Somewhere this weekend (Aug 6… 2010) there will be a big ‘exposition’ featuring a hall filled with exhibitors who hope to entice potential buyers to take a look at their presentations and possibly buy something. I will be out of the country for a while, though I suppose I could go tomorrow for a few
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Another good thing to know is that there is NO regulation of who can call himself a realtor or broker. There is no multiple listing service. There is no oversight of real estate brokers or agents and there is no disclosure of any sort required. House built on an old toxic waste site? YOUR problem
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Some people will tell you that buying property in Costa Rica is a great idea, you can’t go wrong, it’s easy. These people are called REAL ESTATE SALESMEN. There are people who have successfully bought property in Costa Rica, these people are called FORTUNATE. If you really want to buy something in this country, I
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The situation continued for another year or so, when the crocodiles disappeared. Hmmm. By now he had gone through a couple of worker/caretakers. There had always been a problem with the power to the house, so he went and had all new cable installed from the nearest pole (100 yards maybe) to the house. It
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My friend Larry moved down to Costa Rica about 5 years ago and began working as a salesman for a real estate development just getting started east of San Jose about two hours. In the course of his work, he came across a piece of property that seemed really special. It was 17 acres of
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