The ARCR is good for getting started in Costa Rica being as you will have little or no sense of direction when it comes to many of the things you completely understand in your native country.
That said, the ARCR is a for profit organization that benefits from a client base that does not initially know of any other resources. Many of the products and services they provide or that they make recommendations to other providers within their network are over priced … sometimes by quite a substantial amount of money.
My advice is to enjoy their services for a year, shop pricing from the beginning whenever possible and certainly research your options on associated products and services once you are more established and know where to look.
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