Costa Rica real estate expertise, on your side.
GAP Real Estate’s team brings over 20 years of on-the-ground experience across Costa Rica’s property market — helping buyers, sellers, and investors navigate every step of the transaction.
English & Spanish
Coast-to-coast coverage
Full Grupo GAP network
The people
Who you will actually be working with
Jonathan Morales
Jonathan is a licensed real estate broker — a credential very few people working in Costa Rican property actually hold, because the country has never required one.
He has spent years in the Costa Rica market working with buyers, sellers and investors, and he leads showings, offer strategy and negotiation. Clients get someone who understands the paperwork side as well as the properties: what a clean transaction looks like here, which attorney questions matter, and where deals tend to go wrong.
Johanna Álvarez
Johanna has worked in Costa Rica real estate since the early 2000s, and she has seen this market through every cycle since.
She and Jonathan show properties together and handle clients as a pair. Johanna runs the client side of the transaction — understanding what a buyer is really after, arranging viewings, and staying on the file from the first conversation through to the deed signing. She works with clients in both English and Spanish.
Glenn Tellier
Glenn has lived and worked in Costa Rica for more than 25 years, and property has been part of that the whole way through — buying, selling, developing and financing across the country.
He founded GAP Real Estate so buyers and sellers could deal with people who live here and do this every day. He stays involved in the harder files, particularly where a sale depends on getting financing in place.
A specialist team, not a generalist agency.
GAP Real Estate focuses entirely on the Costa Rica property market. Our agents do not handle residential transactions in a dozen countries — they know Costa Rica’s regions, the title system, the seasonal market dynamics, and the specific challenges foreign buyers face here.
Every transaction is handled by people who have done this work in Costa Rica specifically — not imported expertise from North American or European markets applied loosely to a different legal and cultural context.
When you work with GAP, you also gain access to the broader Grupo GAP network: financing through GAP Equity Loans and GAP Investments, immigration guidance through CRIE, and the broader expertise of the group across the entire purchase or investment cycle.
What our team handles
• Buyer representation — property search, offer strategy, due diligence coordination
• Seller representation — pricing analysis, listing, buyer qualification
• Property listing services — photography, descriptions, portal syndication
• Investor advisory — income-producing property, lot development potential
• Cross-referral to GAP Equity Loans for financing needs
• Cross-referral to CRIE for residency and immigration matters
Our team’s areas of focus
GAP Real Estate operates across Costa Rica. Different team members carry deeper expertise in different regions and transaction types.
Property Acquisition
Working with foreign buyers from initial search through closing — property identification, offer coordination, attorney referrals, and due diligence support.
Listings & Marketing
Pricing analysis based on comparable sales, professional listing presentation, and active marketing to the qualified buyer pool across all major Costa Rica property portals.
Investment Properties
Income-producing property, lot acquisition for development, and investment portfolio strategy — coordinated with GAP Equity Loans and GAP Investments where financing or capital management is involved.
Direct communication, no runaround.
When you contact GAP Real Estate, you deal directly with the agent who will handle your transaction. There is no call center, no lead router, and no handoff to a junior assistant after the first conversation.
We are a smaller, focused operation — which means clients get more direct access and faster responses than they would from a large agency with hundreds of listings and dozens of rotating staff.
Honest pricing advice
We do not inflate valuations to win listings. Our pricing is based on what comparable properties have actually sold for.
Due diligence first
Every buyer is directed to a qualified Costa Rican attorney. We do not rush closings at the expense of proper title review.
Bilingual service
Full service in English and Spanish across all transaction stages — from first inquiry to deed signing.
Financing connections
Direct access to GAP Equity Loans when private financing is needed — no need to search for a separate lender.
Residency and immigration questions? Talk to CRIE.
GAP Real Estate helps with the property side of your move. For residency and immigration questions, talk to our sister company CRIE (Costa Rica Immigration Experts), which handles residency and citizenship applications for expats and has worked with the DGME process since 2008. GAP Real Estate can make the introduction.
Ready to work with the GAP Real Estate team?
Whether you are buying, selling, or exploring investment options in Costa Rica, our team is ready to give you a straightforward assessment of your situation.