Brad Hogan, VicePresident of Costa Vista Land, first came to Costa Rica in 1987. He started visiting frequently and really fell in love with the people. One of the things Brad enjoys most in Costa Rica are the wonderful and genuine communities. And that is important to him, being a family man, raising three children of his own and coming from a small town in Indiana.

He grew up there through the 1960’s and into the 80’s. Brad attended college locally at Anderson University, a Church of God School with only 2,500 students. He double majored in marketing and management, went on to get an MBA and began his career working for General Motors.

During his tenure at General Motors he began acquiring real estate. Within a few short years, he found himself in his own business owning 72 rental properties. Then he started a finance company with some associates from college. That company evolved over time, sold twice and was finally acquired and turned into a company in which Brad did private placement memorandums.

Mr and Mrs Zuniga and children Angelina and Naomi

Although born in Honduras on October 27, 1966, Mr. Carlos Zuniga soon moved to West Miramar, Florida, where he lived most of his life until relocating to Costa Rica years ago.

Carlos has been fortunate to gain several years of experience with different companies in land sales in Costa Rica. Once Mr. Zuniga was given the opportunity to compile his talents and skills with those of Brad Hogan and John Dorsey, a partnership was made and Costa Vista Land was formed.

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Private placement memorandums involve people that have extra money and are looking to invest in small companies, whether they are start up or existing. The investors looked for a substantial return. He would raise up to five million dollars for other individuals to do business. Often times the investors, who had plenty of money, would become Brad’s friends, and ask him to go into business together.

They would say, “Brad why don't you do your own private placement? You're an educated guy. You understand this…you see it all…” His response at the time was, “You know… the right deal has not come along. I've not seen it yet.” And he certainly wasn’t going to have a ‘maybe’ business.

In 1993 he acquired a small macadamia farm in the Guanacaste area and seven years later he sold the property and doubled his money. Then, in the year 2000 he invested the money he made from the macadamia farm into parcels of land with city views. In approximately 3 years, he was able to triple his money this time. That is when the land values really started to take off and that’s where we are today. We are still in the beginning stages of the land boom.

Brad lives full time in Costa Rica in the San Pedro area, just outside the city of San Jose. He has seen the land boom. He understands what's happening down there. He can truly offer you something of value. He knows, because he has done it himself.

A well-rounded and inspirational man, Carlos holds a Masters Degree in commercial art from Miami International Fine Arts College. "His hobbies include playing raquetball, swimming and spending time with his family.

Married for the last 13 years, he has two beautiful daughters. Carlos also is a licensed broker, and member of the Real Estate Brokers Chamber of Costa Rica.

Costa Vista Land Staff:

Since CVL started business, the company has been committed to hold the best people to collaborate with the daily activities.  We have a great team with young and experienced people in their areas.  They works hard to provide to you with the information necessary for your investments here in Costa Rica.

Developer John Dorsey, President and Director of Costa Vista Land has over 30 years of experience in construction and land development. By using a team of engineers, surveyors, topographers, and architects John does extensive research on all acreage of interest. He completes a thorough history of the land, municipality, title and zoning searches before a bid is placed. In fact, the process is so thorough, that other developers prefer buying directly from Costa Vista Land because very few development companies are as thorough or have these types of resources available to them.

He was born June 16, 1950 in the little town of Fort Fairfield, Maine. At 18 he moved to Plainfield, Connecticut and lived there for the next 32 years. Married for 21 years, John has 2 sons and loves to golf and fish.

Mr. Dorsey has served as President and Vice-President of several other companies, prior to his accepting the position at Costa Vista Land.

He has a wide range of “hands on” experience in engineering and land development. He has been project leader on a variety of government contracts, housing developments, malls, schools, courthouses, commercial construction, hospitals, large groceries chains, etc. John was once awarded a massive project worth $18 million to build offices and housing for a United States base in Connecticut.