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“My friend told me I have to set up a corporation to buy in Costa Rica.” I hear that line constantly, and it’s half true, which is the most dangerous kind

A few years back a buyer called me in a full panic, three days before closing on a house near Nosara. A “seller’s assistant” had emailed her fresh wiring i

Let me save you a few weeks of frustration with the answer most buyers don’t want to hear. If you’re a foreigner hoping to walk into a Costa Rican bank and

I’ve closed dozens of deals in Guanacaste since 2005, and I’ve watched a handful blow up too. Almost every disaster came down to the same short list of avo