{"id":24,"date":"2015-02-08T04:06:18","date_gmt":"2015-02-08T10:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ranchosilencio.com\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2018-07-06T12:27:37","modified_gmt":"2018-07-06T18:27:37","slug":"how-to-buy-real-estate-in-costa-rica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ranchosilencio.com\/how-to-buy-real-estate-in-costa-rica\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Buy Real Estate In Costa Rica"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Learning how to buy real estate in Costa Rica<\/strong> is a multi-faceted subject. First you should give some thought as to what type to buy Buying real estate in Costa Rica is not as easy as buying it in the United States, especially if you know little or nothing about how buying property is done in Costa Rica of if you have not spent a lot of time in Costa Rica. So first you will want to learn all you can about the various areas of Costa Rica and make some basic decisions:<\/p>\n To determine this you should start by reading some books and web sites about the various areas of Costa Rica and how they differ from each other.<\/p>\n You will learn, for example, \u00a0that the Golfo Dulce area in the south is very rainy and humid, while the Guanacaste area on the north west coast is much drier. But the Guanacaste area is much more developed and more expensive – and too dry <\/em>for some, while the Golfo Dulce area is lower priced and less populated, andtoo wet <\/em>for some. The Central Valley is more moderate in climate and rainfall but it still can get quite hot and wet.<\/p>\n You should also know that buying real estate in Costa Rica right on the beach can be fraught with many land mines or potential pitfalls having to do with rules of ownership, while buying in the mountains generally is much less troublesome in this respect. You can find the temperature you want by choosing the elevation of your home carefully. So these are all factors you will want to study and then choose one to three areas to focus your search on. \u00a0(See the FAQ<\/a> \u00a0and Resources\u00a0<\/a> pages here on this site to help you learn many more things about Costa Rica.) Reading pages like these on the internet and in travel books is very important and can also be a lot of fun as you discover the terrain and climate of Costa Rica.<\/p>\n One thing I always recommend is that if you are going to be buying property in Costa Rica<\/strong>, you should buy and carry an altimeter with you, to check the elevation at each property you look at, and record it in a notebook in which you keep notes on each property. By noting the altitude you will have a very good idea of what kind of climate and temperature your property will have.<\/p>\n
\n<\/em>and where to buy your property. <\/em>Further down this page you will also learn some of the pitfalls regarding attorneys and real estate agents and so on, so read on.<\/p>\n\n
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\nYou need to know that elevation has a lot to do with the temperature of your environment. <\/strong>If you live at 5000 feet it will often be cold – yes! it does get cold in Costa Rica at 5000 feet! Not “snow cold” but certainly jacket weather! – whereas if you live at sea level you will be living in an extremely humid and hot environment. \u00a0For many, the answer lies somewhere in between these extremes.<\/p>\n
\nThere are also rainfall and sunshine maps<\/a> that show which areas have the most rainfall and least rainfall, or most and least sunshine, depending on the various regions of Costa Rica.<\/p>\n