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I could get behind the inspection piece, but I will say it can be really hard ($$$, which lots of cities don't have to spare) for cities to be able to monitor that short term rentals in their jurisdiction are all licensed. It's a lot of listings to go through, even though there are services to...

Our long-delayed WU bank-to-bank transfer eventually got refunded a couple of weeks later. Not sure what happened there, but Santander said it never made it to the bank. 🤷‍♀️ Funny how these things can be so hit-or-miss!

I don't know about "must-see", but for day trips outside the city, I've been really impressed with how far you can get on the light rail system here. The Laguna de Chascomus comes to mind as a transit-accessible trip. And I'm not Catholic, so I'm not sure how meaningful this sort of sightseeing...

For context, in my day-job I work as a housing policy planner in the US, so that definitely influences my feelings. The short version: I don't think short-term rentals are bad in every context -- I've known people who rented out their guest room as a supplement to their farming income in areas...

If you're looking for the garage-sale-esque parts of Craigslist, I think MercadoLibre could be what you're looking for.

As much as I dislike AirBnB as a company, if you'll only be here for three months, they're probably your best option. If you want to go through the process of coordinating apartment viewings and potentially having to pay your rent up-front in physical US cash, we used ZonaProp...

My Western Union transfer from this past Thursday is still showing on WU as delivered, but Santander hasn't put it into my account. In contrast, did a Remitly transfer for AR$ 590k yesterday evening and it took about half an hour to successfully show up in my Santander account. 🤷‍♀️ WTF, WU.

My understanding from talking to local universities is that it's both your diploma and transcript that get apostilled, translated, and certified. The translator has to be an official translator, so you'd have them apostilled first in your home country, then translated by the official...

I made my first WU transfer to a new Santander account yesterday and have been anxiously refreshing the online banking system waiting to see it go in. No luck yet -- is this 24 hour timeline for WU transfers typical?

No, you can only use Wise to transfer to a bank account. I was already in Argentina and didn't have a DNI when I opened a Wise account, though, to answer that part of the question.

I tried using Wise this morning and got an error before I tried sending, saying that they're not able to send transfer ARS at the moment.

I went in for a single appointment for treatment by an ENT at Hospital Aleman without being a plan member -- I don't remember what it was in pesos at the time, but it was equivalent to around U$D 25.

Savings won't offset the requirement, for sure. If I understand correctly you do have to prove "financial stability" for the investment visa, and they might be saying that that's the amount required these days to prove that. It's certainly the requirement under rentista. If it were up to me...

There have been some other conversations about this in the past, this one seems to have the most input: https://baexpats.org/threads/lincoln-school-or-belgrano-day-or-arco-iris.25956/

For what it's worth, if transferring makes you jump through too many hoops, you might have noticed that UBA-FADU has a two-year planning masters. Could be easier to apply when you're not currently a student. Also: hello from another urban planner! I'm working remotely for a US company at the...

That was not the experience I had in pursuing Garantia insurance.

When we were looking recently, some places offered that we could buy garantía insurance since we're in a similar boat (foreign income, no local fam., no property). It's not cheap, and on top of the fee they'll hold like six months of rent until the end of your contract, but it might be an option.

It's not in Hollywood, but I really like Libertad -- they have a location in Las Cañitas, which I've gone to, and I want to say they have one in Recoleta as well. I didn't get a full service, but I found the price for re-centering and truing my wheel to be very reasonable. Their repair shop...

For the validity in the US question, that's dependent on the job or grad school program you'd want to get from the degree, but it might be worth noting the difference between degree types: tecnicatura degrees are more analogous to associates' degrees, and licenciaturas are more like a...

I can't answer all of your questions, but public schools (like the one you mentioned) are free to foreigners. If you decide to pick a private school, that would have a cost whether you're Argentine or foreign. Some schools require a language test for foreigners, but they'll spell that out in...