This is a tale of two customers, whom were just like you, and turned their lives into amazingly fun, adventurous and… Pura Vida!
Like you, each of these now-friends was hustling in their old reality. One was a tenured salesperson for over 25 years while she was an accountant, both successful and dreaming of what it would belike to go overseas. The other worked for the Federal government for “too long” before they had enough and called me.This is a tale of two customers, whom were just like you, and turned their lives into amazingly fun, adventurous and… Pura Vida!
And here is the rest of the story…..
Perhaps, and respectfully, our lives were not so ordinary when we were “in it” and consumed with higher sales, better bottom lines and blind to other possibilities. I was there for a dozen years, yet also yearned for something else, something adventurous.
My first customer called me in 2009 and after lengthy introductions told me they were done with those lives. After years of contemplating what their new lives looked like, they focused in on Costa Rica.
At least they knew Costa Rica is not an island - good start.
I remember it so clearly. “John, we are only on a scouting mission and plan to rent for a year before we pull the buying trigger.” Yeah yeah yeah. They bought on their first trip after seeing a dozen homes.
Since then they have never looked back. Now involved in various community events from church, local protection, road committee’s… to sitting on their terrace each morning watching Toucans fly by while enjoying their Pacific Ocean views.
They tell me often how extraordinary their lives are now and could never return “to that.” He reads and calls me often about investing ideas, while she is creating food concoctions that are getting rave review on her Facebook page.
My other customer also bought a home from me in Ojochal in 2010. They acquired five acres with ocean views for what a bathroom would cost in Washington (DC).
After successful government positions for too long, our first call was boring to say the least. I thought to myself that they were not the right candidates for Costa Rica. The conversation was full of reasons why not they would buy, how scary the thought of coming here would be…
Two months later, we had our first “café con leche” at my favorite Pulperia. I think that was the line that hooked them. I didn’t even have to use bait!
It took one day and seven showings. By six o’clock that afternoon we put in the offer and its was accepted by the time we had our second café con leche.
Since then life has been a dream. Scuba diving, cooking classes, neighborhood events where everyone is invited (heck, they never knew their neighbors in DC). and watching whales throughout the year.
Guess what, I am selling another home to the friend now. They could not keep their secret quiet, and their friends are following in their footprints.
Both customer stories are extraordinary. We talk often about how scared they were, how easy the process is/was, and how this was the greatest decision they ever made.
It could be you.
How do you define Extraordinary? Let me help you find the answers…
