HI all,
My wife and I will be arriving in CR in 6 days for a 10-day stay. We will be traveling to a few different locations (Arenal, Caño Negro, Monteverde, Quepos). We are hoping to be able to relocate to CR later this year and would like to be able to look at some housing for sale near Quepos and possibly Ojochal areas.
We will not be looking to make any purchases on this trip but hope to acquaint ourselves with the nuances of the CR real estate markets, availability and affordability of different homes in different areas, etc. To this end I have a few questions:
1) Is it likely that we would be able to engage a local realtor to show us a few properties even though we will not be purchasing at this time? Keep in mind that when we DO buy, say 6 months from now, said realtor would likely be our go-to person for that (whether we buy or rent - TBD - I know that many on this forum recommend renting first for good reason so we may very well go that route).
2) Best way to get from Quepos to Ojochal - we will not be driving so - public transport? Is that a reasonable way to make the approx. 1.5 hour trip? I assume we may require a different realtor for Ojochal or would one realtor be able to service both areas?
3) any other tips or things we should consider?
Thanks in advance.
My wife and I will be arriving in CR in 6 days for a 10-day stay. We will be traveling to a few different locations (Arenal, Caño Negro, Monteverde, Quepos). We are hoping to be able to relocate to CR later this year and would like to be able to look at some housing for sale near Quepos and possibly Ojochal areas.
We will not be looking to make any purchases on this trip but hope to acquaint ourselves with the nuances of the CR real estate markets, availability and affordability of different homes in different areas, etc. To this end I have a few questions:
1) Is it likely that we would be able to engage a local realtor to show us a few properties even though we will not be purchasing at this time? Keep in mind that when we DO buy, say 6 months from now, said realtor would likely be our go-to person for that (whether we buy or rent - TBD - I know that many on this forum recommend renting first for good reason so we may very well go that route).
2) Best way to get from Quepos to Ojochal - we will not be driving so - public transport? Is that a reasonable way to make the approx. 1.5 hour trip? I assume we may require a different realtor for Ojochal or would one realtor be able to service both areas?
3) any other tips or things we should consider?
Thanks in advance.
