International living seminar

Fellow bloggers and expats! Help me out!
Do you feel that a nearly $900 seminar to be held in San Jose in August is be worthwhile for me to attend I'll retire Feb. 2014 plan on living in the Heredia area,renting a furnished 2 bedroom apartment.
Thanking you in advance!
Jim

The ARCR Seminar is much more reasonable.

Thank you1
How do i find out about it?
do they offer it every month?

Click on the ARCR Seminar link in my post above or here - it takes you right there. :D
(The light blue printing is a hyperlink)