Costa Rica Rental Search
Costa Rica Rental Search
Your guide to the Costa Rica rental market
This service includes:
- Consultation with a relocation specialist to discuss your rental needs
- Up to 50 rental listings for your review
- In-person or video walk-throughs of up to 3 houses or apartments
- Negotiation on your behalf with the landlord
- Translation and review of the lease
- Support to close the transaction
Optional add-on: Add more showings at any time for $175/additional walkthrough
How It Works
Create your wishlist
Talk to an expert to pick the right town for you, review your budget, and discuss your search parameters
Review your options
Your relocation specialist will send you listings that meet your specifications. Choose up to 3 for walkthroughs.
Rental walk-throughs
We conduct up to 3 remote video walkthroughs or accompanied visits for you. Add more for $175/walkthrough at any time.
Close the deal
We will negotiate your lease, provide translation services if required, and do a full lease review before you sign.
Frequently asked questions
Where do you offer the rental search service?
We offer our Costa Rica rental search across the entire country. We work through a network of local real estate contacts to find opportunities anywhere in the country.
What if I don't know where I want to live yet?
That’s ok! We often work with clients to help them decide where to live in Costa Rica. We will discuss your needs and desired lifestyle in our kickoff call, suggest several towns or neighborhoods that you might like, and share descriptions and videos of each town/neighborhood so you can make an informed decision.
How far in advance should I book?
We recommend booking 2-3 months before you would like to sign a lease. This will give us adequate time to discuss location, align on your wants and needs, and review listings before starting our walkthroughs.
The Costa Rica rental market is competitive, particularly in beach towns, and there are not many long-term listings available. We want to search for several weeks to increase the chances a listing will pop up that you love.
Do I need to be in Costa Rica? Can we do the rental search remotely?
We can absolutely conduct a rental search remotely. We offer comprehensive video walkthroughs of properties throughout Costa Rica. We always provide video of the interior of a rental, the exterior and access points of the rental, and the neighborhood. We will also send you notes on the location and proximity to the nearest amenities of interest (e.g. grocery store, school, beach).
Costa Rica client reviews
We would highly recommend using StartAbroad for your relocation needs… [Their relocation] program is very comprehensive and they anticipated our every needs to make sure that our move went smoothly.
We would have made many mistakes on our own… [StartAbroad was] worth every penny and now looking back we can’t imagine having made this move without their assistance.
Clay & Sarah (& Sam)
Costa Rica Concierge Clients
It was an ultimate pleasure working with StartAboard, from start to finish they took care of every minor detail. Their service took loads of pressure off my hands as you can imagine all the small details and variables you have to consider when moving to a different country.
I would highly recommend StartAboard if you are looking to relocate.
Reggie W.
Costa Rica Concierge Client
[The team at] StartAbroad were absolutely fantastic… These guys saved our family so much time – it’s quite difficult to quantify the value of their service. One thing for sure, for the small amount that they charged us for facilitating our digital nomad visas – in comparison to the huge amount of time we saved, is substantial!
Very pleasant to work with, very professional, clearly they care very much about what they are doing and their work reflects this.
