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.
The people
Who you will actually be working with
Jonathan Morales
Jonathan has spent over 20 years in Costa Rican real estate. He works with buyers and sellers across the Central Valley and the coast, and he carries his own clients from the first viewing through to the deed signing.
He is out looking at property most weeks, so when something comes on the market he can usually tell you what is really behind it: the access, the water, the boundaries, the neighbours and whether the paperwork is clean. Buyers get someone who has already seen the alternatives; sellers get someone who can say what their property will realistically fetch.
He runs the showings, the offer and the negotiation, and works with your attorney through closing. English and Spanish.
Johanna Álvarez
Johanna has been in Costa Rica real estate since the early 2000s and has watched this market through every cycle, including the quiet years. She takes her own clients and runs their file from the first conversation to the closing.
She is Costa Rican, and that shows up in the part of a sale that usually causes the trouble: the documents, the municipality, the attorney and the seller are all working in Spanish, and she is dealing with them in her own language rather than translating from the outside.
Sellers get a straight answer on price. Buyers get someone checking the file before any money moves.
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.