Choose Costa Rica for Retirement
Choose Costa Rica for Retirement

Author: John Howells

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2013-01-15

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 076279500X

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Are you investigating retirement locales, looking to explore a new culture, or researching new business opportunities? This book is packed with practical and useful information as you start the next stage of life, with solid documentation on managing investments, real estate, the cost of living, medical care, and safety, whether you are relocating, traveling, or investing in Costa Rica. Six maps help you situate yourself. And as you tour or get settled, this resource offers tips on where to dine as well as guidance in exploring the beautiful coastal areas and activities special to Costa Rica.

Two Weeks in Costa Rica
Two Weeks in Costa Rica

Author: Matthew Houde

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 127

ISBN-13: 9780985076931

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A combination travelogue and guidebook that tells the humorous tale of the authors' vacation in Costa Rica while also giving valuable travel tips.

Retirement Without Borders
Retirement Without Borders

Author: Barry Golson

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2008-12-09

Total Pages: 435

ISBN-13: 1416594647

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Barry Golson knows all about retiring abroad -- he and his wife, Thia, have lived in six different countries. Now they choose expatriate-friendly locales around the world for their low cost and their high quality of living and explain how to investigate and settle in each country with minimum hassle and maximum pleasure. Taking you step-by-step through the process of researching, testing, and finally living abroad, the Golsons' practical how-to guide covers all the major issues, including health care, finances, real estate, taxes, and immigration. Each location is profiled by an expatriate writer who has made that country his or her home and who knows how to answer all the questions about living richly and economically in some of the world's most beautiful places.

Choose Costa Rica for Retirement
Choose Costa Rica for Retirement

Author: John Mack Howells

Publisher:

Published: 1998-09

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 9780762703104

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A guide to communities, social services, real estate, business opportunities, recreation, legal matters, culture, and other matters pertinent to choosing Costa Rica as either a permanent or part-time residence. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

How to Retire Overseas
How to Retire Overseas

Author: Kathleen Peddicord

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2018-05-08

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 0525538461

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The definitive guide for anyone dreaming of living in paradise when they retire. Whether motivated by a desire for adventure, or the need to make the most of a diminished nest egg, more and more Americans are considering an overseas retirement. Drawing on her more than three decades of experience helping people relocate happily and successfully, Kathleen Peddicord shows how living in an unconventional retirement destination can cost less than a traditional home in Florida or Arizona. Peddicord addresses all of the essential issues, including: • Finding a home to own or rent • Researching and understanding your tax liability • Obtaining health insurance and medical care • Avoiding common mistakes and pitfalls • Opening a bank account Whether readers are interested in relatively unknown havens like Nicaragua, well-traveled areas in Italy, or need some help deciding, How to Retire Overseas is the ultimate guide to making retirement dreams come true.

Where to Retire
Where to Retire

Author: John Howells

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2015-01-06

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 1493016458

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Where to Retire offers the best advice not only on where to relocate in the retirement years, but why people should pick up and move just as life is settling down. Retirement guru John Howells provides well-researched and completely revised and updated information on how to find the ideal home base for the retirement years. To help the decision-making process, the author offers a list of items to consider when selecting the ideal community: safety; climate; housing availability; cultural and recreation opportunities in the area; social compatibility; affordability; medical care; distance from relatives and friends; transportation; and jobs and/or volunteer opportunities. Howells gives readers clear snapshots of life in hundreds of the most affordable, comfortable, and stimulating places to retire in the United States, including locations in Florida, California, the Pacific Northwest, the Gulf Coast, the Ozarks, the Appalachians, the Southwest, and the Rockies. This guide tells not how to retire, but where readers can retire happily.

Where to Retire
Where to Retire

Author: John Howells

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2019-11-15

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 1493043676

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Where to Retire offers the best advice not only on where to relocate in the retirement years, but why people should pick up and move just as life is settling down and provides well-researched and completely revised and updated information on how to find the ideal home base for the retirement years. To help the decision-making process, the book offers a list of items to consider when selecting the ideal community: safety; climate; housing availability; cultural and recreation opportunities in the area; social compatibility; affordability; medical care; distance from relatives and friends; transportation; and jobs and/or volunteer opportunities. It gives readers clear snapshots of life in hundreds of the most affordable, comfortable, and stimulating places to retire in the United States, including locations in Florida, California, the Pacific Northwest, the Gulf Coast, the Ozarks, the Appalachians, the Southwest, and the Rockies. It’s a must-have guide that helps readers decide where to retire happily.

Cut the Crap & Move To Costa Rica
Cut the Crap & Move To Costa Rica

Author: Steve Page

Publisher:

Published: 2018-11-23

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 9780999350638

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This "How-to" guide contains information about the process of moving internationally, specifically to Costa Rica. The basics of what people need to know during the first two years after relocating are covered. Several topics are discussed-Schools, Banking, Housing, Work, and Transportation to name a few. In addition, the authors share stories of their personal experiences and insights about the process of relocation to the tropical paradise of Costa Rica. Tips give the insider information that helps smooth the process for re-locators. For those choosing the Tamarindo area, Recommendations are given for various businesses, restaurants, and professionals. Includes useful:¿ Tables¿ Equations¿ Websites

Choose Costa Rica
Choose Costa Rica

Author: John Howells

Publisher: Gateway Books

Published: 1996-09

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780933469266

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American retirees can live well in Costa Rica for a fraction of what it would cost in the United States. John Howells provides complete, up-to-date information on living there affordably--including necessary costs, legal requirements, housing, healthcare, recreation, food, language, and culture. Color photos. 10 maps.

Choose Costa Rica
Choose Costa Rica

Author: John Howells

Publisher: Gateway Books

Published: 1994-04

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780933469174

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In this new edition, one of the leading writers on retirement abroad provides practical advice for living comfortably and affordably in the tropical nation of Costa Rica. Attracted by its low cost of living and liberal immigration laws, increasing numbers of Americans have discovered this retirement haven. Color photos; 12 maps.