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Costa
Rica Retirement, Living, Investing,
& Real Estate Books
Why Retire, Live & Invest in Costa Rica?
With thousands of copies
sold, Christopher Howard's Books about Costa Rica are known as the #1 reference guides when it comes to finding information about Costa Rica. His informative and accurate books and articles for anyone interested in living
in Costa Rica, investing in Costa Rica or retiring in Costa
Rica, are among the best rated references anywhere!
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The Golden Door to Retirement and Living in Costa
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(Customers
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The
Golden Door is ONLY guide updated every year!
This
comprehensive guide covers all aspects of
living, retiring and investing in Costa Rica.
It should
be read by anyone, regardless of age, thinking
of living full or part-time in one of the
world's most beautiful and affordable tropical
paradises.
The
Golden Door to Retirement and Living in
Costa Rica offers thousands of tips and insider
information plus the ins and outs and dos and
don'ts, guiding
the reader step-by-step on how to live
inexpensively
without sacrificing your quality of life;
where to live in Costa Rica; how to find companionship
and make friends; activities to keep busy;
the best investments in Costa Rica; how
to learn Spanish the easy way; starting a business
in Costa Rica; finding work; inexpensive
medical
care; finding a rental home; locating and purchasing real estate
and
so much more.
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Product Details
Paperback: 557 pages
Edition: 15th Rev edition
(July 1, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN: 1881233650
Product Dimensions: 1.0 x 5.2 x 8.2 inches
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: Guide To Costa Rican Spanish |
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order by mail
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This
popular book has helped 1000s of people master
the basics of using Spanish in real life
situation!
Anyone who seriously plans to
live or retire in Costa Rica should know Spanish — the
more the better. Frankly, you will be disadvantaged,
handicapped and be considered a foreigner to
some degree without Spanish. Part of the fun
of living in another country is communicating
with the local people, making new friends and
enjoying the culture.
Most English speakers who come to Costa Rica
will find it hard to understand and communicate
with the locals. Even people with knowledge of
the Spanish language have a difficult time with
the local slang. Like English, Spanish has become
very idiomatic. Everyday conversations are filled
with local jargon called, tiquismos.
This guide
will help you decipher most of the local idioms
and enable you to communicate on a basic lever.
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Product Details
Paperback: 206 pages
Edition: 1th edition
(April 1, 2005)
Language: Spanish / English
ISBN: 188123388X
Look inside this book: Table
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Why is Costa Rica for Retirement Living?
Inexpensive Services & Bargain Real Estate Prices!! |
Confronted with the spiraling cost of
living in the United States and Canada, people from
all walks of life
and all ages—including baby boomers and seniors—are
searching for an affordable place to live or retire
without sacrificing their current lifestyles. Costa
Rica, Central
America, one of Latin America's best-kept secrets,
just might be the country many of these people are
seeking.
Despite having one of the highest standards of living
in Latin America, purchasing power is greater in Costa
Rica than in the United States or Canada. The country
is really a bargain compared to most places, especially
in retirement real estate.
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Christopher
Howard shows his bestseller to former Costa Rican
president Alberto Monge
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In most areas housing costs less than
what it does in the U. S. and hired help is a steal.
Utilities—telephone service, electricity, and water— are
cheaper than in North America. You never need to heat
your home or apartment because of Costa Rica’s
warm climate. You need not cook with gas, since most
stoves are electric. These services cost about 30% of
what they do at home. Bills for heating in the winter
and air conditioning in the summer can cost hundreds
of dollars in the States. For those watching their fixed
income, retirement dollars, this is an important consideration.
A recent study by the Miami Herald rated
Costa Rica the 27th safest country for investment of
140 countries surveyed. If you are not impressed by
Costa Rica’s ranking, consider that the U.S. was
ranked only 22nd! Another recent study found Costa Rica
to be
the least corrupt country in Latin America. Just do
your homework, and invest with confidence.
In addition, U.S. business magazine, Fortune ranked
San José Latin America’s fifth best city
to do business and placed it within the 25 best cities
in the world. According to the report, Fortune considered
the city’s ability to create opportunity for its
residents, its business climate and how well it can satisfy
the business needs of companies that invest there. San
José ranked tops in the quality of its labor force,
its business environment and the lifestyle it offers
resident executives and investors. Real Estate is still
a bargin. Please return for our recommendations for a
new retirement real estate book to be published soon,
that will explain all you need to know to select and
safeguard yourself in purchasing Costa Rican property. More
information about Costa Rica and retirement
real estate.
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Another Honor for
Christopher Howard
The new 15th edition of “Christopher
Howard’s
Golden Door to Retirement and Living in Costa Rica” was
recently chosen out of 125 books for the cover of
the book trade publication “Publishers Weekly.” This
guidebook will be available from Amazon.com and U.S.
bookstores starting in May. |
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"Baby boomers are redefining
retirement - and leading the move to a new generation
of dream countries"
AARP Magazine
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Golden Door to Retirement and Living in Costa Rica |
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Christopher Howard's The New
Golden Door to Retirement and Living in Cost Rica, is important
when doing research about moving to and living in Costa Rica.
By
Hillary Chura
New York Times
July 30, 2005
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We highly recommend this guidebook to ALL
of our members and to anyone else thinking of living in
Costa Rica. It is by far the BEST book on the subject. We
have observed that people who read the book before coming
here actually know MORE about the country than many long-term
residents".
Debiem Gómez
Resident's Association of Costa Rica.
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This is THE FIRST guide about living in Costa
Rica and has been often imitated but never equaled by a
slew of copycat books. It is by far the most REALISTIC
and INFORMATIVE work on the subject by an author who actually
lives in the country".
Jay Trettien
Central America Weekly
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This down-to-earth guidebook is filled with
valuable information and paints a clear picture of life
in Costa Rica"
USA Today
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