Can I make money renting my property in Costa Rica?

In almost every development, the breakdown of ownership is about the same. One third of all the owners live there fulltime; they are Ex Pats who have made paradise their permanent residence. One third of them are your typical snowbirds; they spend 3 to 6 months a year here, when the weather turns in North America, and then spend the summer months back home. Some of them rent their properties when they go back north, but many of them just lock the door and leave. They don’t need the money and don’t want anyone “sleeping in their bed.” The last third don’t live here at all. They either have a 3 to 5 year plan to becoming one of the first two, or they have no intention of ever living here at all, they just own the property as an investment. They come down as often as they can, depending on their lifestyles and their incomes, and they rent the property the rest of the time.

So, can I make money renting my property in Costa Rica?

Tank Tops Flip Flops Newsletter edition no. 60

Our good friend and Costa Rica Home Decorator Sandrine AcQuart always had a passion for decorating her own house.  Lucky for us she has turned that passion into a successful full service Interior Decorating company called Elite Ambiance.

Originally from Paris, France, Sandrine went to University in Houston, Texas and is fluent in English, Spanish and French and can get by in a few other languages.

Sandrine tells us that a large portion of her clients she meets over email and the phone with their first face to face meeting coming when her client comes to see the result of her hard work for the first time.