Smart Investment

• Investing in Costa Rica- Is it safe?

• Fee Simple Title - Unlike some Latin-American countries, in Cost Rica foreigners have the same rights as local citizens when it comes to owning any property. Now with name brand title companies like Chicago Title owning property here has never been easier. In fact, it's a much less complicated process than it is in North America.

• NO Capital Gains Tax - Many investors have made small fortunes - practically overnight - just by investing in small projects, pre-construction projects or simply flipping a parcel of land. The market simply keeps on steadily increasing in Costa Rica, and that trend isn't going expected to slow down for the next 15 years, minimum.

• LOW Property Tax - With a property tax rate of only 0.0025 of the registered value of the property, your taxes will be substantially less than in the USA, Canada or any other "Western" country.

• Stable Democratic Government - Unlike some Latin-American countries, Costa Rica has a stable government, with no military, that won't make erratic decisions (such as exproppriating land from foreign owners), and the business climate is very similar to most modern countries. In addition, Costa Rica just signed into law the new CAFTA Agreement (Central American Free Trade Agreement) with the United States. Your investment is secure. For example, Costa Rica has it's own stock exchange...    

• Real Estate Growth-

NINE major resort projects adding some 3500 new high-end hotel rooms are planned along the 38mile stretch of Costa Rica nicknamed "The Gold Coast"

With all the new projects being built and being permitted, Guanacaste Costa Rica is on the verge of another huge real estate boom. The following key projects are either completed or near completion in our immediate area:

• Start of a billion dollar 110 room Ritz Carleton Hotel resort, with 18 hole championship golf course as well as a 200 slip marina (20 minute drive)
• Four Seasons Resort at Papagayo
• Large expansion project at the Liberia International Airport (45 minute drive)
• Just opened Signature "Arnold Palmer" Championship golf course
• Greg Norman Championship golf course
• 310 room JW Marriott Resort/Hotel just south of Tamarindo (20 minute drive)
• Mike Young Championship golf course

All the new resorts, and new hotels, the large airport expansion means more real estate buyers, and higher prices. The word is out, Costa Rica is the new buzz word when people think of tropical destinations and investment hot spots.

• Tourism Growth-

The number of tourists that visited Costa Rica in 2007 was approximately 1,900,000. which is an 11% increase over 2006.

The driving force behind the real estate growth, tourism is headed for another record breaking year. The number of tourists that visited Costa Rica in 2007 was approximately 1,900,000. which is an 11% increase over 2006. The Liberia International Airport has seen a 13% increase in visitors coming through there facility. It was estimated that 400,000+ people used the Liberia International airport to visit Guanacaste in 2007.

Foreign investment in Real Estate primariliy in the provinces of Guanacaste and Puntarenus totaled approximately $197,000,000 in 2007 up from $70,000,000 in 2006. It is apparent that foreign property ownership is on the rise here and will be for some time to come.

• Eco Tourism-

The country is a geographic wonderland full of rich tropical forests, black and white sandy beaches,mountains, volcanoes, and nature more abundant than anywhere else on the planet, yet it is just a bit smaller than West Virginia.

The country is a geographic wonderland full of rich tropical forests, black and white sandy beaches, mountains, volcanoes, and nature more abundant than anywhere else on the planet, yet it is just a bit smaller than West Virginia. Although it only spans 19,700 square miles, Costa Rica holds 6% of the world's biodiversity. There are 10,000 varieties of plants - 1,200 of them orchids. There are 1,240 species of butterflies and 845 species of birds. Among the animal life, 205 classifications of mammals inhabit Costa Rica, as do 160 varieties of amphibians, 218 varieties of reptiles and 1,013 varieties of fresh and salt water fish. The diverse natural setting means Costa Rica also offers a huge range of local activities for it's visitors and residents from hiking and white-water rafting to fishing and scuba diving to simply lounging around on the beach. Its what makes Costa Rica the "must-see" destination of the Western Hemisphere, if not of the world.