The increase in private universities is a good sign for the future of the Costa Rica, but what about options for the parents of younger kids? Let me share a quick story about Escuela Verde, a new private grade school that

Guys In The Zone Talk Show – Episode 8Uploaded by GuysInTheZone. – Discover new destinations and travel videos. Episode 8 was a bit delayed by Ben’s well-publicized mishap. Rod goes it alone (and does a darn fine job of things I might add.) Rod gets us up to speed on Ben’s recovery, the current [...]

Climate is a significant factor for most buyers when determining where to buy their piece of Costa Rica real estate. In fact, one of the most popular questions Ben and I field is “How many months per year does it rain?” The quick answer is around...

A short video where we share our thoughts on the current Costa Rica real estate market and the rainy season (our favorite time of the year).

Disclaimer: the following is not necessarily what some sellers of Costa Rica real estate want to hear. It was sometime in 2008 when the world changed.  Our globalized economy demonstrated, for the first time, the extent to which we (all us humans) are interconnected.  When one falls, we all lose our balance. Some of [...]

A free flow of some of the latest goings on in Costa Rica's southern pacific zone and the business of real estate there. There appears to be a licensing requirement coming for Costa Rica's realtors. Also, a full bodied MLS is in the works (finally) for Costa Rica. It appears that the legal provision of a trust is, at present, not available in Costa Rica. And finally, about reading Spanish language websites in English.

When we visit Costa Rica, we have running in our heads the latest tapes of what is going on in the above 6 areas. All of this information does not originate inside of our own heads but from without (opposite of within). Of course, we are all intelligent and creative people in our own right. So, we take this information and color it and make commentary on it with our own unique spin, but really, someone else has pretty much suggested to us what we’ll be thinking about as we go through our days. On day 4 that constant and ever- present chatter has subsided enough to where we may experience an errant thought of something unrelated to the big 6. This experience originates entirely from the source of one‘s very own, personal and private psyche – and this feels wonderful.