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Originally Posted by selena
Sounds heavenly.
I tell my boys that in 7 years, when the youngest turns 18, that I am selling everything, and going to go live on a beach somewhere and sell tshirts to tourists.
They think I'm teasing.
I'm not.
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There are some folks who do exactly that selena. There are two sides to Costa Rica - one which is all condo complexes and McDonalds and TGF's. Also another which is total paradise....
Can think of two friends, one is an EU person and the other from the US. The EU people spend six months a year living in what can only be described as a "beach hut" under some palm trees on the coast. It's not that they cannot afford better - it's what they want to do to "escape".
The other looks like a long-haired "beach hippy" who spends his time swimming a lot - he is actually a heart surgeon who invented some kind of new heart value and then "escaped" with his family to live off the royalties in another paradise area on the Pacific coast. Tho he does have a real house - and the biggest swimming pool I've ever seen. (Typical heart surgeon - all he cares about is exercising his heart
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One thing that is worth considering - real estate here is rising rapidly and it's worth getting a foothold at a level now and staking your claim. There is little doubt any investment would double in under four years (and that's erring on the cautious side).