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  • New Marina Sets Sail
    Quepos’ Pez Vela Marina Raises Its Sails After a slow start, the marina’s boosters hope for a stiff breeze By Adam Williams Tico Times Staff | awilliams@ticotimes.net QUEPOS — Harold Lovelady’s retirement plan isn’t turning out like he thought it would. Lovelady, who retired after a career in telecommunications in the U.S. state of Texas, arrived in Quepos, on [...]

  • AARP Ranks Costa Rica
    Best Places to Retire Abroad Costa Rica The Central Valley’s outlying towns boast temperate, dry days, natural beauty—and so much more. by: Barry Golson | from: AARP The Magazine | September/October 2010 issue *  Best Places to Retire Abroad (COSTA RICA) Jason Varney Costa Rica is where you go to live the lush life. It is lush with nature—misty rain forests, [...]

  • Worlds Sexiest Beaches Manuel Antonio
    Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica The turn-on: The air hangs heavy under a dense jungle canopy as she peels off first one layer, then another. She’s down to her bikini top before a glint of sapphire breaks through the wall of green. You both emerge from the trees onto a powder-white [...]

Real Estate Costa Rica - Retire in Costa Rica

Coldwell Banker can help retirees locate, purchase, and get comfortable in their new homes.  We can help make sure the entire process runs smoothly.

There are many reasons that people choose Costa Rica as an ideal retirement destination.  Proximity to the U.S., great climate, cost of living and the gorgeous scenery are just a few of the pluses to living in Costa Rica. Also, with the cost of living being lower than at home, many people find that they can enjoy a higher standard of living, with medical and dental services, and full time housekeeping services at a fraction of the cost.

Choosing to live the latter years of life in Costa Rica affords retirees the chance to adapt to a new-found tropical lifestyle yet with most of the conveniences they are used to from home.  Being so close to the US means that visitors are always welcome, and with new trade options opening, familiar products and services will be even more attainable.  There is a large foreign community in Costa Rica so retirees won’t feel totally isolated from familiar faces.

Foreign retirees in Costa Rica can gain Residency which is available in the following three categories:

Pensionado (retired): $600 a month is required from a permanent pension source or a retirement fund.

Rentista status: $1000/month for at least 5 years is required.

Inversionista status (investor status): Minimum investment of US$50,000 in a field such as tourism or export; $100,000 in a reforestation project; $200,000 in any other type of business.

Costa Rica offers a wide array of activities for Retirees who will want to take advantage of their leisure time.  There are many organizations that they can join that are accessible regardless of location.

Contact Coldwell Banker today for more information on retiring in Costa Rica.


  • New Marina Sets Sail
    Quepos’ Pez Vela Marina Raises Its Sails After a slow start, the marina’s boosters hope for a stiff breeze By Adam Williams Tico Times Staff | awilliams@ticotimes.net QUEPOS — Harold Lovelady’s retirement plan isn’t turning out like he thought it would. Lovelady, who retired after a career in telecommunications in the U.S. state of Texas, arrived in Quepos, on [...]

  • AARP Ranks Costa Rica
    Best Places to Retire Abroad Costa Rica The Central Valley’s outlying towns boast temperate, dry days, natural beauty—and so much more. by: Barry Golson | from: AARP The Magazine | September/October 2010 issue *  Best Places to Retire Abroad (COSTA RICA) Jason Varney Costa Rica is where you go to live the lush life. It is lush with nature—misty rain forests, [...]

  • Worlds Sexiest Beaches Manuel Antonio
    Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica The turn-on: The air hangs heavy under a dense jungle canopy as she peels off first one layer, then another. She’s down to her bikini top before a glint of sapphire breaks through the wall of green. You both emerge from the trees onto a powder-white [...]

  • RICH COAST WILL BE ALWAYS GREEN…..
    Two foreign studies put in interdiction the image of Costa Rica as ecologically sustainable, paradisiac destination and up to exotically, due to the impact of the property development that experiences the pacific coast. Jacó, in the province of Puntarenas, is one of the examples where the nature is mixed by enormous buildings. Jorge Umaña Two analyses, [...]

  • Many good Reasons to invest in Costa Rica it is an excellent idea
    1. Results A coutry with excellent geographical location, stable and without army,that shares citizen’s right with its visitors,in wich large companies such a Procter and Gamble, Coca Cola,Intel, HP, Sykes,Sony, Amazon, Western Union , Dole and others, invest. A country that invests in infrastructure for the success of its business and tourism, that have a qualified labor [...]

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