Former commercial real estate investor from Canada, now based on Costa Rica's Pacific coast. Writes about property values, rental yields, and the gap between what developers promise and what the data shows.
Investment
Most foreign buyers underestimate their closing costs by about half. They budget 2%, maybe 2.5%, because that is what they are used to back home. Then the notary hands them a number closer to 5% of the purchase price and the conversation gets uncomfortable. That gap — between what people
Investment
Every broker in Costa Rica will tell you their market is the best place to invest. I have talked to dozens of them. What I have rarely heard is an honest answer to the question that actually matters: what is the net return, after all expenses, on a deal that
Investment
The build-or-buy decision in Costa Rica is not mostly about price. It is about what you can verify in a finished home, and what the climate does to whatever got cut on the way up.