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Properties in Costa Rica Real Estate Company is located in San Jose, the capital city of this beautiful country. We are a group of professionals whose main goal is to provide you with clear insight into the meaning of investment and purchasing real estate in Costa Rica.
We are a proven resource for Real Estate in Costa Rica. Our expertise covers a wide real estate collection in ideal locations for living, retiring or investing in Costa Rica. Our real estate inventory features a special assortment of: Costa Rica , upscale residential investment real estate, farms, mountain properties and vacation rentals.
We understand that relocating or purchasing a vacation property is not an easy job. Moving to Costa Rica and doing business abroad requires a lot of research and reliance upon the company you may be using. We provide you with trustworthy Costa Rica real estate assistance on every step of this process.
Properties in Costa Rica main goal lies in leading you to a successful real estate transaction. We can help you get the Costa Rica real estate property or investment of your dreams.

Our real estate listing in the Central Valley combine desirable locations in West and East San Jose such as , Sabana, Sabanilla, Montes de Oca and Moravia among others.
You will also find attractive real estate properties in the Central Valley provinces of Heredia and Alajuela, where locations such as la Garita and la Guacima are very appealing because of their wonderful weather, nearby facilities, very nice neighborhoods, and homes.
Additionally, we provide you with real estate services in both, the Pacific and Caribbean beaches and coastal regions of Costa Rica. Find your vacation home in the beach and smart close to the ocean. We offer quality real estate for sale in Guanacaste, Puntarenas, Manuel Antonio, Dominical and other special locations outside the Central Valley.
Costa Rica is a world known destination for vacation, investment and retirement. Costa Rica's beauty goes beyond paradisiacal beaches, magnificent mountains and great weather year around... it's major beauty lies in its people. Costa Ricans are worldwide recognized for being authentically friendly and helpful people. It seems like Costa Rican ancient democracry and peace is deeply interiorized in its culture and the idiosyncrasy of its people. Adding all this elements into an equation, the natural result is expected: Costa Rica is the hottest destination in the Americas... and therefore, real estate in Costa Rica is booming! Properties in Costa Rica team will do every effort to provide you with the best service. Our main goal is to serve our customers with high respect and professionalism. Our expertise can guide you in a lot of different issues related to your real estate purchase. Our valuable experience and contacts will make you feel comfortable since your first communication. We will listen carefully to your needs and work hard in helping you achieve your real estate goals. Wether you are looking to relocate to Costa Rica and find a piece of Real Estate in this beautiful country, or you are just looking for a high yield investment, Properties in Costa Rica is the secure gateway to Costa Rica Real Estate.Properties in Costa Rica was founded in 1999 by Arturo Guzman, a visionary and passionate Real Estate professional who has been deeply involved ever since in the overall development of the Real Estate market in Costa Rica. Through all these years, Arturo's and the Company's main concern has been to operate under high ethical standards and transparency in all organizational levels. Properties in Costa Rica really cares about the relationship with our customers. We are a leading and successful Costa Rican Real Estate Company thanks to you, our most appreciated clients, so we will always protect your interests above all. Thanks for your trust, loyalty and for being our best reference!
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Real Estate Investment

Real estate investment involves the commitment of funds to property with an aim to generate income through rental or lease and to achieve capital appreciation. Real estate refers to immovable property, such as land, and everything else that is permanently attached to it, such as buildings. When a person acquires real estate, s/he also acquires a set of rights, including possession, control and transfer rights.
Understanding real estate investment is crucial because it usually involves a substantial investment and a long-term one. Moreover , the real estate market can be unpredictable. This is particularly important when one goes beyond buying a home to actually “investing” in real estate. There are a number of ways in which an investor can participate in the real estate market.

Real Estate Investment: Rental
One can opt for real estate investment with an aim to rent the property out to a tenant. The owner (landlord) earns a continuous stream of rent from the tenant, but is responsible for paying the mortgage, taxes and any costs associated with maintaining the property. The owner also benefits from capital appreciation (a rise in the value of the property over time). The landlord runs the risk of not finding a tenant and could suffer negative monthly cash flows, with mortgage payments and maintenance expenses still to be borne. As compared to owning stocks and bonds, rental real estate requires a significant amount time and effort to be devoted by the landlord.
Real Estate Investment Groups
Real estate investment groups are similar to small mutual funds. They are set up for rental properties. While an investor may own one or more units, a professionally managed company acquires, builds, maintains and lets out all the units on the properties in exchange for a percentage of the monthly rent.
Real Estate Trading
Real estate traders hold properties for only a short span of time (less than four months), aiming to sell them at a profit. This process is called flipping properties. Investors aim at purchasing significantly undervalued or very hot properties. Such owners may or may not invest money into improving the property before putting it back on sale. A bear market could result in substantial losses for a real estate trader, since the investment is large.

Real Estate Investment Trusts
A real estate investment trust (REIT) is a corporation that invests in real estate. REITs trade on major exchanges. A REIT uses investors' money to acquire and operate properties.
The benefits of REITs are:
REITs provide fairly regular income.
Investors gain exposure to non-residential investments (like malls and office buildings).
REITs are highly liquid.
REITs are required by law to distribute 90% of their taxable income in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Before making a choice regarding the kind of real estate participation, an investor must evaluate his/her investment capacity !nd risk appetite.

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Thanks to a compelling combination of soaring popularity and stringent planning regulations, development land in the centre of Pipa village is rare to the point of near extinction. But, with the acquisition of a site once occupied by a tumbledown villa, is able to offer its clients the chance to own holiday and rental property right in the heart of Pipa, in one of the six apartments at ‘Pipa Beach’.
Short of pitching a tent on the sands it would be impossible to get closer to Pipa’s main beach. This gated project of one and two bedroom properties is just ten short metres from the white sands and turquoise waves fronted by calm natural lagoons. And, unusually for this stretch of northeast Brazilian coastline, there are no steps or sheer drops to negotiate, just a simple same-level stroll – making it especially interesting for the less able. And, with the best of Rio Grande do Norte’s restaurants, beach clubs, bars and boutiques on the doorstep, the projections for rental income are particularly attractive.
Samantha Gore, Head of Sales & Marketing for Brazil property experts comments, “Pipa village conforms to the old investment adage – demand outstrips supply. With the local authorities being so protective of their rich natural environment very few build licenses are dished out in this area and ‘Pipa Beach’ is one of a select, fortunate few. Based on research from Pipa town itself, where the average annual rental occupation is around 65%, one bedroom apartments in Pipa Beach could command 200 reais (70 euros) a day in high season, that’s from December to March plus July and August, and 300 reais (110 euros) a day for two bedrooms. This would drop slightly to 150 reais (53 euros) and 250 reais (90 euros) respectively in low season. With full rental management and a choice of furniture packs on offer, these sorts of rates are perfectly achievable.”
With a choice of one or two bedrooms, apartments at Pipa Beach enjoy private balconies with front row sea views as well as rooftop solarium shared exclusively between the six homes complete with two plunge pools. Ideal for sundowner cocktails or surf and turf barbecues with tasty local produce. Off-street parking is available and the rental management scheme will maximise your income when you’re not in town. Natal’s Augusto Severo International Airport is just 80km to the north of Pipa and one of the largest airports in the world is currently under construction close to the city.
Prices at Pipa Beach start from €93,000 euros (approx £81,000 gbp) for a one bedroom apartment and from €110,000 euros (approx £96,000 gbp) for a two bedroom. Completion is expected by October 2010.

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Real estate agents learn to handle short sales

By EATTLEPI.COM STAFF
For 10 months, she tried to get mortgage lenders to approve the short sale of a Maple Valley home for $480,000.
"We had a first and a second mortgage on it and neither would budge," the real estate agent, who asked not to be named, recounted last week.
The problem was that the lenders had two reviews that valued the home at more than $480,000, she said.
Ultimately, the home went to foreclosure auction, where it fetched just $440,000, she said. "We lost the buyer, lost the sale."
A short sale occurs when a lender accepts less than the balance on a mortgage as part of the sale of a home whose value has dropped below what's owed and whose owner doesn't have the money to make up the difference. The benefit to lenders is that short sales often mean smaller losses than carrying out a foreclosure, putting a home up for auction and then trying to sell it through an agent as a lender-owned property if it doesn't get an acceptable auction bid.
They're increasingly common these days, as the values have dropped on many homes whose buyers had little or no equity in the first place.
While this increasing volume of short sales is tempting agents who are trying to survive a slow market, nightmare stories like Adams' continue to scare many away. Both of these factors are helping drive business to real-estate educators such as Jillayne , who drew 20 agents, including the unnamed one above, to a short-sale class in Kent last week.
"That's where the market's going," said Kathy Holt, an agent with Greene Realty, in Olympia.
Short sales and lender-owned homes now account for about 35 percent of listings in Thurston County, Holt estimated. "They're coming up every day in large numbers, so I wouldn't be surprised if it's even larger than that."
Last month, the Northwest Multiple Listing Service, which covers 19 Washington counties, announced it would start making agents check boxes to indicate if a listing is a short sale or lender-owned property. This will allow better tracking of the number of such listings and their share of the market.
Some agents, like Holt, came to the class because they saw a new opportunity.
Barbara Lopes, a Bellevue RE/Max agent, said she has never handled a short sale in her approximately 30 years in the business.
"There was no need," she said. "It was a whole different market."
But they're probably going to be an important part of the market for a while yet, Lopes said. "It's going to take a long time to recover."
Other agents, like Adams, came after bruising short-sale experiences.
Nate Hasson, an agent with John L. Scott Real Estate in Renton, said his first short sale took four months to close after getting a buyer, and his second is at four and a half months and counting.
But it's business, he said. "I wish I had like 30 of them going right now."
Agents trying to line up a short sale for sellers need to get past lenders' default departments, Schilcke said.
"These people are only authorized to get money out of your client," she said. "You need to talk to loss mitigation."
Loss-mitigation staffers each have hundreds of cases on their desks, Schilcke noted.
Files that are close to foreclosure, have all the documentation and make a clear, compelling case that short sales will cut the lender's losses get quick attention, while others sit in the pile, she said. "The transactions that get the attention are the ones where the bank is probably going to lose a whole lot of money."
Schilcke recounted agents persuading lenders that a home wasn't worth the headache of foreclosure through such steps as mailing in a plastic-sealed swath of carpet polluted with pet urine or a video highlighting pet-urine stains using black light.
Neighborhood marketing statistics and other scary numbers also help.
"In one of the recent short sales we just got approved we actually put crime rates in the neighborhood and prostitution and drugs," Hasson said.
Schilcke is less critical than many of how long lenders are taking to work through short sales and lender-owned homes.
It would be impossible for them to hire and train enough people to deal with all of the problem loans expeditiously, she said, adding: "It's not the bank's job to get rid of our inventory."
Schilcke said short-sale class enrollment dropped off last year, after the state Legislature passed a distressed-property law aimed to protect people in danger of losing their homes to foreclosure from getting ripped off by people offering to help. Many real-estate agents said the rules subjected them to unreasonable liability in handling short sales.
Enrollment has bounced back this spring, since the Legislature approved a new exemption from the law for agents doing their normal jobs.
Schilke just sent state regulators her plan for a class on mortgage modifications. She's hoping to get approval for the class to count as agent continuing education and start offering it this summer.
Here are some other tips from Schilcke:
Make sure sellers know they'll be liable for the difference between the loan balance and the sales price unless they can prove they can't pay it.
Make sure short-sale documents don't allow lenders to go after buyers for the difference later.
Collect financial distress documentation, such as a layoff notice, medical bills and investment statements.
Check the closing documents from sellers' loans for signs of fraud, which puts sellers in a better position to negotiate with lenders.
Make sure sellers actually are motivated to sell.
If sellers have more than one mortgage, talk to the lender in last position first, because they have the most to lose if a home goes to foreclosure and, so, are most motivated to make a deal.
Refer legal questions to a lawyer and financial questions to an accountant, but don't limit what you'll answer so much that you have no apparent value to customers.
Make sure buyers' agents know you've got the process lined up, so they'll actually show the home.
If you're representing potential buyers of a short-sale home, make sure the listing agents know what they're doing.
Know that lenders always try to get agents to cut their commission but never abandon a deal because agents refuse.
Connect sellers with social-service agencies that can help with issues such as finding a place to live after the sale