"How To Buy Costa Rica Real Estate Without Losing Your Camisa" was written by Scott Oliver with the help of dozens of Costa Rica real estate experts and attorneys.
What This Costa Rica Real Estate Book Will Do For You
This is not a book about living in Costa Rica; it is a 140 page comprehensive English-language guide to buying Costa Rica real estate.
When you search for suitable Costa Rica real estate, whether it is to live in or purely as an investment, you need to be informed about the challenges of Costa Rica real estate:
Contrary to what some people may have told you, there is no Multiple Listing Service! Trying to establish the 'value' of real estate is difficult.
Half the population of Costa Rica call themselves 'brokers' because anybody can freely call themselves a real estate 'broker'. They do not need any qualifications, training or experience to try and sell you real estate.
An organization of real estate brokers does exist; however, few people belong to it and nobody is regulating the majority of these people!
The laws governing Costa Rica real estate are based on Napoleonic Laws and are different from Common Laws as they are in the US and Canada.
What this means is that when you search for Costa Rica real estate, which may be one of the biggest investments of your life, more than likely, you will listen to expert advice coming from someone with zero qualifications or training in real estate, who is trying very hard to earn a sales commission selling you a property that could be overpriced.
If this sounds like a recipe for disaster to you, it can be!
So What Can You Do?
More so than in the regulated first world, here you must do your homework and only hire trained, qualified and experienced real estate and legal professionals.
In publishing "How To Buy Costa Rica Real Estate Without Losing Your Camisa", I do not claim to know everything about Costa Rica real estate. Nobody is that smart however, I know where to find the best people.
My area of expertise for the last 20 years has been international investing. During that time, my international clients have invested hundreds of millions of dollars, safely, privately, profitably and tax-free in a handful of exclusive international hedge funds.
With ten year's experience on Wall Street plus nearly ten years working internationally, I work for a few of the wealthiest people in Costa Rica. This has given me access to many experts that you would never be able to find even if you lived here.
Why Is This Important to You?
It's important because wealthy people demand and expect the best advice that money can buy. It's my job to ensure my clients are given that advice from the most qualified experts available. I have personally hunted down dozens of the top experts to help my clients achieve their investment goals both with real estate and other investments.
Even living here, it has taken me over five years to find the small group of truly expert real estate professionals with whom my investment clients work. Imagine how difficult it would be for you to find the qualified professionals you need when you don't live here.
That's why we are here to help you.
If you are seriously interested in buying Costa Rica real estate as an investment or as a place to live and enjoy a secure, stress-free and affordable lifestyle then you've come to the right place.
I am not going to beat around the bush on this point! Buying real estate in Costa Rica or anywhere in Central America, without doing your homework or, working with the wrong people - could turn out to be a very expensive "learning experience."
The goal in writing this unique book is to help educate and protect you; to provide you with objective, non-commercial information from provenexperts so that when you buy Costa Rica real estate, it’s not just a wonderful home but also a very profitable investment. |