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It's an interesting question. I believe if would absolve you from paying US taxes on your foreign income but not from paying US taxes on your US income. Exactly under what tax status you pay your US taxes on US income afterwards must be a bit strange...are you a US born foreign national at that...

Howdy Gringo, There's a lot of difference aspects to this. But your first step is AFIP and how they treat incoming cash. My wife has an Argentine passport and lived in the US with me. Our savings were there. When we were ready to buy a property down here it was very simple. We transferred the...

Who could have possibly imagined such an influx would happen....

This part I'm very curious about. There doesn't appear to be a whole lot of literature about the renewal of mortgages. What happens if you retired or now work en negro during the mortgage term, can the bank non-renew your mortgage for lack of qualifications? What happens if your principal...

Much of the strategy behind lenders and mortgage holders is in my opinion unspoken. Banks are currently charging an insane percentage. Were talking about an inflation index (UVA) that exceeds even the dollar and even were the dollar to keep pace, add another 12 % on top of that. Nobody in...

There are as many distinct situations for lack of occupancy as there are distinct buildings. It's not up to a passing stranger to determine whether your empty property "deserves" to be yours. Here are some examples: Property is mid construction - waiting for permits for gas, power, etc...

I agree, I think Argentina strikes a good balance. The right to own without the right to carry. Moreover the license expires every 5 years and renewal requires a psychological exam. One of the interesting differences I found between Los Angeles and San Antonio,TX was that nobody used their car...

The owner family can sell it to a willing buyer who will, depending on the condition of home, repair or rebuild. Abandoned property (where there is no heir to the property or paperwork to connect a rightful owner) eventually is auctioned by the municipality.

As Rich One recommended, banks have mortgage web pages that let you use their "pre-qualification checklist". You put in your salary, or monotributo status, loan amount, etc. I don't know much about your personal situation, but Ries is correct, you need proof of stable income, legal status, and...

Interesting...I thought I had read somewhere that legitimate use was limited to professions (security guards, police, etc.) and that civilian home defense was not considered sufficient.

As I understand, citizenship by naturalization can be renounced, but not by birthright. Those holding dual citizenship by birthright would require a very specific scenario (born in a country with "jus soli" with parents from countries with "jus sanguinis".) I strongly doubt our lovely senator...

In a country where firearms are illegal except for those smuggled in criminal networks you can bet that virtually nothing is "defensible" in the way you imply. Argentina is not the USA either, in that it follows legal defense only in proportion to the threat "Legítima Defensa" laws like...

Disturbing news for sure...xenophobia will not help with the global debt overhang, and I fear it will be a common scapegoat by politicians to explain the lack of clear answers for inflation, unemployment and global malaise...

"According to Rosato, that cost structure, combined with what he called an "indiscriminate opening to unfair imports" -- especially from China, where many machines and equipment arrive with subsidized prices -- prevents domestic companies from competing." I suppose after importing everything...

"Argentina is expensive in dollars. We have a high tax burden, elevated energy costs, no access to financing and labor charges that are far higher than in other countries," That about summarizes it perfectly.

You touch on a very poignant truth. I recall when I went to renew my daughter's passport last year, I drove up from Neuquen to the US embassy in Palermo. I had never spent much time in Buenos Aires aside from connecting flights. It struck me, as we arrived in Palermo, that the district was...

Have you considered that you've internalized the culture of the country? You already live near the most vibrant area of the country (CABA). What's left is smaller towns, cities and geographically unique scenery. I'm not sure what else you might expect. I recall driving from Los Angeles to...

That's because ofical being more than MEP is actual fiction. If such an arbitrage really existed, every cueva and private "financiero" would be lined up at the bank all day every day recycling funds. This actually happened when MEP was higher than oficial. The BCRA now requires anyone purchasing...

And don't think that this only happens to "careless owners who abandoned their homes". Let's play out a scenario. The summer has finally come, and you are looking forward to a little time at the beach. You've shut all the window rollers on your home and locked everything tight. You had a...

You are conflating two different things. Squatting empty land owned by the municipality and squatting a privately owned property. Having lived in Los Angeles most of my life, and seeing what skid row downtown has turned into with rigidly enforce anti-squatter laws, I can say that I too would...