July 2022

To Buy Or Not To Buy – Second Thoughts About A Real Estate Transaction

– Posted in: Real Estate
small ball and cube balancing on a small seesaw

This reader is looking to buy in Tamarindo, Costa Rica, and wants to know how much anxiety is too much when embarking on a real estate purchase. What would you advise? I just happened to come across your blog post from 2018 on why you decided not to purchase in Langosta. I am literally about to put in a purchase offer on a property in Tamarindo…and am having second thoughts. I think [...]

Downtown Studio With A View – Our Latest Real Estate Purchase

– Posted in: Real Estate
Sign that says "sold", in front of a house

We sold three of our real estate properties in the last year, just so we could have a more liquid and balanced portfolio. Yet, we recently closed on a new purchase – a studio apartment in Jacksonville, FL with a view of downtown. We had been looking at units in this particular downtown building for a couple of years now. We even bid on a penthouse studio late last year [...]

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