Costa Rica Blog

International Living Event in Costa Rica and 4 back to back tours

Posted by Steve Linder on Sun, Aug, 22, 2010

Many of you may realize that last week International Living held an event at the San Jose Marriott "Live and Invest in Costa Rica".  As the sponsor for the event, we provided the entire conference with an opening cocktail reception with open bar and appetizers.  I also gave a presentation during the event about our project in Costa Rica and we had a booth in the exhibit room.  The Marriott is a beautiful hotel and the conference center is equally as nice.  The event was attended by over 200 people.

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Tags: Caldera Highway, Costanera Highway, international living, International Living Event, Discovery Tour, Hotel Marriott San Jose, Costa Rica

Risk - A Decision Making Tool For Expats Living Abroad

Posted by Steve Linder on Sun, Feb, 14, 2010

Here is a great Slide Show I made for risk analysis when considering moving abroad.  With 7 years of International Business at the college level, I present things to consider when choosing a country to relocate or invest in.  Risk and return are related and our threshold for risk varies from person to person.  Take a look at this slide show to get a better understanding of how to use risk analysis to help in the selection process of where to live, relocate, retire or invest.  Remember that every scenario has risk, even that of doing nothing.  Also remember that when looking back at life it is often not what we did that we regret, it is what we didn't do.

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Tags: Expats, Abroad, international living, Risk for Expats, living internationally, overseas living, investing abroad, international investing