Costa Rica-Real Estate Condos for sale in Guanacaste

Although it is sad a lot of people do search Costa Rica looking for wild sexual adventures and either they don’t care or want minors on their itinerary. For some twisted reason there are people that have heard of a place I definitely don’t live at: Costa Rica sex industry. The saddest part is they are not only looking for regular prostitutes, they are in fact looking for under age girls in Costa Rica.

I one of those main stream Hollywood flicks “The Sweetest Thing” actually makes a terrible and awful remark when one of the supporting characters tells one of the main characters that what he needs is to come to Costa Rica and that for “5 pesos” a girl will give him the time of his life. Costa Rica sex industry is just as hated here as it is anywhere else in the world and trust me if they catch someone trying to engage into a sexual relation with a minor they will prosecute them. Another thing in Costa Rica, money is called “colones” not “pesos” and 5 colones are basically a penny you wouldn’t even care to bend down to pick up.

Just last week A 31-year-old Reno man was arrested for allegedly coercing a 16-year-old girl from England to fly to the United States for sex then he planned on have her move with him to Costa Rica. The man actually fell for that tolerance with sex with underage girls urban legend a lot of people fall for. Costa Rica girls may be gorgeous, but to be honest, most prostitutes here are not Ticas at all; most prostitutes in Costa Rica are actually from Nicaragua, Dominican Republic and Colombia.

As you can see, Costa Rica law is definitely serious about the zero tolerance for illegal sex. Costa Rica is a peaceful and well educated country; it will be very hard to expect less from their authorities once you see how things really work around here.

For Google Innovation Community, Costa Rica was definitely an asset and has included as one of the participants and it was launched by the Ministry of Science of Costa Rica. The Google Innovation Group will be open to everyone in Costa Rica who wants to participate and will be used as an announcements board for free activities, training programs, scholarships and offers for financial support for scientific and economic research. The Ministry of Science of Costa Rica also plants to use other tools such as Youtube and Facebook to display any type of innovation developed in Costa Rica and document promoting the project has been sent to every school in the country as well.

In my opinion Costa Rica has proved to have extremely talent professionals and good resources for technology innovation, this addition of Costa Rica to the Google Innovation Community just proves that the potential in Costa Rica is above the parameters established by well known innovative companies around the world.

In Costa Rica, science and systems engineering are one of the top careers chosen by youngsters and many items we use today have been developed in Costa Rica lands, also many technological companies such as Intel, Hologic and Alienware have had their offices located here due to the fact that the professional labor in their areas is definitely strong and well prepared among professionals in Costa Rica

While doing some browsing in Guanacaste real estate listings something odd came to my attention: A lot of vacation villas are being built for sale! Vacation villas in Guanacaste are often one of the most wonderful properties in Costa Rica one can get.

The gorgeous scenery of Guanacaste! Costa Rica has the best beaches in this area and most of them are accessible in a short 40 minute drive from Liberia, which the most developed city in Guanacaste. Vacation villas are just called that way because some entrepreneurs buy them to rent them out to tourists, but a lot of people, including myself, buy these Costa Rica properties to use as permanent residency.

 In Guanacaste, vacation villas are design to provide comfort, peace and in most cases luxury is one of the most important details of the construction. The main idea is giving a sense of relaxation and easiness given the fact that Guanacaste is already a peaceful location, luxury villas are just the cherry on the ice cream if you know what I mean.

 In the real estate ads in Guanacaste, the owners or brokers often provide all the proper information of the property: bedrooms, bathrooms, swimming pool access, the possibility of air conditioning and all those aspects people usually look for.

Homes in Guanacaste are of course not limited to vacation villas, in Guanacaste you can also purchase land, apartments, condos and fincas. Searching through real estate listings in Costa Rica might require a bit of patience but great offers and prices are sure to be found. I can tell you for sure I am a happy property buyer and I have been investing in Costa Rica properties for a while now and have received nothing but good news and great businesses.

Costa Rica technology has now made a huge step in the medical diagnose for breast cancer issue. As we all know there has been an alarming increase of women suffering this disease worldwide in the past years and crusades and huge publicity tools have used to create true awareness about the issue every where in the world. Costa Rica included.

The breast cancer detection system is being developed at the Hologic installations in Alajuela. Costa Rica technology has been used by the biggest companies such as Intel for decades now, given the fact that education in Costa Rica is so good, professionals in different areas tend to be impressively creative and focus on the needs of our times.

Hologic Costa Rica is a US based company that has taken care of manufacture and supply premium diagnostics, medical imaging systems, and surgical products destined to improve the healthcare needs of women throughout the world. Many of their products are totally manufactured in Costa Rica and later sold around the world, mostly in the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia.

Breast cancer foundations throughout the world are continuously trying to collect money to improve diagnosis systems for breast cancer, medication, cures and research and this system created by Hologic in Costa Rica is one of the biggest steps taken.

In the past two days the US citizens living in Costa Rica have been celebrating with many other Ticos the winning of Barack Obama’s Election and the ambiance of joy has been full of brotherhood and happiness. As we all know, Barack Obama won a large majority of Latino voters and that he managed to captured 349 electoral votes, compared to 162 for Republican candidate John McCain.

In Costa Rica, immigrants from the United States do have the right to vote and the American Embassy in San Jose takes care of the process, so all of us that wanted to ahead and vote were able to do so, through them. Given the type of celebrations I experienced in the past two days, Obama was definitely the favorite in Costa Rica as well.

A lot of people feel that Barack Obama is here to clean up the mess created by soon to be former president Bush, who not only had a very violent government but also messed up the United Estates finances to a point that has not been seen in decades.

Costa Rica is also putting its hopes on Obama’s government. I think that all this Obama craziness comes from a country that was pretty much lost, that had lost its faith in its leaders and now a ray of light appears from a place we never even thought to consider, a set of minorities. The United Estates will see how it can grow to become a more human international potency and Costa Rica and other small countries will also be benefit from the changes to come.

One thing I haven’t giving much though about regarding real estate choices are homes for sale that need upgrading or a few renovations, those homes that we in the United States call fixer uppers. Today, reading some random tabloid, I noticed that some of the most gorgeous Victorian homes that I have seen in San Jose are actually used as hostels or bed and breakfasts and that the owners in some cases have actually renovated themselves, not messing up with the detailed designs of the constructions making their Costa Rica old hotels part of the beauty of San Jose City. 

Also, I noticed that on the real estate listings in Costa Rica some old homes are sold for ridiculous prices, one can just go ahead and update the home, add some contemporary designs to the structure and have and lovely piece of art work as home. Costa Rica properties in old neighbors are sometimes pricier that homes in other urban areas, but a business mind can easily take advantage of them. That is the case of Mr. Eldon Cook, a Canadian Missionary that fell in love with the country so much he bought and old Victorian home in down town San Jose, Costa Rica best example of beautiful architecture, and transformed it into Hotel Grano de Oro, where not only you can enjoy the amazing Victorian design but also has one of the best restaurants in Costa Rica.

Making these changes might be a lot of work, but once you see the final outcome, everything will be worth it. Costa Rica has amazing history and part of that are the lovely constructions of yesteryear. Check out some Costa Rica real estate listings and see what is out there, maybe the best place is just waiting for the right visionary to come along and transform it into a piece of art.

Since November 1^st and until yesterday Costa Rica tourism choices were on display in Argentina at the Latin American International Tourism Fair (FIT). During this fair, Latin American countries are able to offer their tourism services: hotels, car rentals in Costa Rica, activities and must see places in the country. The main idea of the fair is to draw the attention of international wholesalers and travel agencies. Costa Rica of course has way too much to offer and for the past 12 years attending this fair, the outcome has always been successful.

Among the many beautiful and important places to vacation in Costa Rica are several pristine beaches, where, depending of the location you can practice professional surfing or just relax in the sand next to a clear watered peaceful beach. Also Costa Rica volcanoes are another lovely location to consider. Natural reservoirs and rainforests in Costa Rica are also part of the equation.

This type of fairs are incredibly important for Costa Rica tourism since this industry is one of the most important income resource in the country and the publicity provided along with fair business to promote Costa Rica vacations as a choice for people can help improve the industry and the economic status of the country. Also, is through tourism that  a lot of people get know the country and end up moving to Costa Rica for good after getting a small taste of the peaceful, easy and accessible lifestyle. Meaning that not only the tourism business gets exposed but also good things come to the Costa Rica real estate business as well. I certainly hope that nice deals took place during the Latin American International Tourism Fair this year, especially since I have grown to love this country as mine and started some small real estate business in Costa Rica myself.

After a long year of extremely high prices in gasoline in Costa Rica, a little change comes our way to release some of the stress: a decrease in the gas prices will finally be effective this week. Transportation in Costa Rica has almost became a joke during this past year with ridiculous price raises all year long, people had to start changing their necessities to comply with the extremely bad increases.

Even the daily license plate number restriction was set up as a solution not only for the uncontrolled Costa Rica traffic jams but also to help the Costa Rica drivers save money on gas. This next Wednesday November 5^th gasoline prices in Costa Rica will cost a lot less: ¢ 687 (U.S. $1.23) per liter for super, ¢ 665 ($1.17) for regular gasoline and ¢ 609 ($1.09) for diesel. This good news were published on a press released sent by the ARESEP which is the Costa Rica entity that manages everything related to prices, sales and consumer law in Costa Rica.

This is definitely great news for the Costa Rica people after having one of the most expensive years in a decade. Although the people in Costa Rica have managed live on low salaries and high prices the best they can, the government appeared to be doing nothing for this issue. Costa Rica women and men work no matter what and it is a known fact that some people even have 2 or more jobs just to get by with their debts. Looking at the bright side of things, at least there are enough jobs to help the Costa Rica workers and thanks to the high education given to young people in Costa Rica finding a place to work is not as hard as it is in other countries.

Just like very useful and fun Tren Urbano in San Jose, Costa Rica will now implement the use of a new train, this time from the Costa Rica Capital to Heredia city the entire re-instatement project ended up costing near to $1 074 000. This awesome news was released this past October 25^th by Incofer.

After all the hard, long work of the first step to get the Heredia train up and running, the first trips will take place during the third week of December as recreational trips, so people can get used to the route, check the official stops and see how long it will take the potential regular travelers to get to their destinations. Costa Rica government did manage to go around a long series of issues before being able to get train route working. The new Costa Rica train to Heredia will begin normal operations in January.

It is amazing how Costa Rica, a country that has so many transportation problems has managed to find solutions in methods that were already taken as obsolete and forgotten. This new route will make the trip to Heredia a los faster and easier for many people in Costa Rica, given the fact that the work force in Heredia is one of the largest in the country due to the several Free Trade Zones. Costa Rica has also opened up for business to new world renowned companies such as Amazon and Experian this year.

The implementation of this train route is expected to help with the collapsed traffic during rush hours along the highway between Heredia and San Jose. Costa Rica traffic problems are worse and worse everyday; a regular trip on this highway during rush hour can hold one up to 2-3 hours, therefore extreme measures had to be taken.

Formerly known as CCN Systems, Experian is a global credit information group, with operations in 36 countries. Their largest operation is Experian North America, a consumer credit reporting agency that is considered one of the three largest American credit agencies. Right now Experian has open up their Costa Rica branch with a total of 80 employees and plans to add at least 20 more by the end of the year and a total of 120 for the beginning of 2009. The main lines of business of Experian are credit services, marketing solutions, decision analytics and interactive services; in Costa Rica, Experian require data management and process specialists and software development engineers.

Along with Amazon Costa Rica, their offices will be located at Zona Franca Ultralag, in Lagunilla de Heredia. Costa Rica has been providing great work force to many different international companies over the years: IBM, HP, Alienware and Sykes are probably the biggest call centers right now providing jobs for thousands of young professionals in many different areas, not necessarily related to inbound and outbound calls.

Costa Rica education does have enough professionals to comply with the work force requirements these companies need to hire and for over 10 years they have established themselves are part of the most reliable companies in Costa Rica. These companies provide a whole lot of benefits to their workers and since most of them still attend school they also give them scholarships or provide them with constant trainings in related matters. Business in Costa Rica is definitely getting bigger and the addition of Experian to the list of serious companies in Costa Rica is certainly good news.