Moving to Nicaragua...maybe

I know a guy who had the same story as you.....he still lives down there (Nica) but is divorced and never sees his kids. It is a real trainwreck. So if you are open to the idea of potentially breaking up your family and not seeing your kids to read and surf, then go for it.....but I don't think it is very fair to put your kids and wife in a third world environment.

Never live where you vacation, never vacation where you live.

 

crime is just part of human nature,doesnt matter where u move,unless ur going to sinoloa mexico,its dangerous.u just got to blend in with the locals,ur kids are young,they will probably pick up the native language and be fluent in Spanish.just don't walk around with ur head high like look at me im a rich American.

my brothers wifes step dad lived in costa rica,panama,and peru.he was a longshoreman so he got money.only problem he would have is when he came to the states to visit his kids his house would be burglarized.so aslong as u got a buddy that could house watch when u come to the states u should be good

 

Years ago in a beach town in Ecuador I met a German guy who moved to Ecuador and bought some land and built a home just like you are planning. He was there a few years and one day a bunch of guys with machetes showed up and said, "this is our house." They said their grandfather owned the land or something.

He tried to go to court. That didn't work. He figured it would be years and years before he ever had a chance at trial and the title and records were so f-ed up that he gave up and walked away.

Something similar happened to my mother in law's family in Colombia. And my wife's aunt. Both lost huge farms and property when people showed up and said, "this is ours now."

Just a cautionary tale. A functioning legal system is not be underestimated. Make sure you research the hell out of these issues and see how the property/title laws etc are functioning.

By the way - I love your comments about your kids and your thinking about the challenging of parenting and ADHD diagnoses, etc. Good luck, bro. Your line of thinking is awesome and it'll take you somewhere good no matter what.

 

there are bandits in the USA


i say go and try

 

No.

You can homeschool him in America too. It's not an either or situation.

 

if your having doubts............. btw sounds like a sick idea dont let fear get in your way
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No way, the furthest from home I would move is PR

 

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This is a laughable reply, and should be ignored . Costa Rica is not run by Daniel Ortega, and that is why you cannot compare the two countries at all. Ortega is not going anywhere, and that country will be a economic nightmare as long as he is in power. That makes investing there beyond foolish. Also when you're the only gringo American family living in the middle of nowhere Nicaragua, its targeted acts of violence, not random. How fast you think the police are getting to that call?

 

++ on this. I've heard terrible stories about expats buying places in Costa near the beach or a rivermouth and the government snatching it up under baffling eminent domain laws. They'll sell you the house but forget to mention you still don't own the land it's on. And forget taking them or the pack of ticos with machetes to court. To Costa or Nica government, expats are worse than tourists because they don't spend $ like tourists and try to get by with the little savings they came over with.

Reported crime rate statistics may compare with cities in the US, but do you really think every break-in and robbery is reported in Nica? There's a reason even the locals have inch thick iron bars on every window and door of their shack. If people notice your house is unattended, they will start creeping their way in, especially if they know you're a gringo with gringo things. Unless, however, you build a concrete mushroom house with complete lockdown capabilities.

 

Try digging around this site. Rememeber google is your friend! http://www.expatexchange.com/nicaragua/liveinnicaragua.html

 

Uh, I think the medical condition is that you're lacking a sense of humor aka the so-called 18th sense. Buena suerte in Nica, sparky.

 

No argument that CR is way different than Nica historically and politically. Just sayin' use due dilligence if seriously considering the move. I don't claim to know.

You can get hustled or mugged in any country. Had a woman get mugged and head stomped on the concrete in broad daylight not far from where I live a couple weeks ago.