| Traveling through Latin America may make some of | | | | one of the 25 best cities in the world. Those investing |
| us nervous. Countless news broadcasts portray the | | | | in Costa Rica are already aware and already moving |
| violence in some of the countries, which are plagued | | | | in to take advantage of property and home prices as |
| by drug lords and militias. The movie Man on Fire | | | | low as $50,000-$60,000. The only obstacle for buying |
| explored the Latin American market for kidnapping. | | | | Costa Rica land for sale is having to be incorporated |
| These images are enough to make anyone | | | | to buy and sell properties in Costa Rica. But there are |
| researching Costa Rica real estate nervous, as they | | | | many land development companies set up in America |
| are looking for an international investment. That's why | | | | and Costa Rica who are working with the local |
| international real estate investors and real estate | | | | government to make this transition effortless. |
| investors searching for a second home have followed | | | | Because the Costa Rica real estate boom has taken |
| the moves of major corporations, who tend to find the | | | | on a life of its own, the local governments have |
| safe havens. | | | | worked with international land developers and real |
| The Australians and the English used to flock to India | | | | estate agencies to open more doors for new real |
| for their holiday and vacation spot of choice. Now, | | | | estate investors. Home of the 1987 Nobel Peace Prize |
| Europe is following America into investing in Costa | | | | Winner, Oscar Arias Sanchez, Costa Rica is also |
| Rica. The smart real estate investors are buying now, | | | | making sure that it makes its name known as an |
| while the market is hot and the price unbeatable. The | | | | eco-tourism destination. It strives to be the Switzerland, |
| tax rates, simpler and lower than in North America, | | | | or land of peace and democracy, in Latin America and |
| work in the real estate investor's favor and no investor | | | | uses the real estate in the Costa Rica boom to show |
| is going to complain about the recent 200% property | | | | the world that it's a player on the world stage. |
| value increases. Any real estate investor, who needs | | | | Local law enforcement treat international guests |
| time to make a decision, has the opportunity of | | | | investing in real estate with the same respect as local |
| sun-bathing for 3 months and sharing the same | | | | citizens. International real estate investors become |
| amenities as a citizen before he or she even has to | | | | family immediately after landing at the airport. In this |
| consider whether they will decide to own Costa Rica | | | | small town atmosphere with a tropical climate the |
| property. | | | | slogan should read "Costa Rica Land For Sale: |
| Fortune Magazine has ranked San Jose, Costa Rica, | | | | Everybody's treated like family. |