Pura Vida,
I have lived in Costa Rica since 1988 on the central Pacific coast. Met my Brazilian wife there when I was building my first home which we ran as a B&B in the mountains. During the last decade I purchased over 2000 acres along the coast, developing and built on some of it but basically letting nature take over the rest. We have recently moved to Brazil to be closer to my wife's family and are currently building a new home there. In the meantime we a constructing another B&B in the mountains above Parrita midway between Quepos and Jaco. We still have over a thousand acres there at very reasonable prices. The price of the 15 acre parcel listed in the post above in my opinion is very high for a farm which is 10 acres forest (montana) and 5 acres usable. The price was $2.25/m2 but for usable area it comes to $ 6.75/m2. The $2.25/m2 for usable farm land is very high, the $ 6.75 is quite frankly out of the question. My property is located in the Parrita river valley which is some of the best farm land in the country and depending on the size of the farm it can be purchased per meter for 45 cents to a dollar. There is also residual value as most of the property overlooks the Pacific Ocean. Take a minute and check out the area. First link is from my B&B I sold and the next is the listings of my properties on goswap.org. located in the same area. The most important thing to remember when investing in Costa Rica where sales comps are not made public is to find out what property is actually selling for. If one buys property at a good price you can make some mistakes along the way and still come out alright. If one pays too much he can do everything perfect but at the end of the day will come out upside-down. Give me a shot if you are interested at
shank32095@gmail.com
pura vida,
Thomas Shank
http://www.vrbo.com/396098
http://goswap.org/index.php?option=com_cmsrealty&Itemid=158
