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the oaks tamarindo: 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 to TARP to replace some of the "lost" equity, go to Congress to get publicly whipped by folks who should know better, but don´t, and go to the market to raise new capital, when they can, at extraordinary cost to their existing shareholders. And we wonder why banks don´t lend. … (0 comments)
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the oaks tamarindo: 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, and left with her fiance! Yes, the same lucky guy, Lawrence. Check out the rock!
Sherie is a dealer in antique jewelry, and Lawrence runs a business in the neighboring county. So, Sussex and Kent unite in Paradise! Congratulations!
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the oaks tamarindo: South of the Border in Costa Rica - 12/17/07 07:06 PM
Since I live and work in Costa Rica, I found the Wall Street Journal's article on red hot real estate markets in Central America fascinating. Following are some excerpts, with my comments following, marked in italics and underlined.
South of the Border,The Market's Still Hot
Americans Find Second-Home Boom Endures; Wildlife in the Neighborhood
By JUNE FLETCHERDecember 14, 2007; Page W12
The housing slump has sent many Americans shopping south of the border.
Existing-home prices in the U.S. dropped 4.5% in the third quarter from a year ago, according to S&P/Case-Shiller. But they are still climbing in much of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Buyers are being enticed … (2 comments)
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the oaks tamarindo: 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, I'd love to hear them!
THOUGHTS ON AN ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY
THE LAND
To have a chance at creating an environmental community in an area that generally lacks strong zoning laws, you need to begin by considering the land.
Ideally, you want land that is not environmentally sensitive, meaning not on a nesting turtle beach, … (7 comments)
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