retire in costa rica on a budget
Awesome opportunity for retiring abroad on a BUDGET
exist in this country. The rainforest beauty spreads out far and wide and
many small communities like Ciudad Neily, Rio Claro and La Gamba offer
large parcels with privacy and small homes for a fraction of the cost you
may expect to pay in your "homeland". The outskirts of Golfito and other
small neighboring towns offer rural land where horses, chickens, veggie
gardens and more can all be part of the dream for a very reasonable cost.
Golfito has small humble neighborhoods with 'fixer uppers', an incredible
natural harbor unsurpassed by anything else in Central America with it's 'Jimmy Buffet' down in the heels charm -
Living "Banana Republic Style"! This area will keep off
beat retirees and adventure seekers in stories and new experiences that
just won't end!
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FRIDAY JAM SESSION |
LOCAL EX-PATS and CRUISERS
GET TOGETHER FOR THANKSGIVING |
BEACH, BUBBLES and BBQ
Playa Cacao Shindig |
Growing communities of ex-patriots from all over the
world are becoming a very common thing down here in this new millennium.
Living here has proven itself to be affordable and "a
fit" for many. Some old time residents are left from the old United Fruit
days, others sailed into port and simply never saw sufficient reason to
raise anchor again....others came for a sport fishing holiday and found
their idea of "Mecca"....everyone seems to have a story.
The latest is the invasion of the investors and speculators....But
budget retirees are taking a close second in the new influx of ex-pats. You won't
be lost with a built in English speaking support group - many of which
gather daily around the old town "watering holes" and marinas at sunset.
Come for a look and see if it's your kind of place!
Living on a budget or looking towards retirement on a
budget? Looking for a new frontier and life of adventure and
challenge abroad? You've Arrived!
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Countryside
House 5 Minutes From Golfito
Recent Reduction by Motivated Seller $69,500
(Presented on other websites at $95,000. in 2007)
2 bedroom 1 bath Only 5 minutes to the Golfito Bay front marinas this
rural area home sits on 1 acre of hillside. You'll have lots of room for
gardening and a path up the hill takes you to a lookout over the bay
where the sunsets can be enjoyed and a great 'yoga spot' was placed.
Ready to Move In!
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Four Bedroom House in Growing Ex-pat Neighborhood
only 5
minutes from Golfito... Nice Countryside Lot.
Motivated Seller MUST SELL QUICKLY
$65,000.00 "Market Value"
Asking: $54,000
We will present ANY
serious offer! This place is ready to move in to or rent - but
with a minimal remodel and some upgrades it would be a GREAT retirement or
vacation home with "all the amenities".
Don't snooze through this one.
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Banana Company Vintage Duplex
This titled 2 story classic has been refurbished throughout, updating the
construction and finish work on the first floor, placing it firmly on our
"ready to move in" list. Titled and convenient to town. We think this is a
good one for an ex-pat budget retirement choice.
Asking $48,000.
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Road to Golfito
Lot $23,000.00 |
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This waterfront area is 100 meters South of Golfito's
Modern Yacht Clubs....
Talk about charm and potential! Very few bay front sites remain on the
market today. |
"A Port Town with Classic Character", much of the
property Golfito can offer will be "Diamonds in the Rough" - From the old
1940's Banana Company neighborhood homes to the ram-shackle waterfront,
- " fixer upper's" and tear downs give those with a mind for redevelopment
an established infrastructure and quaint locations for new construction.
Like dominos falling, one can see the movement around town as older
neighborhoods undergo facelifts and long overdue remodels are giving new
life and personality to old homes....Resulting in great retirement and
retreat possibilities for $10,000 to $200,000. plus your ideas and TLC!
A few of these in our Inventory* are:
- Waterfront on Bay Small lot with humble dwelling. $93,000.
SOLD
- 2 bdrm. 1 bath Banana Company Worker Home $15,000.
SOLD
- 2 bdrm. 1 bath Banana Company Worker Home $20,000.
SUSPENDED
- 4 bdrm. 2 bath Banana Company Worker Home $63,000.
SOLD
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"About 5 Hectares" on a Public Road with Electricity
and POTENTIAL!
This lot, NEW on the market, may be perfect for construction of
your home or tourism project. It's located on a lovely natural site in the
countryside- only 7 minutes from Golfito waterfront. In the apex of an
area "gaining momentum" with new neighboring 'up scale' construction plus
a recently launched sales campaign for our newest planned housing
development including parks and recreational areas.... This is a hidden
jewel is priced to sell quickly at a fraction of what others are asking.
Clear possession rights.
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F.S.B.O.'s
are NOT always listings pre-reviewed by our associates for proper
documentation and appropriate market value. They are simply properties "for
sale by owner" with all data presented to us deemed to be reliable,
but not guaranteed. Asking prices are often quite negotiable as well as
closing fees, terms and commissions. How well you fare will depend upon
well informed decisions and final purchase agreements made. Legal
documentation is often held private by the seller and presented for
study only after a serious buyer presents themselves. Come take a look
at what we have on file or bring us those you've found so we can assist
in analyzing the market comparables, pertinent zoning, and verify
ownership status.... working together towards a
solid negotiation! |
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FOR
SALE BY OWNER
Properties and new Golfito General Listings are coming on the market all the
time.... Local Owners are eager for us to include them in our inventory and
we'd be pleased to help you sort through the possibilities, arrange showings
and to make offers! HERE IS A SHORT LIST OF SOME AREA
"F.S.B.O.'s":
- 1550.69 m2 Lot with Water and mature trees for construction w/ Old
house
$45,000.
- 10 meters titled on the bay front for construction
$ 215,000.
- 200 plus m2 with small 'walk up' home and bay view. Town Center.
$110,000.
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- More than 12 hect. in countryside - perfect for industrial or
agricultural use.
$59,000.
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inventory under Construction!
We are currently working
towards a management system to better organize this constantly changing
F.S.B.O. inventory and to better assist you in analyzing your possibilities.
Please check back with us as we develop this NEW category of property.
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LAND SEA offers safe and efficient ESCROW Services. |
Ask us about
Zoning Information and Building Restrictions - KNOW before you BUY !!
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Newly Constructed Home in Quiet Rural Neighborhood
Rio Claro, Costa Rica
7,674 Square Foot Lot Located in rural neighborhood of Rio Claro. 90%
of the construction is complete. Much of the finish work including a
beautiful artisan hardwood ceiling, teak cabinetry, ceramic tile in
kitchen and baths are completed. Seller is in the cabinetry trade so he's
done a nice job paying attention to the most important details in his
construction and finish. His layout is ready for your final decisions as
he's left the interior walls for last. His finish plan includes a layout
with salon, dining area, kitchen, 2 bedrooms, a small office and 2
bathrooms plus utility area....but the open floor plan, as it exists,
leaves room for you to adjust that as you'd like. Septic system, community
water services, electricity and telephone. Large front porch and generous
deep back yard with nicely tended lawn. Mature trees include avocado,
bananas, water apples, noni and tropical cas. Conveniently located walking
distance to taxi-bus lines and neighborhood market and school . Only 5
minutes from the Inter-American Highway and in-town shopping. About 30
minutes to the border of Panama, the highlands of San Vito or to Golfito
Bay. Adjacent lot of comparable size is also for sale by different owner
presenting possibilities for a second family or friend’s residence, a
garage-workshop, for your hobbies or an expansive green zone for gardening
and recreation. We like this one as a sweet little retirement
package...Pay cash and forget mortgage payments, easily living on your
pensioner’s budget. "Motivated Seller – Will listen to reasonable offers. Price: $65,000
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Answers to questions about living in Costa Rica by:
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Purchasing property and relocating to a
foreign country can seem overwhelming. We work full time to maintain an
up-to-date working knowledge of the areas real estate inventory, laws and
customs and to establish a personal relationship with both owners and
buyers - to assure professional and well constructed transfers of
property. We provide reliable straightforward Costa Rica real estate
assistance throughout every step of the process…from selecting the perfect
property, title searches, Corporation setup, supervising building and
remodeling contractors and trustworthy property management services. |
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Dispatch From Down South Costa Rica ~
The End-Of-The-Road ~ by Allan Weisbecker - Out on the edge in
Pavones, Costa Rica. Allan ended up in Costa Rica after tracking down
a lost surfer mate from the U.S. He then turned the experience into a
book and has now settled down in Costa Rica. Make sure to check out
his website and find out all the extra details. |
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Caretaking ~
How To
Live Overseas And Have The Place To Yourself ~ By Jeff And Karen
Hay - One way to move overseas would be to take care of somebody's
exclusive million dollar home. And there are a number of people who
become caretakers in places such as Costa Rica, New Zealand and
Mexico. Taking care of the house and living on a nice piece of real
estate might be the answer to your stationary blues. |
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Comfortable Costa Rica ...
it's
not all overpriced, overbuilt, and overrated - When we first
started writing about Costa Rica over a decade ago, it was just
emerging as one of the most attractive retirement havens in Central
America. But as more retirees settled there, cheap properties became
scarce. So we began to scout out less discovered destinations |
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Living in Costa Rica ~
Exploring The Beaches Of Costa Rica ~ By Vanessa Morson - Costa
Rica has for years been denouced as a bad place to invest or visit.
This is just not true. It's my favorite country in the region and the
people are nice and realistic. They know tourism and have been at it
for years so the quality of the service in Costa Rica is much higher
than in the other countries of Central America. And the weather is the
best as well as the beaches. If you want to visit a country where you
know you're going to have a good time try out Costa Rica. |
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Pure Life -
Traveling Through Costa Rica ~ by Dawnelle Salant - “Pura Vida”.
In Spanish it means “Pure Life” and is a phrase you’ll hear and see,
everywhere in Costa Rica. The locals live this expression to the
fullest and their love for life is evident on their smiling faces and
in their kind actions to strangers. Some of the happiest people I have
ever encountered were Costa Ricans. And why wouldn’t they be
constantly cheerful? – You would be too if you could call one of the
world’s most beautiful and exotic countries home. |
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advantages of Living Overseas: a new and refreshing way to look at
Offshore -
Investing
Overseas - Edmund J. Pankau writes about the broader meaning of
offshore, this time in terms of the real advantages to the ordinary
person seeking a lower cost of living, a better quality of life,
reasonable and fantastic real estate, lower taxes, and ground floor
business opportunities. "In recent years, Central America has become
the Florida, California and Arizona of the 1950’s. Remember when
you could buy beachfront property in Florida for a song? When prices
in California were dirt cheap? Well, those days are now in full
bloom just a little further south of the border. The slower
paced climate of Central American has awakened to the realization that
is can revitalize its economy by becoming the retirement center of the
western world. All of the things that made Florida and California boom
are now happening in Belize, Honduras and Costa Rica, as is starting
to emerge, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador and Guatemala." |
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Tropical Tableau In Costa Rica ~
Golfito ~ by Bill Moake - I remember a tropical tableau like
scenes from an old South Seas adventure movie. Sultry purple nights in
the open-air bar of a waterfront hotel, sipping rum with shady
characters, watching palm fronds sway in the moonlight and listening
to the raucous hoots of howler monkeys echo across the bay. Through
the smokey haze I see Houston Bill playing poker at a table strewn
with empty beer bottles. |
| Why
Costa Rica? -
Why Costa Rica? - In this edition of the newsletter Costa Rica
expert, Christopher Howard talks about Costa Rica. (In our
upcoming issue on Cuba, Chris will be back with an article on Cuba.)
No stranger to Costa Rica fans, Christopher Howard has written
extensively on the nation. He has lived in Costa Rica and Latin
America for the better part of the last thirty years. |
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Night At The Cantina ~
Pavones, Costa Rica ~ by Allan Weisbecker - For laid back mood,
beaches and fun, few countries can touch Costa Rica. Everyone takes
shots at the country - too expensive, too trampled on, too difficult
to live in. It's all crap. If you want to enjoy Costa Rica head south
to the border with Panama and sit back and enjoy what Las Pavones has
to offer. |
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Land Measurement Conversion Guide:
| 1 meter = 3.28 feet |
1 acre = .405 hectares = 43,560
square feet |
| 1 square meter = 10.76 square feet |
1 hectare = 10,000 square meters =
2.47 acres = 107,600 square feet |
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Land
Sea Services is proud of advances made in Golfito to further the
humane treatment of dogs and cats. Community groups such as ZAPPA
and McKee are reaching out to give low and no-cost care to 'under privileged'
and street critters, greatly reducing the population of homeless
animals in our area. Your contributions make possible the Low Cost
and Free Clinics being sponsored by area volunteers and veterinarians.
Each contribution of $10.00 sponsors a dog or cat that wouldn't
otherwise be able to receive vaccinations and spaying - and
wouldn't have been considered adoptable! Your generous
contribution of $200.00 will sponsor a neighborhood clinic with
free services to 20 needy animals. That's a potential
reduction of over 100 unwanted births in a neighborhood in the
first year alone. Do
the math?! It's a loving and needed investment. Please consider
supporting our "pet project" by bringing a donation to
our office when you visit Golfito. Receipts will be given along
with our THANKS! Volunteers for Clinic Days are always
welcome.