Costa Rica Properties

About Us

You are looking at the page that tells about the us, the people at Dominical Dot Biz Select Costa Rica Real Estate. For the story of how Dominical.biz came to be, and my story in moving here with my family, please click here.

As for the real estate thing, well actually it has been a long time in developing. After living here in the San Isidro/Dominical area for a number of years, and helping a number of people to find their property, we have a pretty good working knowledge of the business. We have a good working relationship with both developers, and Tico land owners. So, you'll find some great listings here. But, the reason this information is on the "About Us" page has to do with our mission statement. Here it is -

"To find you your property"

Some might say that the mission statement of any realtor would be -

To make the commission

and I'll grant you, those commissions are sweet. But, the business is about finding you your property. We have been known to walk a client to a competitor when it became clear that we didn't have what they were looking for. You won't be shown what you can't afford. You will be shown what you are looking for.

I have been the manager of a well known local real estate agency, but I had left the managing of the office to free up time for me to pursue the business in what I call a highly personalized approach to real estate in Costa Rica. I love to sit in our initial consultation and try and figure out what you, the prospective land buyer, are looking for, and then to match that with what is currently on the market. Highly personalized. You'll get my undivided attention while we are together, and we'll go until we find it.

If you don't see what you are looking for in the listings on the site, please drop me a line and let me know what it is you are looking for. Be detailed. There is always a lot more than what you find on the various websites.

I look forward to working with you!

Ben Vaughn

Referrals:

Dolly & Tim:

This one is in response to a request by Scott Oliver of welovecostarica.com for referrals of good real estate agents in Costa Rica. Dolly responded with the below.

Dear Scott, We recently bought property in the southern pacific zone of Uvita. Surely one of the most beautiful areas for the cosumate beach bum like myself. Our realtor was outstanding, helpful, honest and very hard working. He took time to show us a variety of investments, including buildable lots, new home construction, and vacation rentals, many of which require serious hiking abilites. In the end, we bought 6 acres of prime ocean view bluff above Uvita. We can't wait to start the construction process, and begin life in paradise. Our realtor / broker was , Ben Vaughn. Originally he worked with Horizon Properties in Dominical, but recently, Ben went out on his own after receiving many word-of-mouth referrals from satisfied customers like me. Ben's email is ; ben.vaughn@gmail.com, and his real estate office is now outside the town of Uvita. I believe he trying to concentrate on the southern pacific coast, but Ben has been living in CR for many years, and he is familiar with many areas of this beautiful country. I hope you will include Ben in your VIP list of quality realtors in CR. As a very (very) nervous american investor, Ben put my mind at ease, and took much of the stress out of the international process. He guided us through the "corporation" process, and followed through with the developer on the project. He returns emails promptly and always offers good, sound advice. I hope to have a long (professional) and personal friendship with Ben, and I am sure your other VIP members will find him to be knowledgeable, fair, hard working, honest and loyal. Yours truly, Dolores ( Dolly) Rhinesmith Beachbum for life

Robert

Dear Ben,
I have to tell you, I am very impressed with all the work and assistance you are providing. Honestly, most realtors here simply get the contract signed and tell their clients that everything is cool and you never see nor hear from them. They defer any issues, questions or problems to the title company or attorney and make multiple representations without actually being informed, resulting in them becoming “misrepresentations”. These, many times, become major problems for which they take no responsibility. I always thought I would make a much better real estate agent for these reasons. I feel very fortunate to have you in my corner. I cannot tell you how much I appreciate your offering to inspect the property and take photos. I cannot wait to see what has been done. I was thinking last nite that, without your assistance, I don’t think I could locate my own lot!
R. Santa Lucia
Florida, USA

Kurt

Dear Ben,
Thanks again for all the time you took with me. I appreciated your laid-back approach and had a complete sense of honesty and integrity.
K. Parker
Colorado, USA

The Harrises

Wow! Thanks Ben, you are always giving us a hand and we really do appreciate it. See you soon,

David & Liz