Our Staff

Thomas Ghormley H.

Our Managing Broker/Owner, Tom, has been in Real Estate and investment consulting in Costa Rica for over 13 years. An executive with a major housewares manufacturer in California for 18 years, he first came to Costa Rica on a surf trip in 1979 and after serving here in Peace Corps in the mid 1980’s and earning an MBA from USC he finally realized his dream of returning here to live permanently in 1991. Married with two children, Tom is active in local community affairs including his church and Rotary Club. Tom is our back office guy but is also very knowledgeable about land on all the beaches from Panama to Nicaragua.
He lives half the week in Jacó and half in San Jose.

Carson McCue

Carson McCue, our youngest team member, works with energy and enthusiasm. Carson was executive assistant to our Broker for over a year and gained invaluable experience and real estate knowledge working on a daily basis with him.  Carson is as near native as a North American can get.  He grew up in Costa Rica and attended high school at The European School in Heredia, Carson has also been a professor of English for Business in Costa Rica and Mexico and worked with a local developer on several multi-home projects.  He knows the Jaco area well especially all the view lots in the hills behind town as well as the many new condominium projects appearing on the market.

Brian Friedman

I first began traveling to Costa Rica in the fall of 1997, and after several trips here for short periods of time I decided that life is too short not to live in Costa Rica. Having been raised in Charleston, South Carolina I returned to my home to pursue a career in Real Estate after living here for about five years and after becoming licensed as a Realtor in the United States, I began my practice with Prudential Carolina Real Estate, which is and was the largest real estate firm in Charleston by a huge margin. In a city with hundreds of real estate companies, we had a 55% market share and I was in the top quartile of my office for essentially the entire time I was with the firm! Being not only licensed, but also being a member of both the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and the South Carolina Association give a huge competitive edge here in Costa Rica, where there are not laws that govern who can and cannot practice in our industry...I know the country well, I have years of very structured experience, I love living here, and I'll be more than happy to lend a truly professional hand to anyone who needs some guidance in the Purchase and Sale process... Pura Vida!.

Günther H. Otero.

Costarican Born, Interpreter as Profession, Speak Spanish, English and German, Berkeley University Undergraduate, started in Real Estate in Guanacaste Province, as a sales associate developing ocean view lots at Playa Grande, as a former Tour Guide connoisseur of the Costarican territory, I am fully capable of giving you advise in the market tendencies when it comes to invest through out the country I can definitely direct you into the right way to invest.