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Last week, I published the first 3 tips to how to turn your Costa Rica house into a vacation rental. My wife and I have purchased a house in Costa Rica before we are ready to retire and we are trying to cover the cost of the maintenance of the property by renting the property […]
by Ivo Henfling
In this blog, and another one next week, I will provide some tips which may assist you to increase your success rate if your intent is to purchase a property to rent out part or all of the time. This is based on my own specific experience, from purchasing a house and small acreage in […]
by Ivo Henfling
Grecia, Alajuela, August 28, 2014 With eight months under its belt, Que Pasa, the free-membership community information website serving the English-speaking residents of greater Grecia and Sarchi, announced two major changes for its subscribers. First, Que Pasa has added a private-access, subscribers-only Answer Page on Facebook. “We felt that as a no-cost community information website […]
by Ivo Henfling
PABLO R. | AUGUST 15, 2014 Walt Disney said that “dreams really do come true.” Now we believe it – or at least we are starting to. Ten years ago, Katya and I first visited Costa Rica. We stayed on the Nosara peninsula, visited Arenal and spent some time in an eco-lodge on the Osa peninsula. […]
by Ivo Henfling
Why must MacGyvering be used in Costa Rica quite often? In this blog, I’d like to recount an experience I had recently that is indicative of the way you’ll find product availability in this country. My story is about buying lumber. It is not particularly important taken at its face. But it exemplifies why “MacGyvering” […]
by Ivo Henfling
Did you know that your driver’s license cannot be used after being in Costa Rica for more than 3 months? Nearly all obstacles to our residency in Costa Rica are in the rear-view mirror except for the matter of getting our Costa Rican driver’s licenses. If you have a current/valid driver’s license from your home […]
In this blog, I will cover some specific examples of shopping for items and services that are inexpensive by comparison between Costa Rica and North America. Pretty much every inexpensive good or service mentioned in this blog is a result of Costa Rica having such a low cost of labor. There are many more solutions […]
by Ivo Henfling
TICONUEVO | JUNE 26, 2014 In this blog, I will cover shopping for new and used clothing as well as leather. Some of those are inexpensive by comparison between Costa Rica and North America. Pretty much every inexpensive good or service mentioned in this blog is a result of Costa Rica having such a low […]
by Ivo Henfling
TICONUEVO | JUNE 14, 2014 Let’s continue last week’s discussion of bargains: inexpensive and/or plentiful things you’ll discover in Costa Rica. Our last utility to mention is water. It is delivered to us from the local municipality and is just a whole lot less expensive than in the States. We had to water our acre […]
by Ivo Henfling
TICONUEVO | JUNE 4, 2014 I’ve been spending a lot of time and ink in the last four blogs talking about and giving advice on expensive or hard-to-find articles in Costa Rica. On the positive side, I’d like to spend a couple of blogs on inexpensive and/or plentiful things you’ll discover here. Available housing suitable […]
by Ivo Henfling