OK…. my advise is, go there, find an area you are happy in, live there a couple years, THEN look around for places for sale through the ticos, or another trusted gringo who has lived in the area. I got 3 acres with coffee and 10 different types of mature fruit trees, a three bedroom house with elec and water and a phone line 1.5 miles from pavement in the mountains in the La Suiza area near Turrialba for about $12,000. The local friends of mine asked me why I paid so much!!! A week later, I could have doubled my money, but did not, and still(3 yrs later) do not wish to sell. There are opportunities EVERYWHERE… be patient.
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