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The year round spring-like weather and the volcanoes are the best ingredients for an entertaining retirement. Are you wondering what you are going to do with all that free time when you retire? Gardening is a great option, isn’t it? Therefore, wow gardens and retirement in Grecia are a perfect fit. Costa Rica is the […]
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 
by Ivo Henfling Are you a great cook? Do you like to eat? Do you have a great Chili recipe that’s been in your family for over a century? Are you ready to have some fun? Then, you have only 3 weeks left to get your team organized for the 7th Annual Atenas Charity Chili […]
by Ivo Henfling 
Florida became famous for its retirement communities and Costa Rica will be the next. The first REAL retirement community in Costa Rica is Verdeza is under construction and located in Escazu. This beautiful community will be fully operational on the 11th of November 2013 and the new residents will be able to move that day. […]
by Ivo Henfling 
by guest blogger Carole Connolly-Shaw Carole and her husband Don are baby boomers and retired in Atenas, Roca Verde to be exact. I want to share with you Carole’s blog because I know most of you will enjoy her short stories. They tell what living in Costa Rica is all about. Carole’s stories are fun […]
by Ivo Henfling 
by Shell Johanson I would like to tell you all about this incredibly beautiful older home I just listed right on the Cariari golf course. This 6,600 square feet Spanish colonial was one of the first homes built in Cariari and has been continiously updated. This almost 1/2 an acre property overlooks the length of […]
by Ivo Henfling 
Quite often I get emails from clients in the US and Canada who are looking to retire in another country and have read about retirement in Costa Rica. Some ask how many golf courses we have in the community and others how many homes there are in the community. Some ask if you have any […]
by Ivo Henfling 
by Ivo Henfling Many North Americans don’t know you can buy real estate in Costa Rica with your self directed IRA (Individual Retirement Account) or your 401(k) (Retirement Savings Account). Very few Costa Rica real estate agents know how you can realize the purchase without running into trouble. You will need the cooperation of your […]
by Ivo Henfling 
I have lived in Atenas for almost 8 years now, own property in Atenas and I still enjoy it. Over ten years ago, two French Canadian pioneers in Costa Rica, started to develop Vista Atenas and build some ranch houses there (one story), they tell me that this was kind of the middle of nowhere […]
by Ivo Henfling 
by Isabelle Jones, your Atenas real estate specialist One of the many things my family and I love about living in Atenas is the weather in Atenas and natural beauty which is so conducive to year-round outdoor exercise. Every day from early morning until evening, you see both locals and foreigners of all ages walking, […]
by Ivo Henfling