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My wife Lori and myself sold our home and our business in Hawaii and in 2006 we became homeless. Our goal was to travel around the world and "living the good life" are basic philosophy is
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We have enjoy our world tour of 37 countries in the last 25 years. In 2012 we returned back to the big Island of Hawaii and bought a small cottage. For 2 Years we using Hawaii as our home-base.
Jerry, the voice recording seems to be a computerized voice recording and not a real human voice recording. I heard the same voice on several other videos.
Great video thank you 😮i wonder why the voice is Robotic earlier
We’re 2 people living on $2700 per month for the last year. We have emergency money too. We haven’t touched it yet.
Oh Wow! She sounds so flat and down in her luck. Great video and share Jerry & Lori! I just love your shirt Lori! I hope you both are having a wonderful weekend. 🥰💐💞👍🏻
Thank you! You too!
I’m excited for Virginia. Thank you for helping her see the way Jerry.
That sounds like good advice Jerry , she will be able to realize her dream of Mexico living ❤🎉🎉🎉😊
I think that I have a crush 😮 on Virginia. I hope she is able to get to the Lake Chapala area. Perhaps, it's possible for her to find a place to live in San Antonio. 🇲🇽
Jerry, I understand you're trying to be helpful but people can live here in Mexico with very little income. I've lived here for decades on about $1,000 a month. Also been here on 6 month tourist visa for years and years with no problems.
Thanks for sharing
I agree with Jerry. think about unexpected medical expenses. But yes there was a time when single people were living on 1000 or less but look at the cost of rent , utilities, food , transportation
combined were enough, then Ajijic is not the place. Or one would be so tight you wouldn’t be able to enjoy many activities some others may enjoy Perhaps other parts of Mexico would be a good place where the cost of living is lower. Or one can hopefully get help from family members or friends. Apartment rentals aren’t as low as they were. Unless one’s housing is 350 or less rethink or come down and try it. Or if you think you want to one could always leave early. But try it if you wish and go early if necessary. But have some help from somewhere in case of medical emergency. Or research other towns or cities. Whatever you do , I wish you well.
@@jaliscoguanajuatotravelsan5679 Any gringo enclave like Ajiic and the Lake Chapala area who major industry is catering to gringo retirees will likely have a higher cost of living than many other areas.
Never make yourself vulnerable to another currency . ..unless your eyes are wide open things change .. The pesos has gone up approx 10-15 per cent in the last 6 years. A friend found out the customs person wrote Less than the 180 days on her form , only when going to book her flight back home, be careful ,eyes wide open for the unforeseen.
@@Chap17 It's been fine for decades, I'm not worried.
I'm glad you were able to help her find a way to meet the residency requirements.
Mexico is a sovereign nation with every right to set standards for immigration, just like any other country. People will always suggest that a person should simply abuse the FMM form by using it as a substitute way of establishing residency, but that may turn out to be a very shaky reed on which to lean.
It's no different than a person trying to enter the US with the intent to get a full time job, but using the tourist visa instead of applying for the correct permit which allows them to work. Or, using the tourist visa when they intend to establish residency. People can be, should be, and are refused entry into the US every single day when they lie to immigration authorities and they try to misuse the tourist visa. Mexico has every right to do the same. And with modern computerized systems which show your full record of entering and exiting the country, it will be a simple matter for Mexico to see that your pattern of behavior establishes that your intent is residency, and not tourism. They have the legal right to kick you out, any time they want to.
Now, add in the current political environment. In the US, one political party is making it a core component of its political strategy to demonize Mexican immigrants into the US, and to threaten to round up and deport even long time residents who entered the US many years ago. The other major political party is responding by also "getting tougher" on immigration, up to and including closing the border. It is quite possible that there will be quite a backlash from Mexico, and those who tried to misuse the FMM to establish residency may find themselves kicked out of Mexico, forever.
Thanks again Jerry. Once again your many years of experience is helpful to your viewers. I was back there recently and saw you and Lori going on a morning walk Keep helping others and thanks for the help I got from you watching the videos and when I saw you in Tlaquepaque a few years ago. Always nice seeing you and Lori in Ajijic/ Lake Chapala área.
Cool, thanks
Pretty shirt Lori
Oh geez. I know penniless people who came down here & got their residency card. You can live here in a small village on $600usd a month still. It won't be a great life but you can survive. "Income requirements"...b.s. just get a good Mexican immigration attorney.
I've been living here in Mexico for well over a decade on about $1,000 a month. My rent for a 2 bedroom furnished apartment is about $400. Also have just lived here on a 6 month tourist visa the entire time with no problems.
@MerlesAdventures I've been doing it for decades now and never ran into any problem so why bother going through all the paperwork and expense? I actually like the Mexican people here more than Americans.
@MerlesAdventures Exactly and my mother also lived in San Miguel de Allende here in Mexico for years and loved it. You've just got to do it and not worry about everything.
You don't need an immigrant attorney thousands of gringo retirees live fulltime in Mexico with a 180 day FMM and renew it. All that's required is a passport and $38 usd.
@@JersayPedro Absolutely, been doing it for over 25 years.
Just come as a tourist stay here from December until may and you will find out if Mexico is for you or not. Don't make a final decision until you have been here at least 6 months. Mexico takes a while to get used to. However I hope you find courage to make a decision to go as a tourist first Virginia. Let life surprise you. Best wishes. Gery and Lory are my mentors. I love listening to them. ❤
Thanks, Jerry. Good analysis. I'm a retired CPA, and came to similar conclusions (but with somewhat more $) for the 4 year visa. The problem is the permanent visa, which has much higher requirements. Please have a look at those; maybe I'm being too pessimistic.
Thanks for sharing!
You are probably aware that after 4 years you can convert your temporary visa to a permanent visa without any further financial requirements. I guess they figure if you've been able to get by in Mexico for 4 years on a temporary visa and haven't got into any trouble you are okay to stay permanently.
There are so many better choices. Panama, Ecuador, Costa Rica.
Hello Jerry,
Thanks for your video but excuse me, 8 percent interest rate or investment return ?
Impossible nowadays
Not possible not in Mexico I am getting 11.25 interest paid monthly to me from my Mexican bank account.
I have made your same suggestion to people before when they were complaining about the income requirements. If you have a house with US$100,000 or more of equity then selling it and banking the money for a year should do the trick to meet the Mexico financial requirements for a residency visa and while you are waiting you can go to Mexico in 6 month stints with the 180 day tourist visa. About the only objection I've heard from some people is that receiving a 180 day tourist visa isn't guaranteed. They were thinking back to the situation a few years ago where Mexico wasn't always automatically giving 180 days on their tourist visa, something that is not currently the case.
All I can say is that 180 days is the normal length tourist visa for Mexico, and I've never known anyone to have a problem, but it's not "100% absolutely guaranteed" and it never was. Quite honestly entry into any country where you are not a citizen is never guaranteed, that's the way of the world, but if you are an honest person not looking to break the rules and cause trouble you should be fine, just like when you travel anywhere else in the world.
I agree. That "less than 180 days" was talked about some 3 years ago, but I haven't heard of anyone having a problem recently.
She could easily retire in Panama with $1,400/month and live a decent life at the same time. 🤗
Oh really??
@@toddmaek5436 There are quite a few countries where people can live a decent life on $1,400/month. Anyone can find them on CZcams.
,,,,, The Truth is Mexico does not need the poorer retirees,, other countries are doing the same, Sadly she could not afford it in Mexico ,,,..its worse for Canadians due to the pathetic CDN dollar...NOTE they will be raising the money needed again this year She should move fast
Another suggestion, if she is nervous about putting her money in a Mexican CD, is to buy a covered call etf in the US, called JEPI, which is the S&P 500 with a covered call overlay, and leave it in the US It is run by JP Morgan, which is one of the biggest banks in the US, pays a monthly dividend in the 7-8% range, and is as safe as the largest 500 companies in America I own it myself, and it is hands off, buy it and collect the dividends
7 to 8 % monthly income with how much risk of principal?
@@Resmith18SR Well do you have faith in the largest 500 companies in the USA? I don’t watch the daily ups & downs of any of my investments, because I buy them for the long term, the monthly dividends and I only buy quality with a track record I live in Canada 6 months a year and Mexico 6 months, and keep all investments in a Canadian self directed brokerage, and have a considerable amount in covered call etfs like JEPI, ZWQT, HDIV and others that pay north of 7 up to around 10% and am more interested in the cash flow at my age than growth The dividends are mostly taxed as capital gains which is much more favorable than interest gained from a CD
@@HamiltonRb So I have a HYSA with my bank and it's safe and about 5% interest a month. If the risk was miniscule it might be worth an extra 2 % in yield.
@@Resmith18SR I can’t tell you what you should do to be able to sleep well at night, but if you wish to google JEPI, for example and look at the long term graph and the companies in it, that might make you do some due diligence yourself If you are the type to watch the daily ups and downs of the market, you might not want any risk at all, and stay where you are, but I would wonder then if you could see the daily ups and downs of the value of your house, if it were possible, would that make you nervous Im 71, and am not concerned in the least of market fluctuations, but more interested in the payouts
But she will not be paid in dollars with the Mexican investment! So you have to convert that to Pesos. Maybe you converted it and I missed it. Thanks for your video's!
I am giving her the equivalent of pesos in US dollars that way she could understand her return on investment. If I gave it to her in pesos she wouldn't understand so I've calculated this for her to simplify.
I thought you could live there for cheap. This lets me out.
If Virginia refrains from spending money at the gringo restaurants and rents a cheap crib, wouldn't $1,400/month be enough? Is she actually a real person?
You have to consider other expenses like medicines doctors appointments blood and lab test dental work that's where the extra money would really help out.
@@JerryBrownTravels True on medical costs since you're paying out of pocket.
This is all about nothing. Get the VISA by showing she has ca$h (as you said) and make the move. It's strange there is a scripted computer generated voice that was played to us. Good luck to all.
$1400 is impossible, Cambodia yes, Thailand if you live like a local as much as possible. If she sells the house and invests it in a dividend paying stock portfolio, that could make here another $14,000 a year, then she may be able to swing it
She have to came with a visa and married a mexican men😊
This Friday 5 PM California time I will be interviewing Memo who lives in Lo del Marcos on $500 a month for two people. and building a home and he lives off of his Social Security.