Your Journey starts here

Moving to Costa Rica is a huge step, buying a house even a bigger one. We will help you make a correct buying decision by giving you an excellent perspective of locations, prices and properties.

GoDutch Realty has put the Costa Rica Home Specialist division together, so you, the buyer can just chose the right climate you would like to live in and tell us your lifestyle and budget and we will give you all the right options without wasting any time.

You will not only have over 900 listings at your fingertips, as we belong to the AE Real Estate Group, with offices from coast to coast, but we'd like to present you a fine choice of "Lifestyle Communities" in different price ranges.

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Moving to Costa Rica or trying to make a choice of different countries?

So you're ready. We're glad you're here.

Years, months, weeks, days, perhaps even minutes ago, you began dreaming about moving to another country.

Specifically, you've been dreaming about a new lifestyle in Costa Rica - relaxed - uncomplicated. You like warm, comfortable weather and you'd like your community to be just as warm and welcoming.

As you shop for your new home and even your new country, your first consideration may be a Costa Rica location. We are careful and selective concerning the developers we work with and homes that we show you. One thing that's unique about Costa Rica Home Specialist is that in addition of showing you different communities that fit your price range and life style, we also make sure that the developers of the communities that we will show you are responsible, responsive and will deliver what you contract and that all our communities foster neighbor interaction and a real sense of belonging. If none of these communities fit you, we have an usual range of re-sales in other communities as we, as GoDutch Realty agents, also partner of the largest network of realtors in Costa Rica, the AE Costa Rica Real Estate Group.

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Su viaje comienza aquí

Mudarse a Costa Rica es un gran paso, la compra de una casa todavía un paso más grande. Les ayudará a tomar una decisión de compra correcta dándole una excelente perspectiva de los diferentes lugares, los precios y propiedades.

GoDutch Realty ha empezado una organización nueva, que se dedica a mostrarle a usted, el comprador, las diferentes opciones en condominios en diferentes zonas del Valle Central. Así, el comprador puede elegir el clima adecuado que le gustaría vivir, y nos informa de su estilo de vida y presupuesto y nosotros le daremos todas las opciones de la derecha sin perder tiempo.

Usted no sólo tendrá más de 900 propiedades a su alcance, ya que pertenecen a la AE Real Estate Group, con oficinas de costa a costa, pero nos gustaría presentarle una buena elección de las "Comunidades Estilo de Vida" en diferentes rangos de precios.

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Testimonials

Miguel F. Garcia

I can say many positive things about Go Dutch Realty and its people. I, for example, can testify to how dedicated all the realtors I worked with while shopping for my house were. How Ivo immediately understood what my needs and interests were and assigned Rudy Matthews as my realtor. How both Rudy and Ivo went “above and beyond” what would be considered their normal duties to make certain that I, not only found the property that I was looking for, but also that during a somewhat difficult closing the process was not derailed.

I particularly think that everybody should know that with Go Dutch Realty in general, and Rudy in particular, you are not done once you close on a property. They definitely follow up with you to make certain that your transition to becoming a “Tico” homeowner goes as smoothly as possible. In my case they even came through for me on a minor emergency that took place after my property’s purchase.

But what I would like to emphasize most is that the people at Go Dutch HAVE YOUR BACK. It is abundantly clear that they are not in it to make a quick buck, definitely NOT to make money at your expense. (Both Ivo and Rudy steered me away from properties they either felt were overpriced or, for the money they were asking, did not meet my needs; even though that meant they gave up on what would otherwise have been a higher commission for them!)

I have no doubt that if you use Go Dutch Realty you will have friends helping you both during and after the process of buying or selling your house.

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Chris Archibald

I had a great experience selling my house through Rudy. I had told Rudy because I had tenants in the house that I was only interested in serious buyers, every person he brought met this criteria and there was no disruption to the tenants at any time.

Once the buyer made the offer Rudy was very efficient in the back and forth negotiations and once a price was agreed the whole closing process was very smooth. This was my first time selling a property and Rudy made sure that I understood the whole process and the steps we would go through to close the deal.

I have known Rudy for a while and because I knew I could trust him and I was never worried about misunderstanding Spanish/English translations. I would highly recommend using their service where you can count on trust, efficiency and an agent looking out for the best deal for all concerned.

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Rich Drake wrote

I am new to the group and now live in Heredia. I look forward to the information provided by the group to help my transition here  I wanted to share with you my realtor who helped me locate to Costa Rica. I have to give a five star rating to Rudy Matthews and Go Dutch Realty.

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Tony & Tina Tipton from Longview, Texas

We would be happy to recommend Rudy to anyone who was buying or selling property in Costa Rica.

Gabriela Paniagua, Heredia

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Darlene and James Monkres

Because of Rudy Matthews and only because of Rudy did we purchase the property we now own in Costa Rica.  He handled every detail on the house we purchased by email, wire transfers, and by making all the right connections.  Thanks to Rudy’s attention to detail and the fact that we trusted him implicitly, we did not see our home in person until the day before closing on it.  We have never met an agent we would have had that much faith in to take care of our transaction until we met him. And there was not one problem that arose during the two months required to complete the deal.  We cannot say enough good things about Rudy, and we refer him to anyone we know that may be looking for property in Costa Rica.

Rudy is extremely knowledgeable about the country, and very intuitive about his clients.  He met my husband just once, and discerned exactly where we would probably want to live when we made a purchase.  He was exactly correct, as we purchased a home in Escazu. It couldn’t have gone more smoothly. I can’t say that about any of our real estate transactions in the states. He was and still is just the best.  He oversees any project we may have at our property, as we are not moving permanently to Costa Rica for a few more months.

Darlene also posted on Costa Rica Living Forum on the 8th of March 2010 the following:

Hello, all. New to the group but had to let everyone who doesn't know Rudy what a treasure he is. My husband and I met Rudy several years ago when we were on a Chris Howard tour. We knew we were going to retire to CR in about 2-3 yrs. From the minute I met Rudy, I knew he was the agent for us. I found the house I wanted on his previous employer's website, and Rudy handled the entire buying process through emails, wire transfers, inspections, etc. You see, we bought the house sight unseen until the night before closing. You will probably never meet anyone with Rudy's integrity, honesty, and sincere care about his clients. He's simply the best! If you can, use him.

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