Depending on your residency status in Costa Rica you may or may not be able to work here in a traditional form of employment.
- By far I think be best way to make a living in Costa Rica is to maintain your job in your home country and see if they will allow you to work from home. If they will allow you to work at home via a computer when you arrive in Costa Rica all you need is a high speed internet connection. You can get a high speed connection from the cable television companies serving the area where you live or ICE (the telephone company). You will also need a internet based telephone possibly depending on the company you work for. The good things about maintaining your job in your home country is that you could be receiving a higher salary, health insurance, among other benefits.
- Another way to try to make a living in Costa Rica is to be a freelancer.
- Writing articles for newspapers or magazines.
- Become a blogger and monetize your blog. You can monetize your blog by adding ads to your blog. Affiliate programs will pay you when someone goes from your blog to their site and purchases something. Some of the affiliate programs are with companies that many people purchase from such as Amazon or GoDaddy.
- Turn a hobby into a job. If you like photography get out and take pictures and create art. You can join ImageKind, Cafe Press, among others and sell your photographs and art. At ImageKind you decide your markup on your photographs and art work.
- This looks like a good opportunity for the writers out there. CreateSpace allows writers to self-publish their books. They publish the book on-demand they have several ways for you sell your book including on Amazon. You decide the price you want to sell your book at and you get a portion of that. This really looks like a good opportunity for the aspiring writer.
Visit their web sight for more information: https://www.createspace.com/
