When making a formal offer on a property in Costa Rica, it is highly recommended that you get a complete home inspection. You want to ask the…

Buying a vacation home in Costa Rica and renting it out on Airbnb is an increasingly popular way to gain a home away from home and generate year-round…

Costa Rica has no licensing requirements for real estate agents, so literally anyone can be one. This is good for aspiring agents, but aspiring buyers should understood…

I recently received a phone call from a person with a serious problem: He had just sold his beachfront property in Costa Rica and received his closing…

(In this monthly column, schoolteacher and mom Ilana Long explores fun things to do in Costa Rica that cost absolutely nada.) As each weekend approaches, I like to…

You are surfing around on the web, looking for a rental in Costa Rica, but you have no idea what the rules are, how the system works…

Don’t we all love to have an awesome kitchen in our home? Some people consider the kitchen the most important room in their house. When shopping for…

At 1 p.m. on a Sunday, I was having lunch with my wife and some friends when my phone rang. It was a call from Denver, Colorado.…

I’m sometimes surprised how easily some people walk away from their hard-earned savings when buying property in Costa Rica. Would you give $100K of your life savings…

Is buying land in Costa Rica really a rock-solid investment, as some real estate agents will tell you? Is it smart to put your hard-earned money into…