costa rica condos: COSTA RICA FOR FUN AND PROFIT - 05/03/09 06:14 PM
I am trying to find one person in a 1,000 on ActiveRain who wants to come to Costa Rica, have fun, look around, and make some money with very little effort.
Phases one and two of The Oaks Tamarindo, www.theoakstamarindo.com and www.theoaksrentals.com, are fully finished. We are over 80% sold out, … (2 comments)
costa rica condos: Costa Rica: A Good Place to Hide Out? - 03/07/09 04:07 PM
Nearly six months ago, from Costa Rica, I posted "Bush and Congress Agree on Bailout Blunder?" The more things change, the more they stay the same.
If you read the footnotes to banks´balance sheets, banks are getting decimated by write downs of assets caused by mark-to-market accounting. They then go … (0 comments)
costa rica condos: A Costa Rica Engagement - 01/31/09 08:31 PM
Among all the business of real estate comes joy. We finished our resort condominium, The Oaks Tamarindo, just in time for Christmas. And lo and behold, just last week, we got to celebrate our first engagement! One of our new owners, Sherie, from England, arrived in Costa Rica with her boyfriend, … (1 comments)
costa rica condos: Bush and Congress Agree on Bailout Blunder? - 09/21/08 01:47 PM
I have been happily minding my own business in Costa Rica, off to Alberta for a bit of marketing, then Spain, where I am now. So I check in to the internet this weekend, no worries, the Dow is unchanged, politics as usual, whooops! A $700 billion bailout?? That´s more condos … (3 comments)
costa rica condos: ELECTRICITY COSTS: A REPORT FROM THE OAKS TAMARINDO, GUANACASTE, COSTA RICA - 09/06/08 02:28 PM
I have been reviewing our typical unit owner´s electricity costs at The Oaks, noting that a typical bill during July for a fully occupied unit was $67 CAN for the month. When I asked our on-site concierge, Ana Lorena, for an explanation, she sent me our local electric company´s rates.
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costa rica condos: Why Costa Rica Real Estate Prices Are Going Up - 01/28/08 09:26 AM
People who have never visited Costa Rica always ask me the same three questions. Is it safe? How is the medical care? Is the real estate market going up? On December 14, the Wall Street Journal reported on a phenomenon that Canadians and Americans also are beginning to discover. According to the … (13 comments)
costa rica condos: Rainy Season in Costa Rica - 10/21/07 01:47 PM
I came back from Canada this week to find a state of emergency declared and most major roads closed at least part of the week. This is the height of Costa Rica's rainy season, from late September through early November. Luckily, the waters recede quickly, so that traffic is now restored between … (4 comments)
costa rica condos: Costa Rica Referendum -CAFTA - 10/07/07 09:15 PM
This is off-topic, but I can't resist. Today marks an important moment in the history of Costa Rica. For the first time, the people are deciding, in a direct referendum, the fate of the proposed Central American Free Trade Agreement among the United States, the Dominican Republic, and the other nations of … (5 comments)
costa rica condos: Costa Rica Medical Tourism - 10/06/07 07:03 PM
The article below is from Friday's edition of The Tico Times, http://www.ticotimes.net/, and is reprinted with permission. If it's too long, the take away is first class knee replacement surgery that would cost $45,000 in the U.S. was done for $12,000 in Costa Rica. I travel between The Oaks condominiums near Tamarindo, http://www.theoakstamarindo.com/ and http://www.greensealrealty.com/, and my weekend … (2 comments)
costa rica condos: Trump/Learning Annex Calgary Expo - 10/06/07 11:51 AM
Diary of a neophyte. Only one week to go before the Trump Real Estate Wealth Expo in Calgary! Todd and Danielle told me they heard there is "a bit of selling". I hope they're right. Well, marketing anyway. Including rental of a 10 by 10 exhibitor booth, booth accessories, air fare and … (1 comments)
costa rica condos: Trump/Learning Annex Calgary Real Estate Expo - 09/27/07 09:38 PM
Confession of a dummy. I'm going to my first Trump Expo as an exhibitor, October 13 in Calgary. I know, I should have checked it out first as a guest, but I don't have a lot of free time to fly up to the States or Canada from Costa Rica. We're … (3 comments)
costa rica condos: Costa Rica Environmental Planning - 09/24/07 12:03 AM
The only edit was when, with help, I figured out how to link the video. Thanks! So if you have read this, stop here. Here is some new wording for my web site, http://www.theoakstamarindo.com/, concerning environmental concerns. It was easy to write, since I've already lived it. If you have additional suggestions, … (7 comments)
costa rica condos: Discovering Costa Rica....Renewable Energy - 09/16/07 01:31 PM
If you want to reduce your carbon footprint, one way to do it is to move to Costa Rica! I was cleaning out my gmail (no more storage!) and found this article by Peter Freeman on renewable energy from the April 18 issue of The Guanacaste Journal. I have included excerpts … (1 comments)
Random thoughts on life and work in Guanacaste and the Central Valley of Costa Rica. How to build a project quickly, seamlessly and efficiently (not!).
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I am trying to find one person in a 1,000 on ActiveRain who wants to come to Costa Rica, have fun, look around, and make some money with very little effort.
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