'Buyer beware' is main lesson of Aldesa case in Costa Rica

In order to avoid non-payment of a return on any investment, the first job is to seek advice from third parties who have no connection with what is being proposed. That must come before you have to stake a significant amount of your money.

Another improvement would be when the authorities adequately regulate investment offers outside of the state sector.

In Costa Rica, several investors, both national and foreign, are concerned that the private real-estate investments of Aldesa have been subject to judicial administration since late last week.

Meanwhile, Aldesa has said that payments of investments are assured, La República reports in Spanish.