I am a naturalized citizen of Costa Rica. I first arrived (from the U.S.) in 2001 to broker a deal that sold one of the country’s premier private universities to a U.S. publicly-held education company. Since 2004 I’ve arranged eco-intensive Costa Rica vacation tours to locations throughout the country, as well as Nicaragua, Panama and Colombia. In addition to serving as an agent with the Coldwell Banker Dominical Realty team since 2015, I offer Expat Consulting and conduct guided Expat Tours.
Scott Bowers helped us to purchase our house in Costa Rica. Scott was very responsive and specific, always answering the phone, or returning phone calls right away. He is a very nice person to work with and he was very professional and amiable when showing us the properties while we were in the country. He helped us to negotiate the deal on the property we have selected and also introduced us to a local RE attorney and assisted us in preparing documents needed to finalize the transaction while we were back in the USA. He provided help with things substantially above and beyond his responsibilities as a RE agent, such as setting up a bank account in CR. His book, “The Definitive Guide to Costa Rica Expat Living”, is a must read for anybody thinking about RE in Costa Rica. I strongly recommend him.
Michael Sigalovsky
One of the easiest mistakes to make when evaluating land in Costa Rica is to focus too much on the number of acres or hectares.A ten-acre property is not necessarily more useful than a five-acre property. And a fifty-acre farm may have considerably less land available for your intended purposes than the numbers on the survey would lead you to believe.When evaluating land, I thi...
If you’ve bought, sold, developed, or represented rural property in Costa Rica, you’ve probably encountered four letters that can suddenly change the course of a transaction:INVU.The Instituto Nacional de Vivienda y Urbanismo plays an important role in Costa Rica’s land-use system. Among its responsibilities is issuing alineamientos fluviales—official determinations of the prot...
If you follow me regularly, you already know that I tend to be pretty positive about Costa Rica.And why wouldn’t I be?I’ve lived here for more than two and a half decades. I’m a real estate broker who helps people relocate here, and despite all of its imperfections, Costa Rica is still the country I choose to call home.But I don’t want to be Pollyannish about it either.Costa Ri...
For many years, one of the biggest differences between buying real estate in Costa Rica and buying a home in the United States or Canada was financing.Historically, most foreign buyers purchased property with cash.Conventional mortgages were difficult to obtain, seller financing was often the only realistic option, and many buyers simply assumed they would need to liquidate inv...
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Costa Rica Expat Properties
Your mountain or beach dream home can be found here. Scott Bowers is an agent with Coldwell Banker - Vesta Group - Costa Rica, serving the Southern Pacific coast and mountainous area of Perez Zeledon. The Southern Zone is the most pristine and untouched area left in Costa Rica and a great place to consider for Costa Rica expat living. Connect with me to start living your dream life in Costa Rica!
