| Discover how to make a dream your reality and | | | | Stretch your brain a little and make some friends |
| retire in style by living and investing in the | | | | while you are at it. |
| heavenly paradise of Costa Rica! | | | | COST OF LIVINGThe cost of living is comparable |
| Are you starting to plan your retirement and | | | | to the US if not slightly lower. There are some |
| worrying about how the state of the economy | | | | items which are shockingly inexpensive, while |
| will effect your life style after you turn 65? Are | | | | others are what you are used to at home. |
| you watching your friends make plans to cash in | | | | Groceries, restaurants and shopping tend to be |
| their paper assets, move to a smaller home, and | | | | about what as you are used to, however |
| cut down on spending? This is what many people | | | | workers such as a live in maid or gardener are |
| are doing in the face of a recession in the United | | | | much less expensive than in the US. During |
| States right now. But you imagined having a little | | | | retirement, it can often be a great blessing to |
| money to travel, visit Paris maybe, or go on a | | | | have people around to help you with the daily |
| cruise. Is all of that just a fantasy now? | | | | chores. |
| Well some people have discovered out how to | | | | HEALTH CAREHealth Care in Costa Rica is known |
| make the dream a reality and retire in style by | | | | for its quality and inexpensive price tag. Many of |
| living and investing in the heavenly paradise of | | | | the doctors are trained in the US or Europe, and |
| Costa Rica! It all begins with the real estate | | | | hospitals are very modern with all the latest |
| market. Those who know say the real estate | | | | equipment and technologies. Not to gossip but |
| market in Costa Rica is one of the most stable in | | | | Costa Rica is known for its movie star plastic |
| the world, and prices are easily comparable to US | | | | surgery! |
| property or lower. You could easily find a beautiful | | | | MEDICAREBoth the Costa Rican government and |
| beach house for $300,000 overlooking the ocean. | | | | Medicare and are making it extremely easy for |
| Or buy a piece of land near the beach for | | | | ex-patriots to receive their Medicare cheques in |
| $100,000 and build your dream home. Imagine | | | | Costa Rica through a network of banks in now |
| spend your days walking on the beach, a drink on | | | | offering direct deposit to your Costa Rican bank |
| the terrace, watching the sunset, and socializing | | | | account. |
| with new friends who share your enthusiasm for | | | | VISAS & LEGAL ISSUESDo I need a visa, or how |
| a good retirement! | | | | does it work? If you are 45 years or older you |
| You may think it sounds crazy, that people only | | | | can apply to be part of a retirement program set |
| go to Costa Rica on vacation, but that is no | | | | up by the Costa Rican government to encourage |
| longer true. More and more foreigners are retiring | | | | foreigners to come to Costa Rica. Benefits include |
| in Costa Rica, especially Americans but also | | | | tax exemptions and incentives, but the greatest |
| Europeans and other foreigners. And they are all | | | | thing is that you don’t have to pay tax on |
| doing it the same way: investing in property which | | | | your retirement income in Costa Rica! |
| will only go up in value for years to come, while | | | | CAN I OWN PROPETY IN COSTA RICA?In Costa |
| living their retirement in the sunshine. But how? | | | | Rica foreigners are in no way penalized when |
| you ask. The following are just a few examples | | | | purchasing property. Foreigners have the same |
| of the things that make it so easy to live the | | | | rights as a Costa Rican and the law will treat |
| dream and retire in Costa Rica: | | | | them as an equal. You can also incorporate your |
| ONLY 2 HOURS AWAYCosta Rica is only 2 hours | | | | own company and purchase the property through |
| away from Florida and all the comforts of home. | | | | your company for additional tax breaks. |
| Take a log weekend in Miami and do some | | | | OF COURSE THE BEAUTY
The words Cost |
| shopping, or grab a connector flight to visit your | | | | Rica actually mean Rich Coast, a name |
| family, and have them come visit often! And be | | | | Christopher Columbus bestowed on this country |
| careful who you invite to come visit you, it is so | | | | overflowing with natural beauty, lush rainforests, |
| easy to get to Costa Rica that they will certainly | | | | mountains, cloud forests, and sandy beaches. |
| come! | | | | Costa Rica is world famous for its diverse natural |
| ESPANGLISHMaybe not everyone speaks English, | | | | habitat and beautiful sunsets. |
| but no matter where you are, there is probably | | | | So there you have it, not a bad list of reasons to |
| someone around who will be able to translate. A | | | | rent out your house, cash in your paper assets, |
| large majority of the population can speak at | | | | and retire to a beach house in Costa Rica! There |
| least some English, and most of the private | | | | may be a coming recession, but you don’t |
| schools are English Immersion, so from a young | | | | have to live in it, or let it spoil your long awaited |
| age many of these kids are bilingual. And hey, | | | | liberation from the rat race. |
| why not take some Spanish lessons yourself? | | | | |