The story behind Mighty Casa

A tool for owning a home in Costa Rica, built by people who needed it.

A covered terrace with rocking chairs looking out over a Costa Rica bay at sunset

It started with a stack of receipts

Owning a home in Costa Rica is wonderful. Keeping track of it is another story. Bills don't arrive in the mail here. The electricity is due when ICE says it's due, the water is a different account at AyA, property taxes live at the municipalidad, the marchamo comes once a year, DEKRA falls on whatever month your vehicle landed on and needs an actual scheduled appointment (you can't just show up), and the HOA wants a transfer by the 5th. Some of it you pay at the bank. Some through an app. Some in cash to a person you know by first name. Some on a credit card, assuming it's not one of the cards that gets geofenced the moment you leave the country. Half the time nobody tells you a bill exists until it's overdue. Plenty of owners find out about a property tax bill by going and asking the municipalidad, not because anyone sent it to them. DEKRA is its own trap: miss the window to even schedule it, and you're stuck waiting for the next opening while the fine clock runs. Miss one and things get cut off. Or worse, nothing happens right away. The fine just sits there accruing until you find out about it months later, from an office that closes at 4pm. For a while our system was a folder of paper receipts, a camera roll full of screenshots, and a lot of WhatsApp threads asking each other "did you pay the municipalidad yet?" It worked. Until it didn't.

So we built the thing we wished existed

Mighty Casa pulls every one of those obligations into one dashboard. Add your recurring expenses, list of routine maintenance and one-offs, and documents. Create contacts for the handyman, air conditioner repair company, and anyone else you need to keep track of. Invite your co-owner or property manager to join that dashboard, too. With your permission, we'll send reminders when expenses or maintenance is due so you can stay on top of your obligations.

Aerial view of tile-roofed homes and a shared pool surrounded by tropical gardens

A quick note: we're in beta

Mighty Casa is still early. We're actively building and refining it based on how real owners actually use it, what's missing, and what's confusing. At the bottom of every page is a button to leave feedback or ask a question. Tell us what you like and what you find confusing and we'll look into it!