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Property Registry Monitoring Service
- Wednesday, 27 April 2011 09:19
- Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 April 2011 09:32
- Written by Russ Martin
For as little as $143 per year, you can rest easy knowing that your Costa Rica real estate is safe and secured from malicious intentions. The Private Property Registry offers a daily monitoring service that detects changes in the property information in the National Registry, they will notify you in time to take action to prevent some crook from:
* Taking out loan on your property representing themselves as you.
* Selling it to someone else.
* Faking a transfer of title and then taking out a loan in another person's name.
Costa Rica Commercial Real Estate Definition
- Wednesday, 16 February 2011 09:26
- Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 February 2011 10:15
- Written by Russ Martin
This article provides a definition of Costa Rica commercial real estate for our readers, members, writers, reporters and clients. It starts with generally accepted definitions and then what our current policy is regarding inclusion in our commercial real estate section.
Blueprint for a Scam - How a Guanacaste Farmer Lost His Family Farm
- Wednesday, 10 November 2010 17:04
- Last Updated on Wednesday, 10 November 2010 17:22
- Written by Russ Martin
At the end of October, the local TV station Teletica ran a 3 part report detailing one incident of fraud in the National Registry. This article resumes and translates the report from the original Spanish video.
The Digital Divide, Smart Cities and Inclusion
- Wednesday, 10 November 2010 16:54
- Last Updated on Thursday, 11 November 2010 09:13
- Written by Russ Martin
In October of 2010 Fijatevos.com attended the seminar announcing the Smart Heredia Project by ESPH (Heredia Public Services Company – see this related article: About ESPH ). The presentation - Digital Inclusion Towards a Smart Heredia - was given by Dr. Yonathan Mizrachi, who is an ICT4D, e-Governance, and Digital Inclusion Specialist. This article explains the basics covered at the conference regarding what is a smart city, and also what is the digital divide and how a smart city breaches or eliminates it.
About ESPH - The Heredia Public Services Company
- Wednesday, 10 November 2010 16:42
- Last Updated on Wednesday, 10 November 2010 17:28
- Written by Russ Martin
The company was formed in 1949 as a public utility in order to distribute electricity to Heredia, and was called the City of Heredia Electrical Service Adminstration Council. Prior to this date, the company was involved in the construction of the Carillos Hydroelectric Plant. (full history available in Spanish PDF file https://www.esph-sa.com/pls/portal/url/ITEM/3967D8A1E32F565EE040A8C0040225CC )
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