Interested in working with the American European Real Este Group?

Who is AE

The American-European Real Estate Group is a group of real estate brokers, all selling and renting Costa Rica real estate, that started working together back in the 90´s when there was no Costa Rica MLS. In those times, most real estate agents in Costa Rica used to work everywhere in the country and the traffic started making this very difficult to do. So the three founding members, Kjersten van Horn, Barry Ashworth and Ivo Henfling, started a mini MLS with properties for sale in Costa Rica listed by different real estate agents, which at the time was an innovation.

MLS

They first bought a database system that would show Costa Rica properties for sale uploaded by each member and they could export between the members and the very first Costa Rica MLS was born. That was even before the internet, which now feels like the stone ages. Ever since then, the American-European Real Estate Group has been able to reunite the leading real estate offices in Costa Rica and offer an amazingly wide range of real estate in Costa Rica.

Still today, after the world crisis has hit so many countries and the real estate business has changed forever, all our affiliate members have not only survived the bad market, they have become even stronger because of their shared knowledge of the Costa Rica real estate market.

Over 1,500 Costa Rica properties for sale

Today, the American European Real Estate Group has many members, from coast to coast and each independent office is allowed only to list property in his own area. Our MLS offers over 1,500 up to date properties like long term and vacation rentals, different properties like mountain properties, beach properties, horse property, golf properties and many other options, besides a variety of information about real estate in Costa Rica in general, information about immigration and living in Costa Rica and even a forum called Living in Costa Rica.

Become an affiliate partner

The American European Real estate Group is always actively seeking affiliate partners in areas not covered by our current partners. If you are a responsible Costa Rica Real estate agent and are an expert in an area not covered by a current affiliate and you have lots of properties with a clear title, you can either upload your properties directly under our supervision.  If you offer a valuable service to future residents of Costa Rica, we would be happy to tell our visitors about it too. Read the information below to find out more details on the benefits of joining forces with our group and what we are looking for.

Who are we looking for?

We don't accept just anyone into the group though; we want to work with established, reputable Costa Rica Real estate agent who will be a good fit for our group. Our new affiliate partners should have:

• Experience in Costa Rica
• Experience in real estate in Costa Rica
• Experience living in Costa Rica and helping other adjust to the country
• A real estate office, a cell phone, a car and other basics required to do business as a Costa Rica real estate agent
• A real concern for your client's welfare and a record of taking care of them before, during and after the sale.* A solid reputation in the real estate field and your local community
• Speak English and Spanish
• Be a legal resident of Costa Rica

 

Referral Policy

The American-European brokers and agents frequently work with other established brokers. If you are a full time real estate agent who is well established and reputable, then we would be happy to show your properties to our clients or vice versa. Our general rule is that if you are acting as a buyer's broker and want to earn 50% of the commission, then you must join our agent in the showings and vice versa. If you live in another country or area, we would be happy to attend to your client and would offer you a standard 25% referral fee.

No taxi-drivers or waiters allowed

In Costa Rica there is no licensing law and there are three real estate boards for realtors but being a member is not a must by law. This means that many taxi drivers, waiters, surfers, secretaries and others work as real estate agents in Costa Rica. This is a person who expects to earn half of the commission without holding themselves to the same standards, practices and concern for the client's welfare that a legitimate Costa Rica Real estate agent does. If you are one of these people we don't work with you!

Joining American European Real Estate Group

Our group is always on the lookout for affiliate members in areas we don't yet cover. There are 4 main benefits that an already established realtor can gain by joining our group:

• No monthly fees!
• You only pay a commission after you closed the sale or the rent
• No advertising cost at all
• The cheapest and most professional lead generation in Costa Rica
• A better market presence
• Organization of your listings
• Partners you can trust
• More sales opportunities through referrals
• An online inventory system you can update right away
• The only Costa Rica MLS that also informs about moving to Costa Rica, living in Costa Rica and other related articles
• Access to a huge database of Costa Rica property for sale and for rent so you don’t need to search for property for hours
• You’re invited to write blogs about Costa Rica real estate and related issues

 

This combination of reduced costs and increased sales is the main reason for the network’s success since 1998. If this sounds interesting, contact us for more details immediately.

Our real estate blog

We invite you to write your stories about living in Costa Rica, moving to Costa Rica, your sight seeing trips to all these special places in Costa Rica and anything else you can tell us that is related to Costa Rica and properties in Costa Rica. Our real estate agents will make sure we have always over 1,500 properties with photos and prices on our website, which is updated several times a day and functions as one of the better Costa Rica MLS.

If this sounds interesting to you and you are a Costa Rica Real estate agent, then let's chat! Contact Ivo Henfling at ivo@american-european.net or give him a call at 2289-5125 or cell phone 8834-4515.