| Readers who have never been to Tamarindo, Costa | | | | have hosted stock market day traders, graphic |
| Rica, may find it surprising that people are moving here | | | | designers, website programmers, bloggers, computer |
| from all over the world. My company specializes in | | | | company execs, real estate investors, and many |
| Tamarindo real estate sales and rentals, and even | | | | others. Occassionally, I get asked to print off a |
| during the worldwide economic downturn, we continue | | | | contract or scan a document for someone in my |
| to meet new clients seeking to live in Tamarindo. | | | | office, but given that the business world is to a large |
| A special breed of expatriot has become the norm | | | | extent going paperless, many clients keep attending to |
| these days. We recognize this type of new arrival | | | | their business from the comfort of an owned or |
| when we see emails like, "I simply have to have high | | | | rented luxury property. |
| speed internet!" I am referring to the new breed of | | | | I am not simply talking about single people either. I |
| laptop carrying, highly mobile worker. | | | | work with families with kids who want to raise their |
| If your job can be done from a computer, why on | | | | children for a year or through high school in Costa |
| earth would you not live in a place like Tamarindo? | | | | Rica. We have excellent private schools taught in |
| It's warm every day of the year, you can walk | | | | English and Spanish in our area. Many of these kids |
| wherever you need to go, there are tons of great | | | | will be applying for colleges with a unique resume: |
| restaurants, and you have everything you need | | | | bilingual and having lived in Central America. |
| including banks, doctors, supermarkets, and tons of | | | | Now is a great time to take advantage of the |
| outdoor activities like surfing, sailing, snorkeling, hiking, | | | | depressed real estate market. Prices are low again |
| birdwatching, fishing, bicycling, horseback riding and | | | | but will start going up again as more and more people |
| many more. | | | | leave North America for more affordable and healthier |
| Years ago, when I started my property management | | | | locations. |
| company, Tamarindo had just been wired for high | | | | If you think you might want to try something outside |
| speed internet. That was when the telecommuting | | | | the box like living at the beach in Costa Rica, I suggest |
| expat started to arrive. In properties we manage, I | | | | you come down for a visit. You will be glad you did. |