Things may change now that it is being implemented.IE.Families that have been covered are finding that their premiums are being doubled as well as their deductable. This monster must be paid for by the haves to cover the have-knots.Pure wealth redistribution on a scale unprecedented in the history of The Republic.[/quote]

I have spoken to 1 dozen contacts and they all fall under the middle class.. all of them has had increased in either rates.. and deductable.. one went from $300 dedectable to $1500..

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