Recent content by LuckyLuke

Traveling Mailbox is my go to. It's a physical location which the bank accepts. They scan your mail and have various options for processing it.

I looked into this at one point, and was told this service only exists for high net worth clients. It's my understanding that there is no bank that spans both countries. The US and Argentina are separate banking systems and even under the same bank, will require separate accounts in each country.

Crypto is a big yawn to me. It's only as valuable as it's adoption and medium of exchange within a country's existing framework. Crypto's main value is evasion. Evasion from taxes, evasion from laws, evasion from regulations. There are a million assets that can be traded digitally across...

Blown is a not quite correct, it believe it was paid to market participants in the form of put options shorting the peso value and call options buying the dollar. Where it gets really fun is that profit takers can continue reinvesting their gains into more options forcing even higher...

Have to say I'm quite happy with my Fiat Cronos, it's a lot of car for the $16,000 I paid for it. Given today's price though, I would probably choose something else. Sadly, Argentina has a trunk space disorder and can't seem to get over it's fascination with hatchbacks, which is virtually...

I personally love the summer storms in Cordoba. As long as you have a covered drive way for hail and roof that's not chapa you should be fine. It does get very hot in the summer though. If you are looking for mix of city/nature in the mild temps, have a look at Neuquen capital. 4-5 hours from...

Cars vary widely and so do their prices. Getting an automatic is not a problem. For most people, paying full price up front is the problem. Knowing your budget can help determine your options available. As for Euro brands, I haven't heard great things about Renault. The Peugot 208 is quite...

Salutations fellow patagonian!

The contract should stipulate the condition the unit has to be returned in and how the deposit will be handled (including possible deductions and refund).

We need more information. You have a property in Argenina that you need to pay utilities for but are currently in the US? How have you been paying for the utilities up to now? You don't have any Argentine bank account? Mercado Pago?

Check out https://arquiler.com/ They have a calculator that let's you put in the index (IPC or ICL) you want, the contract start period (your last adjustment date) and the frequency (6 months). It will tell you the new amount and offer you to see the "detalle" of the monthly percentages. That's...

Would love to know more about this. What paint did you use? How has it been holding up with foot traffic?

Howdy Studio, it's unclear if you are under a contract or not. Are you under a contract with 6 month adjustments or do you have a private unwritten agreement with the owner that they can adjust (whatever you both agree upon) every 6 months?

Yes, I'm not disputing nor qualified to say whether this is permissible. What I am saying is check the Argentine income tax aspect of your strategy. You haven't detailed your personal situation much here. But if I were to take a stab at guessing, your implication that you make sufficient...

I'm remodeling my property too. It helps me not to visualize the USD equivalent. $10,000 USD is a lot, $10 million pesos is not. I was quoted $3 million just to rebuild a 3 meter wall. We are both choosing a poor time to be doing heavy remodeling in USD valuations. There are many rumors that...