Better revisit Costa Rica idea.
Friend bought property for retirement there, planed 20+ years the move.
Learned the language etc. Retirement came he moved.
Less than a year later he was back...?
Local rebels took him and wife at gun point, tossed both in the trunk of their car. Rebels drove around for 4 hours discussing whether to kill them or not, they wanted to make an example to other Americans. Lucky for them they chose not. Local police did nothing.
Next day returned to MI. I would have burned my place so another could not get seduced into moving.