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[quote=”Scott”]The normal rental contract in Costa Rica is for three years and the normal rental commission which is paid by the owner of the property to the real estate broker who found the renter is equivalent to one month’s rental.
The renter may also be asked for one month’s rent as security deposit… Which the owner would normally use to pay the commission which is why in many cases, the owner simply refuses to pay back the security deposit to the renter at the end of the rental…
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Not quite true, the one month security deposit is for the case the renter moves out and does not pay utilities up to date (remember, bills are paid 1 month later in Costa Rica), plus if the renter leaves damages or does not pay the last month of rent, which is quite common because many Tico landlords have the bad habit to not return the depo. and it would be quite expensive for the renter to sue the landlord. So, if the landlord wants to have more backup, he will have to ask for several months of deposit.
Depending on the rental market, it can be handled as it works best for the parties. Everything should be in writing and included in the rental contract.
In Costa Rica it is customary that the landlord pays a commission, mostly in case of vacation rentals where the daily-weekly-monthly rate is higher than in case of long term private rental. Vacation renters normally pay in advance.
In Germany it is customary that the renter pays commission to the broker (max. amount allowed by law is 2 monthly rates). This is to protect the landlord in case the renter moves out after a short rental period.
In rare cases, if there is more rental space then renters available in a certain area and the landlord has a hard time finding any renters, the landlord pays the broker a commission (no limit as of amount).If the landlord wants to pay the commission but wants to make sure that he does not get “screwed” he can agree with the renter that the renter pays the commission first and after termination of the contract (or X years) the landlord reimburses the renter.
The subject and the question was if legalizing drugs would be cheaper for Costa Rica (and other countries I suppose).
I will answer with a question : Other (legal) bad substances (alcohol, smoke, sugar and other bad food .. causing diabetes, cancer, heart problems, overweight etc. etc.) are causing huge costs for the countries health systems, so why are they legal ?
Where is the limit of “substance A is more damaging than substance B” ???? The number of autistic babies born by pod smokers ? Or the number of smokers who die from lung cancer ? Or people killed by drunk drivers or alcoholics killed by cirrhosis ? Or fat people killed by diabetes and heart attacks (after years of expensive treatment) ???
In my opinion, there is no justification whatsoever for people to kill and eat animals and to mistreat animals, no matter what kind or species.
That’s what I mean with my post.
[quote=”VictoriaLST”]Equating drug dependence with addiction to sugar or food in general is so misguided that I don’t even know where to begin. Before I retired, I was, by profession, a mental health and chemical dependency counselor. I know the human costs, even with “just” marijuana.
Let me explain a bit, with information that almost no one talks about. When a baby girl is born, all the eggs she will ever have are already present on the ovaries. Ova are surrounded by fatty tissue. THC clings to fatty tissue and can damage eggs. Damage an egg by smoking marijuana as a teenager and that could be the egg that is fertilized when you are 25. The result? Miscarriage. Birth defects – including autism. Do we teach that? No. Why not? God only knows. Perhaps because teenagers aren’t going to listen? Because it takes thinking about future implications for your behavior? I can tell you that I used to explain it to the teens I worked with – all male. One of them then called his pregnant girlfriend and had her go for an amnio. The baby was fine but he asked her not to smoke mj anymore. And, yes, as with cigarette smoking, mj smoking during pregnancy can also damage the fetus.
This is a complex issue. More education is required and so is more therapy for people who use any sort of drug. Will people continue to use? Yes. And they will continue to die.[/quote]
Hi Victoria
half of the teenagers in Tilaran (and maybe in total Costa Rica) are smoking pod, even it is prohibited. As I said, those who want to use drugs do it anyhow, they don’t ask for permits, they just pay more $$. How about alcoholic women ? Smoking women ? How about their babies ?I have a dollar account at BNCR and I have a debit card.
My ATM (BNCR) receipts show my name and the exchange rate, they show also the “cuenta cliente” account number and the balance on the account.Luckily I don´t have to deal with immigration stuff 🙂
Maybe my former post sounds weird, but let me explain it this way.
I am signed up with CCSS and I only pay a fraction of what I would pay in Germany. The service at the CCSS hospitals is not like in Germany, I hate to stand in line in order to make an appointment and I would hate to be in a hospital bed in a public hospital (been there twice). Nor do I want to pay a helluva money at a private clinic. So, what can I do in order to minimize the possibility to go there ? I do not use drugs, not smoke, hardly drink alcohol (one beer or 2 per month…), eat healthy etc. I know I still could get sick or have an accident, but I don´t have to force myself to get sick by using unhealthy substances.And no, my life is not any more boring than other peoples lifes.
[quote=”DavidCMurray”]Costa Rica certainly could confiscate and then sell or give away the illegal drugs it seizes, but to do so would be to encourage substance dependence. And that increased drug dependence would have secondary costs to the health care system and to the economy in diminished productivity. The government could do the same with alcohol, but I’m not convinced that such policies would be in the broader public interest.
Decriminalizing possession and use of modest amounts of otherwise illegal drugs would save enormous costs to the government and thus free up resources to address larger problems.[/quote]
What about food (sugar-) addiction ? Bad nutrition ? A lot of processed food is known to cause health problems. How much money do governments spend on diabetes, cancer, heart problems ? Unfortunately, it is not of peoples interest to get healthy and have normal weight.
People who want to use drugs use them anyway, legal or illegal. When drugs are illegal they are expensive. It is hardly possible to make the required amount of money in a legal manner. So what ? Legal drugs, lower prices, maybe a few more people in the hospitals, but much less in the jails.
I think people should be free to chose if they want to use drugs or not. They just should not expect others to pay for their health problems caused by their chosen live style. People have to learn again to be responsible for their own bad decisions. A social society is a good thing, as long as people are held responsible for their actions.
The moment one legalizes the books of the corporation (until last year it was at the tax department, now it is at the national registry in San Jose) this is the moment to declare the corp active or inactive. Not all attorneys who create corps automatically buy and legalize the books. We have seen many corp owners hiring an accountant for the books, and the accountant, stupidly, registered the corp. as active. Which did not matter until now that they have to pay the corp tax.
[quote=”costaricafinca”]I, too, like the Arenal, Tilaran area …but it is too wet, windy and cool for us to live there!
Make that an extended round trip and check out various parts of the country.[/quote]
wet-windy-cool ?
windy only from december through march (and I love it)
wet ? has not been wet enough for almost 10 years (ask ICE about the lake level)
cool ? most time we have summer temperatures. What we call “cool” here would be “nice and warm” in Germany.
[quote=”jackson”]I am looking for feedback on active and inactive corporations. When filing the yearly tax declaration the fee is $200.00USD. for inactive companies and $400.00 for active companies. As per my lawyers request I have sent $200.00 for an inactive corp. Note: I have had the corporation for over five years, the purpose of the company is strictly ownership of a small acreage in S.W. Costa Rica which I hope to put a house on someday in the future. The law firm that I deal with has now stated that the C.R. government requires S400.00 this year for an inactive company and that the law firm wants additional $200.00 to re register me as an inactive company. Are there other members with inactive companies having this same experience.[/quote]
Maybe your corp. was registered as Active by accident before ? How much did you pay last year ? If it was inactive you paid approx. 150 and now will pay 200 $. If it was active you paid 300 last year and now would pay 400. In this case you can change it to inactive after paying the 400 Dollars. You can check the amount on the BCR webpage or on http://www.rnpdigital.com by typing in your corp. number
Alcohol is worse than Marihuana for example, and it is not prohibited. I think it is not the damage it can do to people that concerns lawmakers. I think it might be a kind of mafia thing, cartels paying governments to keep it illegal, and they share the business. Would that make sense ?
I would recommend to make a round-trip, maybe rent 3 months at a time in different areas (beach, mountains, city) and then decide where to live permanently.
Personally I love the Lake Arenal area and have been here for 21 years 😀[quote=”VictoriaLST”]I think it has something to do with developing a “personal relationship” with a horse. Raising, training, riding. We just don’t have that kind of relationship with cows.[/quote]
Don´t say that. I rose a 100 head of cattle some years ago, I took very good care of them for over a year and went out on horseback twice per week to count them (my wild cowboy years – yeah !! ). It broke my heart when I took them to auction …….
Some people eat horses, others eat cats or dogs, others eat crocodiles, others eat armadillos and iguanas.
I think dead is dead, so what is the problem ?People should better look what is in all the other stuff they eat, all the processed food, preserves, colors, artificial taste, GMO, pesticide, herbicide etc., they should read the labels, and investigate what is not on the labels. I think, horse meet is not that bad after all.
