Fair enough. Spend a LOT of time in CR and in about a half dozen to a dozen different parts of the country before any kind of purhase or lease commitment. It's nothing like any other country in LatAm, for various reasons, and very very very unlike what most people expect of it. This from watching thousands of forum posts and meeting people and visiting, then buying property and ultimately living there myself. You gotta basically be ready to pay extreme amounts for even the lowest and most basic lifestyles, if you want things like A/C, or hot running water or other things, well prepare for those to cost like luxuries not basic necessities. It's better in the rural central areas, especially in the north, but the beach towns and big cities? You'll find a better, more comfortable, cheaper life in Miami.