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Maybe we can pass dehaaij’s contact info to some real estate developers in Arizona. Maybe he’d be interested in purchasing some oceanfront property in Arizona…staying ahead of the crowd and all, you know for that big earthquake that we all know is right around the corner that’s going to break California off. Hey you never know right… I’ve read plenty of articles that promise that’s coming soon too.
Those guys down there are being deceptive as heck and they ought to be ashamed of themselves. Costa Rica sells itself, you need not lie to sell it. You can go down there and get lazy and get hurt if you’re not careful (financially). When in doubt, don’t. That’s my advice.good points gringotico. I know this thread isn’t about politics, and I’m not really sure how the Costa Rican govt feels about the private ownership of guns, but if you look at the history of WW2, the Swiss were right in the middle of the bloodiest neighborhood in the world , and their neutrality ensured that, for the most part, the Swiss made it through without a scratch. The key was, the Swiss strongly support the private ownership of firearms, and had either side tried to invade Switzerland, the casualty rate would have been tremendous. I would hope the Costa Rican govt. has looked hard at Switzerland’s outlook on self defense and somewhat copied their system.
The US, Venezuela, the Russians, Martians, whoever– as powerful as they are militarily, no conventional standing army can fight, occupy and win a guerilla war. You can’t shoot what you can’t see. Give everybody in Costa Rica a rifle and the training how to properly use it, and you’re in the safest place on earth.I may be off-topic in saying this, but…
Costa Rica doesn’t have a military and doesn’t make political enemies.
That’s a *huge* point to consider when talking about the safety of your investments in CR, real estate or otherwise…
Decades-long war and the threat of terrorism is a factor many people aren’t prepared to live with, and once Americans and western Europeans start to fully come to terms with that, Costa Rica is going to look brighter and brighter for a lot of people.I’m not sure how much help this is, but I just got back from a week out there in Golfito, I guess an hour from Pavones. That’s the nearest town. Good supermarket there, bank, medical facilities, everything you’d expect to see in a small town. Everyone out there seems to have internet servie. Not sure about Pavones though. Golfito’s where you’ll be doing your business. Small scattering of gringos, but not much going on, very remote there in Pavones.
I’m considering buying a property in Golfito. The purchase price is only US $60k and there’s a tico house on the property and it also comes with an extra lot. I’m young and I don’t have a lot of liquid cash, so I’m going to need to finance this. The online research I’ve done looks like Stewart/Banex offers a 20-25 year mortgage at about 2.5 points over prime with a 30% down payment. I can swing that. Just wondering if any of yaal see Murphy (from Murphy’s Law fame) in this picture or if anyone has any words of wisdom for me. The plan is to tread water for a couple of years on this, make the monthly payments, maybe with the help of a good renter in teh tico house, then sell the tico house for hopefully enough money to keep and have my extra lot paid for, then I can start building my retirement house on the lot, and in 5-10 years be done with all of this and get down there full time. I’m not a resident of CR. Any info, yaal pass it along OK. Thanks!
