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Originally Posted by Sosa
what is it costing you guys per month to live down there if you don't mind me asking? Have a nice house or apartment?
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You mean a rental Sosa? There are areas and areas... but assuming you want a decent place, an apartment with a couple of bedrooms is prob renting at $500-$900 ish. A home with a pool blah is probably in the region of min $1000 upwards - maybe averaging $1500 ish - but can be anything you like and $5000+ a month is not uncommon.
Property is rapidly rising in price - overall average is prob 20%, but much higher on the Pacific coast which is rising around 40-60% annually. There are still decent homes around from about $200K ish upwards, but also fairly expensive places. A few condo complexes are on the market at $1100 per finished sq ft - that's $2.75 mill for 2500 ft condo - crazy price for here.
A maid or gardner costs around $250 full-time for the month and generally food etc is cheaper than the US and certainly cheaper than the EU.
The government reckons a person can live on $1000/month - but I'd avoid trying that
You can prob live OK here for $2000/month and anything from $3000K gives a lot higher lifestyle.
Other element is there are no taxes on net revenue - you can bring whatever funds you want into Costa Rica and no taxation on that.