sorry to laugh but...I'm costa rican and while i absolutely love it...yes, the whole thing there with money and land is a mess and is never done in one trip, and the corruption and confusion is real, and going back a ton of times to get various things stamped and approved is super common. I'm really sorry for the frustration but from the first paragraph I was like oh no. oh no. you'll be fighting it until you've spent another 250K.