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One thing to take into consideration is the actual purchasing and later selling your bike.
This must be done through a lawyer, but you would need to advertise your bike for sale, more or less as soon as you had bought it, as it could take a while to sell, and you will have to leave…
Maybe look into renting one, while you are here?[b]Lauressa,[/b] here is more discussion [url=https://www.welovecostarica.com/members/cfmbb/messages.cfm?threadid=A248ED30-24E8-5ED2-F184A38BA899C4AE]here…[/url] regarding some costs involved in living here. Every area differs, and I would think that the cost of electricity and the amount one uses makes the biggest difference.
But take a tour, than pick an area you think you may like and spend as much time as possible before you decide to take the plunge. Others don’t necessarily agree with the decision to rent first, but to know an area, one [i]must live there[/i] and see if the local conveniences such as [i]CAJA[/i] clinics, hospital, supermarkets or just the weather is to your liking, be it too windy, too hot, too wet, too foggy but remember it [i]probably[/i] will change tomorrow.I am sure you can purchase direct from a company that sells them from a plantation, but where that would be, I don’t know. Again, I would expect you are interested in a larger quantity, rather than a few beans. The finished organic chocolate bars here contain no preservatives so are hard to find, but sometimes some of the better hotels may sell them. We tried to find some As mentioned what we see here, is usually the raw fruit. Possibly in the Central market they would sell the product as you would usually purchase it.
Cacao farming is not a huge business here now, as most of the plantations were wiped out due to a fungal disease many years ago. And it does require special conditions to grow. I know, as we have tried to grow it here, and so far it has been unsuccessful.:(
Many have a tree or two in their garden, but don’t do anything with it.
I have just remembered I had saved a supplement from the Tico Times from Aug 8th, 2003 and tried to take a tour when in that area, but it was closed, and kept just in case we are over that way, again.
You can purchase this issue from the Tico Times, but this old email contact for this is cacaochiquita@yahoo.com. I does say that the finished product is sold at Feria de agricultura organico every Sat 6-noon near the Paso Ancho rotonda.
This is probably more than you wanted to know….:roll:These would not be allowed legally, to be exported/imported into the USA, as when they are offered at a local market, they are usually still ‘wet’ and are considered ‘seeds’ and I am sure you want more than just ‘a hand full of beans’, so this could be a hurdle. I see them very seldom offered for sale. To export/import them legally, you need a Phytosanitary Certificate which will not be easy for her to get. The same rules apply to unroasted coffee beans.
The fruit may be more available in the Puerto Viejo area where there is a large plantation of Cacao trees.
Maybe someone has more information to offer you.From reading hundreds of posts over the years on various forums on this topic, [i]sammysdream[/i], was the [b]only one who posted anything on their actual experience[/b].
You could ask the other agents about hotels, that you said responded to your query regarding properties.
[i]soldier,[/i] although it sounds as if you got a bargain, depending on if it was actually inflated or not, I would advise caution in purchasing more properties until you have actually lived there for a year. Many rentals sitting empty right now.
Many will tell you [i] ‘it is real easy to buy property here and real difficult to sell it…'[/i]I don’t agree either.
Of course the [i]’realtors, investment specialists, etc'[/i] are going to tell us that thing are improving.
I know a few people around different areas of the country that have dropped over $20,000 from $100,000-$150,000 properties and still can’t sell them. Or the more expensive ones. Those who have interested parties are being asked to provide financing.
Friends that are ‘agents’ have only sold 1 property in over 6 months. This was inexpensive, before the price dropped again.
Prices definitely have dropped…and they still are for sale.
I see on some website the ridiculous asking prices that are advertised that are [i]’junk’,[/i] many of them belonging to ex-pats who have lived here for many years and bought the properties for almost nothing, and they themselves have not improved the facilities.
And things are going to get worse once the new immigration rules go into effect in March and [i]’wanna be residents'[/i] don’t have the cash to obtain residency, plus purchase a house.
How many get $1000 in SS or pension?
People already are having problems opening bank accounts if they do not have a [i]cedula[/i], according to posts on various forums. Those of us that live here know an ex-pat that purchased multiple acres of land, and have put funds into subdividing them a few years ago, and have they sold many or any at all?
So ‘who’ is going to purchase the homes that are presently on the market? When they do sell, where are the sellers going. Home.Willem, I was responding to this next appointment.
But, by what you have just stated at the previous instance, I would never have contacted him again. Just because he is a [i]’recommended'[/i] realtor of this site, it doesn’t mean anything if he doesn’t follow through, and I would advise you to contact some of the better ones out there.
Good luck!If indeed Victor [i]responded to your email[/i], saying [i]he would indeed be available[/i] to show you a particular property, on said [i]day & time[/i], then he would be expected to be there.
Then, if you arrive there and he doesn’t show at the specified time, change agents.
But, many [i]tourists[/i] think that these agents should be available 24/7, and all they want to do is look around with no real intention to make a purchase.We, too, did it on our own, and wasn’t there very long either. And this was 9 years ago, the for the original license.
While I can’t supply the answer to where they may be available here, I will say that just cleaning regular venetian blinds here is a ongoing task….and one that I face today 👿
I don’t really know what your dilemma is, and whether you are hoping to sell it now or just want a shoulder to cry on, but am sorry to hear that you are indeed in a predicament.
If, you have [i]only put down the 10%[/i] possibly you should [i]’quit while you are ahead'[/i]. Especially, with the estimated cost of getting water to this property, you would also have to [i]apply for permission to do the drilling[/i], and that seems to be getting harder to obtain, depending on where it is located. So, since a potential buyer would also incur these costs it will make it harder to sell.
Were you aware there was no water when you purchased the property? Or did you [i]assume there was[/i] due to the waterfall and stream nearby?
You may also have to pay the [i]’big bucks'[/i] to install power..Most of the previous members of the Canadian Club that returned to Canada had legal resident status, and some of the had obtained Permanent residency status.
