Retire with Pride
While Costa
Rica is the most expensive country in Central America, the
important thing is that in Costa Rica, you will find a very
high standard of living that is still far below the cost of
living in the U.S., Canada, or Europe. How much it will cost
you, of course, depends on your lifestyle.
You can
retire
with pride in Costa Rica.
You will give
up nothing if you retire to Costa Rica…except cold winters.
Need modern appliances? A high-speed Internet connection?
Cellular phone service? Costa Rica has all the
infrastructure in place to meet all your needs.
You can be able to employ household help at a fraction of
the north American cost that will enable you to vastly
improve your quality of life.
Lifestyles
vary and you need to choose. You can get easily get by in
Costa Rica on $1,500
if you are single and living in a
modest area and home. However, the reality is that most
people seek and find a lifestyle that gives them a
nice area
in Costa Rica with choices for $2000 monthly (couple) and
the $4000 monthly is really nice lifestyle.
Tax
advantages are many. Investors pay no capital gains taxes on
real estate, business taxes are minimal, and higher than the
USA interest bank accounts are tax free. Property taxes are
also reasonable compared with the U.S.
Lifestyles - Central valley high rise living with
views of the Sabana Park, San Jose and the central valley
A recent example of one couple's take on the cot to live in Costa Rica
comparison
(January 18, 2010
AM Costa Rica reprint) of a couple that spend their time 50/50 in
Costa Rica and USA.
I often read in A.M. Costa Rica
how many people feel Costa Rica has become an expensive place to
live. And that may well be so, depending on where in the world one
is drawing a comparison.
My wife and I happen to provide a perfect real-time laboratory of an
expense comparison. Every year we split our time almost exactly
50/50 between two very beautiful parts of the world; our house about
an hour outside San Francisco, California, and our house on the
southern Pacific coast of Costa Rica. In California our 1,500-square
foot house sits on a 1/3 acre lot nestled in the redwoods. We have
two cars in California, both more than 10 years old. In Costa Rica
our 2,700-square foot house sits on a 5-acre lot overlooking the
Pacific Ocean. We also have two older vehicles in Costa Rica, both
4WD of necessity.
I just analyzed our living expenses in selected categories going
back over five years. Of the total in each expense category I
computed the percentage spent in California vs. the percentage spent
in Costa Rica. The table below lists the result
Robert Irwin
Costa Rica and California
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