The Journal
Page 5 of 10.
Journal entries — page 5
The real cost of owning property in Costa Rica
Costa Rica's annual property tax is just 0.25%, though a luxury-home tax and corporation fees can apply. Here's the true yearly cost of owning property.
The flowering gardens of the Sanctuary Estate
Bougainvillea, plumeria, heliconia, and the flame of a coral tree — a walk through the tropical flowers that colour the estate's regenerated gardens in Nosara.
Does buying property in Costa Rica get you residency?
A qualifying real-estate investment is one of the main routes to Costa Rican residency. Here's how the investor path works, and the income-based alternatives.
How to get to Nosara, Costa Rica
Fly into Liberia (LIR), then a scenic ~2.5-hour drive or a 30-minute domestic flight to the Nosara airstrip. Here's how to reach Nosara, and the estate.
A boutique hotel in Nosara: could this estate become one?
Nosara is a global wellness and surf destination, and this titled river estate has the land, water, and power for a small, design-led hotel. Here's the case.
How the land came back: twelve years regenerating a Nosara estate
Twelve years ago this was tired, overgrazed pasture. Today it is a forest of nine thousand trees on the Nosara River. Here is how the land came back.