$3700 Budget in Nicaragua 🇳🇮
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- How far can you stretch a $3700 US #budget while #living in #Nicaragua? Really far. Come somewhere that you can live like a king with great food, housing, safety, and exciting cultural options on a reasonable budget. In this episode I am answering a community member's question about how far they can get on this specific budget. If you like this, we can look at more price and cost comparisons in the future!
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If you're living in Nicaragua with 3700 USD a month, you don't have to worry about absolutely anything!
You worry about showing up on the government radar for money laundering, lol. You are a baller at that kind of money.
Of course no. If you have proof where the money come from should not be any problem. With $3700 I live as a king in carretera a masaya in managua or rancho Santana 😂 I think your number are not accurate
At 3,700 A month here in Nicaragua, you could have personal servants, a beautiful beach mansion with an in ground pool, and still afford to travel. And I think it would be impossible to spend $30 dollars a day on food. Breakfast in a fancy restaurant is normally 5 or 6 dollars tops. The only way I could see it being possible is if you spend a lot on high end alcohol.
I enjoy your videos, they do an accurate job of describing life in Nicaragua.
Servants for sure. Not just a maid that visits. Full time live in staff!!
I’ve been to some restaurants in Managua and spent $20 on dinner. So you can add it up if you do several expensive meals in a day. There’s one amazing place where the prix fix is $40 per person in Los Robles. I need to do a video of just that. It’s amazing.
I see tons of places that the food is just as expensive as in the USA
rent a house => $300
food => $200
maid => $200 (not required)
internet => $60 ( a fast internet, actually an inexpensive one cost like $20)
and that's it, you can save the rest of the money or use it to whatever you want
with $3700 a month in Nicaragua you're a king, even if you waste money, you live a good life with that
8 more years until I retire. Be heading that way!!
Only eight more years :). You'll be here in any minute ;)
@@ScottAlanMillerVlog I plan on heading there early next year. Just to have a look see!!!
I get a little over $4500 monthly on retirement. I thought that wouldn’t be enough to retire in nicaragua. I was sadly mistaken
I think HAPPILY mistaken! That's SO much money here. You can live great! Is that two people to live on $4500? Is that USD or CDN?
damn you can live like a King in Nicaragua with that.
you can live good in the U.S. off $4500 a month.... lol. If that's what you get after taxes that is. That's more than my net income making 76k a year.
The information you provide about living in Nicaragua is awesome. I like the fact you don’t waste time beating around the bush but instead you get to the point all along during your explanation like nobody else. I have only listened to two of your videos and I truly believe they are excellent and the best. It seems you travel around the country so often. I’d like to know if you have had any safety issue that someone is rude to you or tries to jump you. I know for sure Nicaragua is a beautiful country to live, however, safety is my priority if I want to enjoy whatever country you live in. I will continue to watch your videos. Can you tape while you’re eating or while at the beach either at Las Peñitas or Poneloya which are located near Leon.
Like anywhere in the world, you need to take regular precautions. But Nicaragua is the safest country in the western hemisphere, even safer than Canada. Big cities like Managua do have some bad areas, for sure, but so does Chicago or Toronto - don't go to those. haha. Overall, it's a super safe country. The countryside, the other cities, major parts of Managua are all really, really safe. I walk around, alone, in very poor urban areas regularly without any worries at all. If safety is your priority, it's pretty much impossible to beach Nicaragua. Within the country, cities like Leon, Matagalpa, Esteli, Jinotega are going to be even safer than the average city; and smaller communities will generally be even safer still. But almost everywhere is so safe compared to anywhere else that you'd be used to that it's not a major issue.
I need to get more comfortable getting food on camera. I'll see what I can do!
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Terrific response, Scott. Be safe and continue to make us happy with your videos and conversations!
What about your money, how do you transfer your funds from the USA to Nicaragua on a monthly basic.
@@Chichigalpa100 just go to the ATM and take out cash or use a credit card as usual. No need to transfer money normally. You can get a bank account locally if you want and authorize wire transfers if necessary.
Yeah, there's no shit with this guy. I like him.
Half of them out there want to tell you about their last therapy session. And that's not counting the crazies.
There's one guy who does vids about the Philippines whose advice for dating a Filipino woman was (and I quote) "If you're the kind of guy who can get drunk without beating her up, you'll have no problems finding a soul mate here".
This is a definite improvement.
I've been to Nicaragua many times and have spent a total of about six years living there. I'll be back in about a month. My experience there is that I can rent a reasonable room in a place where I want to live for between $80-$140/month. I can eat out for every meal and still spend $10/day (or less). Travel using public transport (usually buses) costs virtually nothing when averaged out over a month--maybe a $1/day. If you want to spend more, you certainly can. But otherwise you can live comfortably for about $400/month. I've done it for as little as $200/month.
Can you stay more than 90 days? If so how? How much to become a resident? Etc...
@@edmourgagnon1504 They generally give you a 90 day tourist visa when you enter Nicaragua. You can renew your tourist visa at the immigrations office by paying a fee. I did this a couple of times. Back when I did it, I went to the main immigration office in Managua or else to the small satellite office inside of Metrocentro (not sure if it's still there). However, most of the time I would make a border run down to Costa Rica instead to get a full new 90 day tourist visa stamp in my passport. I'd usually spend a day of two in Costa Rica sightseeing as part of my border runs, but technically you can cross into Costa Rica, spin right around and cross back into Nicaragua the same hour if you wanted to. There is no limit to how many times you can extend your stay by making border runs every 90 days. I've never looked into becoming a resident, so I can't help you with that question.
Hey Scott...very helpful info. It would be great if you could give us a tour of the various housing options. Thanks!
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Great video man. Very helpful for me 🙂
Thanks! Glad that you found it useful.
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Awesome video thank you 👍
You are very welcome!
I got asked to talk about house prices, too. That'll be a good episode, I think.
@@ScottAlanMillerVlog that’s a good idea
@@user-nd9re8vr6l yeah, as someone who has bought, rented, and is building and has helped others, I have more insight than most.
Hi Scott , do you know if the town of matagalpa is compatible with the prices of Leon . ? Such as rent for a one bedroom apt. Ect . Also is there any towns close by that isn’t a tourist town . ? That has a small
Population . ?
Thankyou !
Matagalpa is cheaper than Leon in most cases. Also for most people there is no need for AC in Matagalpa if you get a nice, open place. The weather is considerably cooler and more rainy in Matagalpa. Leon is the second hottest city of the country. Matagalpa is the second coolest (after Jinotega.) It's reliably "warm" all year round, but a nice bearable temperature. So almost everyone skips on AC. But real estate up there is cheaper than Leon. Leon is cheap-ish for Nicaragua, but still a tourist, colonial and famous place. Matagalpa is just a working town up in the mountains (I love it up there.)
When you say close by, do you mean to Leon or to Matagalpa? Leon's two major outlying cities in the same department are La Paz Centro and Nagarote. Both are famously really nice, but no expats or tourists. They sit on the Managua road (NIC 3 / Panamerica Bypass).
Hi Scott you mention about different visa what are the benefits of a business visa what does that include does tax break for sample houses cars whatis the benefits of a business visa
The big benefit to the business visa is lower requirements (other than the money), ability to run a business (not a bonus for everyone), faster processing and once approved your paperwork is every five years instead of every one. The country wants business investors a lot more than it wants retirees. So the overall treatment, protection and leverage is better. If you are providing jobs, economic growth, taxes, and making a long term commitment to the country they really have a strong incentive to make everything really smooth for you.
Interesting that you talk about having 2 places. I can't decide between Leon and Ometepe without being there yet, and that certainly gives me the idea to have a "summer" and "winter" home in Nicaragua..
Yeah, for sure. The affordability of Nicaragua will make multiple homes an option to many people. Right now we have a beach and a city home. I'd love a place on Ometepe, that would be an amazing escape location. But a place in the mountains would be amazing, too. And I'm very suspicious that an urban apartment in Guate would be pretty fantastic. I like my urban getaways at times.
@@ScottAlanMillerVlog ideally, I want a 5 acre plot within 10km of Leon to which my Great Dane and I can grow our own breakfast, grow extra for the Nicaragua school lunch program, and just simply enjoy life.
@@ScottAlanMillerVlog I currently live in a THOW I built with aluminum galvanized studs and tin. Do I spray paint it white and tug it down? The woodstove becomes my outdoor kitchen...
@@ScottAlanMillerVlog and yes, Great Dane....hence why I'm certain I need to drive and not fly as the largest airline crate is too small and he really wouldn't do well. Plus, having a Jeep Wrangler looks like a huge bonus for the roads, although I understand fuel to be an issue..
Ometepe is nice. In my opinion nicer than Leon. Not much to do on ometepe tho
Awwwww can't wait to retire and go back home five more years lol 🙏🙏🙏🙏. Love your videos keep them up.
Thanks so much! Where are you from originally? Any thoughts on where you will live when you retire? Five years isn't so long, you'll be here in no time.
@@ScottAlanMillerVlog I was born in Leon from San Felipe Barrio. I'm planning on going back to Leon. I got some land in Poneloya and a a house in San Felipe but plans are still up in the air. All will depend on my military retirement and VA benefits.
We'll be neighbors! I'm in Laborio so a ten minute walk from San Felipe. And I have land in Las Peñitas! jaja. Long term our plan is to build a new home in Las Peñitas on the back road in the village away from the beach. Plenty of space, easy walk to the beach, etc.
@@ScottAlanMillerVlog yo vivo en laborio amigo , espero saludarte un día , me da gusto que des a conoser nuestro país al mundo , paz y bien 👍
@@ramondejesustorrezhernandez Que bueno! Yo vivé en Laborio recentamente pero vivo en Sutiava ahorita :) Muy tuani!!
Nicaragua is a nice, peaceful and affordable country in the middle of Central America. The only thing I would fear is political destabilization and violence or economic sanctions imposed by the US on the country, in an attempt to effect regime change, regardless of whether Nicaraguans want it or not. Then one day you find yourself having to flee the country and you no longer will be able to retire or use your dollars there, by US decree, until the current government is overthrown. Nicaragua is one of those countries the Biden administration excluded from attending the Panamerican Summit taking place this week in Los Angeles. If that uncertainty were not pending over Nicaragua's head like a Damocles Sword, I would have no concerns about moving to Nicaragua. Contrary to what some people may be led to believe, Nicaragua is not a Communist country, nor does it have a Communist economy. It's a poor country that is able to feed itself and most people are happy. Most Nicaraguans appear to be better off in many aspects than Hondurans, Guatemalans etc.
And better off than many Americans.... ;)
US sanctions or war on any country that isn't a puppet state of it is always some amount of risk. But one could say even greater risk seems to be inside the US today which is closer to the edge of instability than anyone else in the region. The US is actually the scariest place to be short of someplace actively at war (Russia, for example.)
I think Nicaragua is better insulated from American intervention and oppression than most countries only because it has happened so much for so long that everyone at every level is sort of prepared to deal with it and in some ways has always been dealing with it.
Even if the US were to outlaw the transfer of US funds to a given country you can hedge against that by having income in country whether through investment or simply savings. Americans only had to flee Venezuela because of the collapse of society, not because of US sanctions (directly, obviously the collapse was heavily because of the sanctions.)
Concerns exist everywhere. Even with the US threatening and saber rattling, I feel that Nicaragua is more stable and more long term stable as a risk analysis than any country north of it today. Even Canada feels less predictable and stable. But certainly the triangle and the US are in terrible shape as far as the prospects of stability risk, and Mexico isn't much better. now if you were to compare to Panama, that's easily more stable than anyone else in the short term.
very true, I agree with everything you say, and you know even costa Rica has problems with mr13, you don't have this in Nicaragua the government is the only mafia in there they don't accept competition, and this makes the country somewhat safer than other countries in South America, I gest jus don't get involve in politic and live the life.
@@ScottAlanMillerVlog I agree. I foresee retiring in Pereira, Colombia but let’s see how things go from now on.
Im retiring there in 2024. 73 years old, good health, and craving warm weather year round.
That’s awesome! Do you have a location picked out yet?
@@ScottAlanMillerVlog I met a beautful young lady 3 years ago that lives near on lake Nicaragua in a small settlement called
Tolesmalda. But i like the beach areas. I want to be on the Pacific coast more toward the southern end of Nicaragua.
I have a business that i can run remotely.
Hey Scott, greetings from Florida ! My significant other and I have been following you for some time now and are looking forward to making a permanent to Nicaragua. So much so that we’re taking a trip over there in March, it will be short lived, but we just want to get a general feel for Nicaragua as a-whole. I was wondering if there was a way you could upload a video of different restaurants where we could find super affordable food in Leon. We’re staying in Managua and everything seems quite expensive( less expensive than here in Florida, but still not feeling like it’s giving us the opportunity to stretch our money the furthest it can go.)
I can see what I can do. When you say you are seeing expensive stuff in Managua, is that stuff that you are seeing from a distance or you have spent time eating in Managua already? What kind of food are you looking for?
@@ScottAlanMillerVlog Sorry for the late reply, to answer your question, this is stuff we’re seeing from a distance. We like proteins so a lot of meats and rice, things like that really. We actually have since then decided to have our stay be at Big corn island! So any tips on that would be awesome, even if there’s no video made.
@@LianiLouis Meat and rice are really cheap here. When you say seeing things remotely, what are you seeing? Almost nothing in Nicaragua is online, especially not with prices. What sources are you seeing with any kind of information at all?
@@ScottAlanMillerVlog On CZcams we’ve seen videos where people were vlogging meals and their costs in Nicaragua. But the meals/ street food usually consisted of little to no protein and didn’t seem as cost efficient, as what was advertised in your videos. So we were hoping that maybe they were going to more prestige locations or simply not finding the right deals. Either way if you could suggest some establishments to check out during our stay, that are cost efficient and provide a good amount of protein, we would really appreciate it!
@@LianiLouis what the heck? Street food here is ALL protein. It's like... almost nothing but meat. And SO cheap. Like insanely cheap.
I can't even imagine what they are going to unless it's like ice cream carts or the elote vendors. You can't swing a cat in Nicaragua without hitting an outdoor BBQ. Every corner, in every little town, and all through the streets in the big cities.... you are never far from a $2 giant plate of meat. Like, never.
You could practically describe Nicaragua as "ubiquitous cheap, high quality meat", lol.
hey, Brother love your videos, i think Im heading into Nicaragua in about 6 months, what is the nightlife like, are there clubs and such, do they have clubs on the beach. is it latin or could i find some dance clubs for house music. any info would be great, thanks.
Thanks so much! Nice, the tourist business is picking up fast here. It has easily tripled this month and April is the worst month of the year to visit, too (it's the hottest and driest.). Clubs are not that hard to find. In small villages, of course, they are rare (but do exist) but in the cities you'll have no problem.
The biggest place for clubs is, without a doubt, Managua, especially in Los Robles. The club strip in Managua is great. And there are clubs sprinkled throughout the city. Managua has a strong night life. Latin / Reggaeton music dominates, but there is variety.
Leon is a university town and has clubs open seven days a week. 23Bar for example is always popular. There is some dancing on the beach from time to time, not quite nightclub status. But there is a small dance floor in Las Peñitas at my place (we were PACKED this past weekend) and I hear that there is one in Poneloya.
San Juan del Sur is your place for clubs on the beach. There are several and they are often quite busy. Here you get lots of tourists and some Nicas. In Leon it's 80% Nica / 20% tourist. In Managua it's 99% Nica.
Granada has some clubs, mostly for tourists, but I never club there so don't know the deal (even though I used to live there.)
Clubs go late, dancing doesn't pick up until 10:30 or 11PM and they typically go until 3 or 4am. You now you've hit the peak of the night when the DJ spins "tipitapa"... the "official" dance song of the country (you won't believe how much you hear this.). Nowhere is air conditioned, so be prepared the country is quite warm, everywhere. So a night out is very warm. The clubs get good crowds and are a lot of fun.
@@ScottAlanMillerVlog wow thanks for the info, great. i have so many more questions, lol, send me your deats for your hotel and I will stay some nights, not sure of my plans yet, still going to figure that out but will definitely hit you up while I'm there.
@@Kent.L.Sabata glad to help. I’m easy to find, the hotel is in the videos all the time. It is the Simple Beach Lodge in Las Peñitas, the beach near Leòn.
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Post questions in the videos, I'll either answer on here or make videos about it. Always good to have topics people are asking about to give the videos direction.
What Camera and equipment are you using for this vlogging? Also, how hard is it to bring dogs into the country to visit for an extended period of time.
First a warning: right now the US does NOT allow dogs to repatriate if you take them to Central America. So if you are from the US and move your dogs to Nicaragua, this is currently a one way process.
Bringing dogs to Nicaragua is quite easy on the Nicaragua side of things. Just some paperwork from your vet and the proper shots. We have a vet team on our staff in Nicaragua so if you need anything from Nicaragua, let us know. But generally you wouldn't, it's so easy. The complications all come from airlines or OTHER borders that you cross by car on the way here.
Camera: Most episodes are filmed on a GoPro Hero 9 Black with the Media Kit and the on board mic with dead cat and whatever ND / CPL filter is appropriate for the light. 4K/30P, Flat Profile, Medium Sharp, Linear with Horizon Leveling, Bit Rate cranked all the way up. When the shows look really amazing, that means I'm filming on the Olympus OM-D EM1 MK2 with the 7Artisans 7.5mm f/2.8 manual focus "vintage" style fisheye on "Standard" color.
@@ScottAlanMillerVlog So it would be really hard to bring the dogs back or impossible. Noted. Thank you man. Youre a wealth of information. I work in the film industry and can work from my computer most times, and can take flights to the US for big projects. Looking forward to relocating. Do you work with people who are trying to re-locate to Nicaragua?
My company is planning to start offering relocation services publicly. We’ve done it for a few people who are customers of our otherwise. But we are going to offer services publicly soon.
Yeah. Bringing your dogs could be a one way trip. At least for the time being.
@@ScottAlanMillerVlog do you know if this is still the case? I plan on going down to SJDS in June and am wondering if my dog will be able to come back
Hi brother. The prices you quoted are lower than actual. In the last 2 years food prices local eating and restaurants have gone up quite a bit.
I live here. The prices are from what i pay currently. which prices are you referring to?
Another question? Is it better to come after April to start out. Low season better prices for rent?
Definitely don’t intentionally come for April. It’s not only the high season making everything hard and expensive. But it is also the one terrible month of the whole year here. It’s the month that all of us that live here contemplate moving somewhere else for one month to escape the heat. If you see an episode where I buy an apartment up north in Quetzaltenango that’ll be why. An April getaway place
@@ScottAlanMillerVlog Whats a good time to visit im regard to lookng for places to live?
@@jordanheatherton it’s really about the same all year. April is the one month to avoid. Other than that it is all about the same. One of the great things about the tropics is the even weather all year long. We just have six months big dry and six of rain.
My God, with the money, I will live like a king
Yup, it's amazing how well you can live for so little. It takes being here for a while for it to really sink in just how far the money can go.
When is the best time to visit Nicaragua?
The best time is... ALL THE TIME!
Actually that's almost true. Being a tropical country the weather remains pretty stable throughout the year. April is the hot month with no air movement, avoid that. Otherwise, the North American winter season is dry and the North American summer season is rainy. Most people prefer the dry season. But we do not have huge surges of tourism with big slow seasons either, the dry season is busier and the wet season is slower. The one time to avoid being here is Semana Santa, that's the national religious holiday and EVERYONE is out traveling around for a week. Avoid it. Even living here, we go hide somewhere to avoid the traffic.
But as far as activities, those are going to be pretty much equal all year round. So you can plan around your schedule needs rather than Nicaragua's.
I've been here since January, and I feel the prices you mention are a bit low.
These are the current prices we are getting. What part of the country are you in? Since doing this video we’ve actually been finding lower housing prices than we expected.
We are thinking of moving to San Juan Del Sur but on Facebook groups, I can't find anything less than $400 a month for rent. I assume this area is a bit more costly?
Did you have trouble finding places to rent with your dogs? We have two and are worried about that.
That area is a bit more costly for sure. But $400 is very high. When my general manager was looking there she found a two bedroom house, furnished, for $260/mo. Right in town.
With dogs you are normally fine but only if unfurnished.
@@ScottAlanMillerVlog Are there any other up and coming beach towns in the making that we should check out?
@@raindances3310 San Jan is the current "big" beach, has been since the 1830s. Las Penitas is the next one up, it's been on the rise for the last several years and is the future San Juan del Sur of the north. The "on the horizon" beach appears to be Jiliquillo way up north.
@@ScottAlanMillerVlog Thanks! I can't wait to start researching!
Hello!
Great content.
I noticed that you have kids. Do you home school or are you able to find bilingual school for your kids. My daughter is 8 and doesn't know any Spanish. That is my concern if I wanted to move to Leon.
My kids home school, they always have. We have lived abroad in eight countries since they were at school age so home schooling was very important to both the quality of their education and the continuity. My youngest is actually already doing college classes for certain components.
Bilingual schools do exist, especially in the cities. They will be private. It is certainly an option. As are private tutors. Keep in mind that you could hire a full time teacher for $300/mo easily and could definitely find someone for $200 if you had to. That's full time. And that's someone who speaks English!
So you have educational options for sure if you have any amount of money. If you had multiple kids, the "hire a full time teacher" option gets to be the smart choice pretty quickly. But lots of people use the schools. We are mostly unique that we live here full time and home school, but it is definitely the right option for our kids.
@@ScottAlanMillerVlog Do you have any pets? What countries have youo lived in? How do you travel from country to country?
@@jordanheatherton I have two dogs that moved from the USA to Nicaragua with me. I have lived in 8 countries and visited 35. Travel varies, but typically I just fly. But I went to Costa Rica by taxi. I hope to go to the triangle (Honduras, Salvador and Guatemala) by bus really soon. I've done a lot of train travel in the past, too.
@@ScottAlanMillerVlog Thank you for the response. I love what you are putting out there. How did you fly your dogs? In the cabin?
Also, what kind of camera equipment are you using for your vlogs?
@@ScottAlanMillerVlog When you travel outside of the country of Nicaragua, what do you do with your dogs?
Just bought a house in Granada
Congrats!!
Just subscribed. Stop covering everything. What is the average for someone first moving there? Politely my friend. I am ordering my passport now. I want to keep costs down at first.
Average cost? And you are looking to visit short term, visit long term, or completely move and make this your home?
Haha. $3700….in Nicaragua ??? for us, it would be very difficult to impossible to spend that much.
It’s a lot!!
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I didn’t say it wasn’t possible to spend that much. I said it would be almost impossible for my wife and I to spend that much.
We don’t care about most of what you mentioned. We like to slow travel to many different countries. Sitting in a compound anywhere is not appealing to me at all.
If that was the case I could retire in a rocking chair here in the US.
US Income tax - It would be helpful to clarify that the US taxes all worldwide income that does not have a specific exemption. What you are probably referring to is the foreign earned income exemption. That exemption only applies to earned income (self employment, etc.) and not to passive income like pensions, dividends, capital gains, etc. Since only earned income is exempt, you would still have to pay social security taxes. To exempt yourself from all US taxation is far more complex. Also, if a US citizen that has a foreign bank account that at any time during the year has a balance of greater than $10,000, has to file FACTA reports. The penalties for failing to file FACTA reports can exceed the balance in the accounts. Just things for expats to be aware. Of course for non US citizens, none of the above should be applicable.
Correct, income tax is only on income, not investments. Hopefully any tax paying American is familiar with income tax version other tax regimes, they need to know that for employment in the US. Those other things aren't classified as income in the US. Although some business types can do dividends into income to shift dividends until this regime under very specific circumstances.
@@ScottAlanMillerVlog I live in MX...thinking about visiting NI. I have to pay tax on interest income. When adding to Social Security I end up paying about 10%.
Are you renting or did you buy.
Haha. Both.
I take it you are 100% through the VA?
I'm not sure what VA is in this context.
He is asking if your retired US military
Sorry, asking if they rated you 100 percent disabled when you got out
@@dannywilliams8057 oh, no, not military in any sense.
@@dannywilliams8057 I'm not disabled in any sense either. No military, no disability.
Could 2 people retire there on $4000 Canadian a month. We are not high end people but want to live comfortably. Where do you live in nica and do you have a family?
$4000 CDN is $3171 USD. Yes. That’s certainly enough for two people to retire comfortably. I live in Leon and have a wife, two kids and two dogs. You would have enough money to potentially live anywhere in the country. You’d not be rich, but comfortable.
Leon is a middling city on cost. That money would go really far here. You could pretty much do anything you wanted…. Travel, eat at restaurants, hire staff, have a nice house, see concerts, and never really worry.
@@ScottAlanMillerVlog thank you so much for responding! Really appreciate it
Adding some pricing. I was out and about in Leon today. Three bedroom, two bath, recent construction, North American style and standards, very exclusive gated community with very active security guards, silent area with great trees, absolutely gorgeous. That's $300/mo to rent. USD of course. We looked at many in a similar price range.
@@ScottAlanMillerVlog yiur kidding me!!!! 300 USD a month. Gated. Wow! We need to come visit soon.
Who are buying those North American homes though? Are they renting them out because they aren’t there living or because it’s low season?
How are single divorced moms looked at in Nicaragua? Are they frowned upon? Do men date divorced moms with children there? Trying to get a grasp
On the dating culture in that particular aspect.
I made this one of the topics for the show that is coming out today!
I saw the video where you answered the question. Thank you for doing that! 🎉🎉🎉
Does Leon have a Pharmacy and a Hospital?
We have the old hospital, and a small secondary hospital in Subtiaba. And a huge, new, modern hospital is being built and is almost done that will be the main hospital for the city. There have to be over 100 pharmacies, for real. Nearly every block has one.
How much for cheap beer at a neighborhood corner store?
Let's tackle the essentials first. 😀
C$33 which is about $.95 USD. In theory you can find cheaper but only a little bit. About $1.05 in a cheap barrio bar.
@@ScottAlanMillerVlog Thanks.
That's proportionately quite expensive for a beer, considering most other things are so cheap. Forget Vietnam & the Philippines. It's actually more expensive than the UK where beer in a budget store like ALDI (sort of like Target in the US) can be had for the equivalent of $0.80 for a large can/bottle.
It's probably closer to Aldi in the US ;) It's one of Americas biggest grocery chains. lol. We both get them from Germany.
@@ScottAlanMillerVlog Ah, didn't know they'd colonised the states.
long ago. they've been a staple since at least 20 years ago.
I thought hes talking about 3700/year, not month lolll
LOL. You could do it and not die, but, you might wish you had.
2600 is the best I can manage. Guess Nicaragua is not for me.
$2600 is a LOT for Nicaragua. And nowhere is going to be less expensive. No matter what your budget is it goes farther in Nicaragua.
did you not watch the video? He said you could get a good apartment for a couple hundred bucks. Sounds like you can live pretty good there for 2k a month or even less.
2.5k a month and ur ballling out
For sure.
YOUR RICH!!!
Yeah, if you have $3700.... the things you can do are pretty mind blowing.
I’m watching your video right now! ✌🏻😁
@@christopherhouse7937 Awesome. Oh yeah, that's not MY budget. That was someone asking for them. :)
my advertisement for old people that wants to live a good life is to not live in Managua, is too hot, go to a colder city like Estelí or Jinotega, Matagalpa, Boaco, live is inexpensive also
But Managua has much better healthcare options than the mountain towns.
Are you kidding me? Public transportation is a zoo.
It's really not at the UCA minibus level. Very simple and organized. The chicken buses are a bit crazy. but the UCA system is efficient and organized. I love using it.
So we are probably going to have a 4500 month budget. Our goal is to buy a condo on the water outright.......
That's a HUGE budget. Yeah, you can buy pretty much anything. But be aware, condos on the water really limits you. Only a few of those in the entire country.
@@ScottAlanMillerVlog SJDS is what we want. We are visiting over Xmas