Costa Rica was the first country to make a focused effort to attract American retirees and second home buyers. Costa Rica now competes with dozens of countries that are vying for the attention of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kathleen Peddicord covers moving, living, and investing overseas. Costa Rica is perhaps the world’s best-known foreign retirement ...

When my husband Thomas and I first landed in Costa Rica, we were living almost entirely off his salary. It was a solid job, but we were tracking every colon, being careful about what we did and didn't ...