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Short Answers to Some Emails + a Special Report

Posted on : Jul-23-2010 | By : Barbie | In : ..., Acapulco, Bank Trust, Best Place to Retire, Budget Info, Buy Property, FM, FM3 and VISAS, Health, Hospital, Living In Mexico & Expat Stories, Planning Your Retirement

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Yes. It’s true, to move to Mexico, and if you will be applying for certain visas – FM3, etc. - you must prove you have a minimum monthly income.  That is a requirement. $1,000 a month for the first person in the family is approximate, due to the fluctuation in the exchange rate, but that’s a pretty close estimation.  For the second person in the household, about half that is required.

Read more in one of my newsletter reports:

http://www.retireinluxury.com/free/retire_in_luxury_july20.pdf     page 3.

There are rentals available almost anywhere in Mexico, that you may be able to take advantage of and check the area out that you are interested in.  I always tell my readers to go, not as a tourist, but as some one who is really looking for a new place to put down roots.  Hang out at the native shops and restaurants.  Staying only in a lovely resort, in the fabulous pools, is not going to give you the real taste of Mexico you need to make your big decision as to whether you’re going to move south of the border or not.   Take a few trips to check things out.

Mazatlan, because of having every convenience, was our choice, but, there are places nearer the border.

And, sure, you can own property in Mexico.  In the interior you’ll get a deed – much like the States.  In the “excluded zone”, you can still own property, but you will do so through a Trust. Do download all my free newsletters and read all my reports and articles – you’ll find oodles of information to help you in your decisions.

Just heard a new one – at least for me – when life deals you a bunch of lemons – hey – make Margaritas :)
Best to you,
Barbie

Steep Roads of Acapulco

 And, to end today, an email received from Marlene S.:   “Thanks for all the information on Mexico.  Your e-book was very helpful.  Thanks to it and a visit for the month of October, we are moving to Lake Chapala area at the end of February.  Less than one month!!!  In about two weeks I will have a different e-mail address. If you want it just let me know. And thanks again for the good tidbits, do’s and don’t's,  etc.  Our friends from British Columbia just moved as well.  He was having some chest pains before he left but the BC doctors gave him a clean bill of health. When he arrived in Mexico things got worse.  He ended up having triple bypass surgery in Gudalajara.  It went very smoothly.  They gave the BEST and quickest care they have ever seen.  In a new clean modern hospital.  He may not be alive if he was still living in BC.  So Medical care is superb in Mexico. All for now.  Marlene”