Costa Rica Real Estate Basics
Are you considering purchasing Costa Rica real estate? Before buying real estate for investment purposes, or for your own use, you must get the facts on Costa Rica real estate and your rights and obligations here.
Our website offers a huge amount of information and not only costa rica homes for sale. Weekly, you can follow our blogs where we inform you about all the necesary real estate basics.
Costa Rica Real Estate and our articles
Our website offers you the information you need, including:
- Basic information on Real Estate in Costa Rica: Steps for the purchase and title registration.
- How to choose a real estate agent
- Buying Pre-construction or pre-developed real estate
- Information on the different areas where we have affiliate partners
- Condominiums and the Condominium Law
- Information on moving to Costa Rica
- Information of living in Costa Rica
- Different aspects of the buying process: verifying the ownership of Costa Rica property, how the transfer occurs and what taxes you might pay.
- Also, what kinds of property are available, including some terms used locally for different kinds of property
Buying a Business or commercial property
We offer lots of tips for buying a business or commercial property in Costa Rica. Should you incorporate? Is a property you want already in a company name?
We offer all kinds of commercial properties for sale in the different areas like hotels and B & B for sale, restaurants for sale, commercial land and commercial rental property.
Beach Property in Costa Rica
We have several affiliate partners in the beach areas who offer beach homes for sale and inform us about the Maritime Zone, on what is going on in their area and about life at the beaches in costa Rica.
Financing and mortgages in Costa Rica
If you are moving to Costa Rica and are considering financing your new home, here is information you must consider about getting the mortgage. There is also lots of information on how to open a bank account in Costa Rica.
Using IRA or 401K to buy Costa Rica Real Estate
As an investment, Costa Rica real estate offers you a great way to beat the ups and downs in the stock market, to diversify your portfolio or to provide a stable income as you transition from riskier investments. This article explains how you can invest in Costa Rica using your IRA or 401K retirement funds to buy real estate or buy property in Costa Rica before you are ready to retire and rent the property until you do.
Costa Rica Living
Before you move to Costa Rica, you should read the articles our real estate agents offer about living in Costa Rica. These article are very informing about the day to day experiences so you can be ready for an eventual culture shock.
Moving to Costa Rica and residency
Moving to another city in your own country is quite a job and moving to another country like Costa Rica is a big step. You will also need to get residency to be allowed to live in Costa Rica unless you want to come as a perpetual tourist. Stay informed about the latest tips on moving to Costa Rica.
Playing golf and golf properties
Costa Rica offers many options to play golf, in the Central Valley as well as in the different beach areas. We update you constantly on what is going on for the golf enthousiasts and what Costa Rica golf properties we have available for you.
Costa Rica Legal
Most who have bought real estate in other countries have never needed to bother with any legal issues because the title company took care of it. In Costa Rica, not too many people use a title company for their closings. These blogs update you about Costa Rica legal issues like option to purchase sale agreements, the use of escrow, real estate closings, corporation tax and other Costa Rica real estate related issues.
Things to do in Costa Rica
Some people who plan to move to Costa Rica are afraid to get bored. Things to do in Costa Rica updates you with all the things we know can keep you busy and enjoying yourself.
Health and Medical Services
For many an interesting topic that explains all about hospitals, health issues, doctors and medical services.
Costa Rica Insurance
Of course this topic goes attached to the above, health and medical services but also about car insurance, life insurance, home insurance, fire insurance and any othe rinsurance offered in Costa Rica by the different insurance companies.
Costa Rica Taxes
Just like back home, we all need to pay taxes. If you don't work or don't have any Costa Rica income, you're free of paying income tax and we don't have capital gain tax either. But you need to be up to date on which Costa Rica taxes you do have to pay.

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