Interested in investing or just living the good life in Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Each tour is limited to a maximum of 10 people, small enough to ensure that everyone receives maximum attention, but large enough so that you can make new friends and exchange ideas.
Our tours provide:
Transportation in a comfortable, air-conditioned mini-van with a reputable, fully-insured driver. Snacks and drinks will be provided on the bus.
Stay at Casa Amanecer B&B, in San Ramon, owned by my friends Chris and Luisa Panzer,http://www.casa-amanecer-cr.com/. This quaint, friendly place is close to downtown and offers all of the services and amenities you’ll need including wireless Internet. Enjoy a healthy, fresh breakfast each morning prior to the start of your tour. In addition, Luisa, who is Peruvian, is an excellent chef and can make a variety of Peruvian specialties for dinner.
A variety of sumptuous meals, both local/typical and international cuisine will be provided during the tour.
Why Take Our Tours?
Does the information you find online about living and investing in Costa Rica sometimes seem unclear, contradictory or overwhelming? Are you looking for someone you can trust, who is completely unbiased and objective, to simplify everything for you and tell you all the facts, sorting out truth from fiction?
Admittedly, we’ve learned that no place on earth is truly paradise. While Costa Rica comes as close as we’ve seen to paradise, like anywhere, it has its share of problems and annoyances. Therefore, a key objective of this tour will be to help you make your experience here—if you choose to live here—as close to your vision of paradise whether it’s where you live, how you live, or the people you want to be associated with. Most importantly, we’ll pull no punches. We will share the good, the bad and ugly, and we’ll give our no-holds-barred and objective opinion on everything from home construction to shopping to the ever-changing climate. And yes, we’ll even tell you about the people to look out for so that your Costa Rica experience is as positive as you deserve.
Our Costa Rica relocation, retirement and real estate tour offers you an in-depth look at the Central Valley. Our tour guests:
View a variety of properties – land, homes and businesses
Speak to American and other ex-pat business and property owners
Make contacts for many types of professional services
Experience local flavor and meet the wonderful Costa Rican people
Here´s what you´ll learn during the course of our tours:
The various residency options and how to obtain your residency
The quality and type of healthcare here
How to buy property with no hassles while protecting your hard-earned income
What to expect to build your dream home and the cost
How to set up a corporation for your property or business
Receiving your social security or pension checks in Costa Rica
Locating rental properties
Finding qualified attorneys for all your needs
Moving companies/shipping goods to Costa Rica
How to open a bank account
Assessing climate considerations in deciding where to live
Buying a car, cost and legal requirements
Getting insurance – Health, Auto, Home
Obtaining a Costa Rican driver's license
Setting up utilities, cell phones, Internet access
Paying bills in person and on-line
Where to find the best shops - household furnishings, groceries, clothing and more
Options for plastic surgery
Where to rent cars and getting the best deal
Sending and receiving mail
Best way to learn Spanish
Downside to life in Costa Rica – what can go wrong
Other secrets we discovered only by living here
We will cover EVERYTHING you need to know on living and investing in Costa Rica AND all of this is covered during the course of the tour, without subjecting you to a tedious classroom setting.
ADDED BONUS: You will receive all of the above information, everything you learn on the tour, on a CD that you will take home with you!
Andrew and the Boomers team have scouted out properties, seeking the best values in areas where we believe prices are undervalued and will appreciate most rapidly, but also rate highly as the most livable based on quality and cost of living, safety and available services.
For those who decide to move to Costa Rica, we offer a relocation and referral service staffed by bilingual locals with many years of experience in assisting people moving to Costa Rica. No one else is doing a tour this comprehensive, geared toward Baby Boomers and showing properties in so many different Central Valley cities.
You´ll benefit from the combined experience of Andrew and his associates. We´ve done it and we´re living our dream! We can provide you with all the answers to save you time, trouble and frustration.
Each tour is limited to a maximum of 10 people, small enough to ensure that everyone receives maximum attention, but large enough so that you can make new friends and exchange ideas.
Does the information you find online about living and investing in Costa Rica sometimes seem unclear, contradictory or overwhelming? Are you looking for someone you can trust, who is completely unbiased and objective, to simplify everything for you and tell you all the facts, sorting out truth from fiction?
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