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A dream of a lifestyle at the beach usually involves white sand beaches, palm trees, and quite a few piña coladas. This dream can easily turn into a nightmare if you don’t figure it all out in time. GoDutch Realty services only the west side of the Central Valley. That doesn’t mean we can’t assist […]
by Ivo Henfling 
You don’t need to Go-Fish it yourself, and they’ll serve it cooked. We’re not family, although we sound like it. Go-Fish is not the same as GoDutch. Go-Fish does fish and GoDutch does … real estate in the Central Valley of Costa Rica. At GoDutch, we are incredibly good at doing real estate. Go-Fish is […]
by Ivo Henfling 
Do you want to become a couch potato? Probably you’re not, because you wouldn’t be reading this article. But maybe your spouse wants to be couch potato? We have the solution for it: move to Costa Rica! Once you take that decision we can assist to look for a home in Costa Rica. You have worked […]
by Ivo Henfling 
Moving to Costa Rica can be a huge pain in the butt. Just taking the decision of moving or not is huge for most. Should you buy real estate? Should you rent first? And if you rent, should you rent a furnished home in Costa Rica? Or would it be better unfurnished? Let me help […]
by Ivo Henfling 
The Costa Rican cuisine offers quite a variety of vegetables that you can purchase at any farmers market or grocery store as you all know. What many do not know is that those vegetables are also used in one of the most important ingredients of that Costa Rican cuisine: la chilera. The chilera is an […]
by Ivo Henfling 
You know what makes Escazu unique? Living in Escazu is different than it is elsewhere in Costa Rica, anywhere really. Don’t try driving around in Escazu during Christmas time just for the fun of it; you’re going to go crazy. I know all the shortcuts, but they’re all gone, shortcuts don’t exist anymore. Traffic is hell, don’t […]
by Ivo Henfling 
IVO HENFLING | MAY 29, 2014 No matter where you live in the world, to be able to live in peace and harmony with your neighbors you need tolerance and it is no different when you move to Costa Rica. Haven’t we all met those immigrants in our hometown who try hard to adjust, learn […]
by Ivo Henfling 
IVO HENFLING | MAY 25, 2014 The Cariari Golf and Country Club is Costa Rica’s premier and in the most beautifully designed master planned community in the Central Valley that features the perfect location right between the cities of San José, Heredia and Alajuela. Ciudad Cariari, a lifestyle community, or commonly called just Cariari, is […]
by Ivo Henfling 
IVO HENFLING | MARCH 21, 2014 When showing property with clients a while ago, I saw a couple of tennis rackets and a basket full of tennis balls in the garage of the Grecia home for sale. We were way up in the mountains of Grecia and it didn’t need much imagination to figure out […]
by Ivo Henfling 
I saw this article about Denver residential real estate agent Bob Costello who launched a Marijuana-friendly advertising campaign in January this year when the state of Colorado legalized Marijuana for recreational use by adults 21 and over. Great idea! I have never smoked pot in my life myself because I come from a family of […]
by Ivo Henfling