We made our second investment in Costa Rica for a variety of reasons. Casa Salita is a 4-bed, 4-bath house with a separate casita, private pool, wraparound deck (with two hammocks!) and an outdoor kitchen. It sleeps 10, so the capacity of it certainly increases its rental prospects. However, it also has unique properties that add income potential and versatility to what we can do with the property: The property [...]
In my view, low tide is the best time to spend at the beach in Tamarindo. The waves break pretty far out, which leaves lots of room to enjoy relatively calm water closer to shore, and provides plenty of sand for walking around and collecting seashells. It also exposes many large rocks, as seen above, which are completely hidden at high tide. The beach at Tamarindo is always spectacular. Even [...]
If you look closely at the image above our window in New York City, you'll see a bit of snow on the ground, and snowflakes in the foreground of the building across from us. You can't see it, but we can also hear the wind howl. It is March 2, and March is definitely coming in like a lion! A nor'easter forecasted to be fierce and destructive is currently affecting [...]
I'm not exactly a football / soccer fan, but any interest I have in the sport is directed to my home team, the New York Red Bulls. Yes, technically the NYFC team in New York City (known as The New York City Football Club) would technically be my home team as the Red Bulls play in New Jersey and NYFC plays in Yankee Stadium in my home borough of the [...]
After our second child arrived in 2001, our New York City apartment felt smaller and smaller.
We always had a strong interest in buying real estate, but never pulled the trigger. A big regret was not buying a top floor duplex apartment in a small building in the Kips Bay section of Manhattan in the mid 90’s. In our defense, we were less than 2 years out of college and it would have been a financial stretch to do so.
But before long, that several-hundred-thousand-dollar apartment would be worth more than a million. What an investment that would have been!
One of the things I've had to get used to as a visitor to Costa Rica are all of the dirt roads. The first time we visited Costa Rica was in the month of March, well after the end of the rainy season and after all of the dirt roads had been fixed and re-graded for the high/dry season and were not hard to drive or navigate. In subsequent visits [...]
