Moving to Mexico?

You will be applying for certain Mexico Visas – FM3, etc. - you must prove you have a minimum monthly income.

That is a requirement to obtain certain visas – expecially for seniors. $1,150 a month for the first person in the family is approximate, due to the fluctuation in the exchange rate, and considering yearly increases set by the government’s Mexican Immigration Department’s Official Federal Requirement, but that’s a pretty close estimation.  If you own property in Mexico, you can cut that amount in half.  For the second person in the household, about half the amount of the first person is required.  This amount also varies as to which zone you want to reside in Mexico, A, B, or C, in 2010.   Read more in one of my newsletter reports:

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

There are rental properties available almost anywhere in Mexico.

And you may be able to take advantage of them to 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 :)

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”

Do read all my free articles on Mexico on my sites, and enjoy.

Mexico Dentist

Going To The Dentist Is Not As Painful As It Used To Be!

Today I want to share an email with you from Bob N., who, while visiting the Yucatan for a couple of months, experienced the dental care there:

“Hi Barb, I am finally getting around to telling you about my dental experience in Playa Del Carmen. You can modify this if you like and share with your readers. (Barbie = That’s on the east coast of Mexico, south of Cancun, and across from Cozumel.)

“Just a note on my great dental experience in Playa Del Carman, Mexico.

“The web site for (the) dentist office is www.clinicadeespecialidadesdentales.com and the dentist is Dr Rubin.

“At bottom of their website you can email them  for appointments.  Their location is downtown, close to the ocean and many hotels.

“I had 3 implants and 4 root canals done. The cost of an implant is $1000 and includes
implant and stub. The crown is $500 so the total is $1500.  Root canal and placement of metal rod for crown is $300 and crown $500.

“They (the dentists) don’t charge extra for Novocain,  impressions, etc.  Total is total and you couldn’t get better work done in U.S.A.  Work was done pain free and you can get pain pills at Wal-Mart for very cheap.  Bob N. ”

Thanks so much for writing,  and letting me share your experience with my readers, Bob!

Fresh orange juice, anyone?

And, just FYI – info on performing a “Search”, i.e. “dentist”on my site :

When you do a search on my site, you can use the box at the top to type in the category you are specifically interested in, i.e. dentist, or pet, or Baja, and select “go” and that will bring up the articles I’ve written on that subject.

Or you can decide which subject you want to read about i.e. “Healthcare”, or “Dentist”, on the right, under “Things I Write About” – then, that will bring up one article, such as dentist, and,  you then can go to another by selecting “Read Previous Article” at the bottom of each article.

Any questions? Just let me know. If you don’t see the comment field right after this paragraph, click on “read full article” and let me know what you think about my Dentist article.