My view in CR the next 6-8 weeks.
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No taxes on investments. Property taxes are very low, about 0.1-0.2% a year. Income taxes are low here too, 10-15%.
This cracked me up. I think Jack forgot to wipe the camera lens clear of the cig smoke?:facepalm:
Can you own a home without being a permanent resident? Damnitt I wish it was 6 years from now so I could start looking.
What about the rental market on houses? If I bought one now would I be able to rent it out?
What about the rental market on houses? If I bought one now would I be able to rent it out?
xstop No you don't. Trust me on that one.
Pug will know the other stuff. The house I'm renting is from people in the states. Pretty sure most of the houses for rent are people from other countries that either moved back or come here for certain months of the year. Almost all the properties are furnished.
Serious question here. What about marijuana? I don't smoke but I've always figured I would start back up once the kids were out of the house and I know my wife will want to smoke.
Anybody can buy real estate here. I'm not involved in the rental real estate market but I know several people that are. You can make some money at it. Most people that are involved in it buy rentals on or very near the beach. It might be tricky to run a real estate rental business if you're not here though.
Marijuana here is socially acceptable and its use is widespread. All drugs here are easily obtained, including prescription drugs. Costa Rica recently legalized growing marijuana for personal use. Technically, possession of marijuana in public is illegal but it's not really enforced by the cops unless you are blatant and in their face about it. The cops here are mostly after the big time traffickers and not anybody else. Friends of mine were recently pulled over by the cops after smoking a marijuana pipe in their car. The car was full of smoke when they got pulled over. When they rolled down the window, the smoke poured out into the cops face. He just laughed at them about it. With the lax enforcement on drugs, you would think that drug related crime would be rampant but that's just not the case.
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Much better..but that mountain / rain forest deal does not werk for me as it does for others .........Da Beach Da Beach and da ocean air.. and fresh seafood every day... if i like. .Looks nice though........Enjoy. !!!
I don't know if this link will work. If not, google Atenas, Costa Rica. I think I'm about 30 miles from the beach and 30 miles from San Jose.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/A...f69ee57a14c8979!8m2!3d9.9784936!4d-84.3738394
This is the community where I'm staying. Lomas del Paraiso
https://www.google.com/maps/place/L...b895680d82039b4!8m2!3d9.9630994!4d-84.3890286
https://www.google.com/maps/place/L...b895680d82039b4!8m2!3d9.9630994!4d-84.3890286
