chapter 30
SHE FOUND MY LOT
This is a “good luck” story because it ended up with finding my little piece of paradise.
As it was, #1 was not long gone yet. As a matter of fact, she didn’t know she was gone. But after several more trips I found that even though I enjoyed her company I began to be aware of the reasons why she would not be a permanent fixture in my life. No need to talk about those. However, because of those feelings I began to correspond with a few women on a Costa Rica connections website I had come across. Coincidentally, I had also begun to feel like I may not find the property I was looking for in C.R. either. I had enjoyed her company though for maybe six or eight more trips while exploring beaches on the Pacific coast from Panama to nearly Nicaragua while being led on wild goose chases by Realtors.
The Realtors in C.R. are higher in enthusiasm than they are in integrity and after responding a few times to “got just what you want, come on down” I began to realize I was almost looking for a needle in a hay stack with my parameters for the “perfect property” and so I thought I better start exploring other countries. My parameters were quite simple and expressed very clearly to these disgusting money hungry gringo grabbers who call themselves “Realtors”… a lot that is beachfront with no possibility of any other structure or vehicular artery between me and the water… ever! Now is that clear or is that clear?
You see, the problem with the real-estate industry in C.R. is that it is completely unregulated by any government authority and anyone can be a Realtor in C.R. Just hang out your shingle and go for it. It has no MLS and the Realtors don’t often travel outside their area of interest because the roads make it a very inefficient use of their time. But, I had been referred to a Realtor, who was actually listening to me, by his associate in a different part of the country. He would send me pictures (what a concept, none of the others ever did that) that actually looked like what I was looking for. Finally, he sent me one last picture with the apology that this was the last lot of which he was aware in his area that met my parameters but couldn’t guarantee it would still be available in three weeks when I was due to arrive. I wrote him back that I was very appreciative of his good work on my behalf and that I would come to Playa Junquillal in Guanacaste because even if it had sold I wanted to shake his hand, buy him dinner and thank him in person anyway for actually presenting me with what I wanted.
So this was to be a three part trip for me. First, to C.R. to meet one of the women I had been corresponding with and go to Junquillal. Second, to go to Panama and look around, and by the way, I like C.R. much better although you’ll see a good Lost in Panama story. Third, was back to C.R. to hopefully connect with another woman from the website, who by the way, may just be a keeper (#4) and have one last go at #1. Needless to say, I was going to have fun no matter whether I found the property I wanted or not.
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