Real Estate Sales Great New Construction For Sale that is going to be Completed by August 2024 - Meet Palermo

[Betsy Ross]

Not for nuthin' but if someone wants to avoid work, wouldn't Argentina be the perfect place? Sounds like you'd blend right in 🙂

OMG this was so funny! I literally spit all over my screen @CraigM! Darn it you make me laugh. @FuturoBA I am sorry we are laughing with you not at you! We promise

It boggles my mind why a guy would lose out on his most productive years of his life and losing the power of compound interest. The truth remains the vast majority of people out there (especially men that plan on retiring to Latin America) aren't making nearly enough to fund the rest of their lives. Most don't take account meeting someone else, having kids, getting sick, etc. I've been traveling, living and working in Latin America for many decades and I have honestly NEVER seen it work out for younger guys that "retire early". Over the long run usually some life event trips them up and they all tell me they regret not working harder when they were younger

I don't honestly understand it. I saw posts of that Australian blogger on X. https://x.com/Geologo_Trader

It is almost embarrassing seeing his posts. When it was cheap in BA he was posting photos of going out to eat steaks all the time with young girls and their cleavage. Now the guy ran out of money. He complains Buenos Aires is more expensive than Australia and he is always in Colombia now. That type always ends up leaving BA when it gets expensive. He is trying to sell some kind of subscriptions to his blog or something.

Trying to sell penny stocks too. He seems like he does not like to work and tells how he had to get out of Australia because it is too expensive and he can't afford a house there. He probably is not worried what his future kids will think because he probably never can afford kids.

I would worry and think to myself maybe my future kids would say, daddy why didn't you work when you were younger so we can have a home?



@FuturoBA if ExpatsBA ever has a group meet up you better be at least tall, dark and handsome. OK forget the tall as you already told us you are short. 🤣

 

[earlyretirement]

I agree that retiring early is not for everyone. I'd also say sometimes you should downshift and/or bridge into something else if you have the means, desires, and dedication to do so. Hell, take yourself for example. I believe you said you co-owned or were an executive for a healthcare company doing very well before you shifted to the real estate empire in BA. I'm sure most told you it wasn't the wisest decision and why give up what you already had going, but yet you still did it. And correct me if I'm wrong you did it when you were single, had quite a nest egg, and a long enough run way where you make sure it would work. IE timing was right, funding was right, and opportunity was right.

I'm nowhere near the level you're at, but it's more than being broke while I find my footing.

People SHOULD retire early IF they can comfortably afford it and know they will comfortably have enough funds to last them the rest of their lives. This is to include any emergencies or health issues. I've said this before but I think it is worth repeating, people account for BEST CASE scenarios when they plan retirement when instead they should plan for WORST CASE scenarios. Everyone always thinks they won't have health issues and trust me, they come up. About 6 years I got diagnosed with a rare disorder and I have constant pain. I've spent a small fortune going around the world trying to find a cure but so far no go. You don't want to know how much I have spent on this that is NOT covered by insurance and I have great insurance.

Yes, I co-owned a healthcare company before shifting to my real estate empire. All true. Yes, people said why stop. But @FuturoBA the difference is I was already a millionaire when I was 26. I'm not sure your situation but probably different circumstances and I can tell you when I was 26 a million was a hell of a lot more than a million is today! I was a multi-millionaire by the time I was 29. So again, probably a different scenario so I'm not sure you want to be using me as a case study. I worked my ass off and I still do.

I will stand by my opinion that youngish guys like you should be working your fricking asses off saving as life costs more than you think it will. Now, maybe I am wrong about you. But I have seen lots of guys that post stuff like this. I have rarely seen it work out over a long haul.

But if you are saying you doubt you can afford kids in Buenos Aires and you want to settle down some day. I'd say you ain't even close to retiring and should be focusing on working and building up assets. The last thing I'd recommend is you moving down to Buenos Aires to slack off. Sorry but I have to be honest and consistent with my advice.

The difference which I've posted before was I worked hard, I had extremely wealthy contacts/clients. So you are mistaken. I said that if the real estate mogul thing didn't work out, I could always go back to my multi-BILLIONAIRE clients and get a job as I by that time had job offers every year. I took a company from concept to making multiple millions of dollars a year. So again, I'm probably not the case study to retire early. Although my handle is @earlyretirement I mostly worked 15 hours a day while I lived in Buenos Aires and even today I routinely work 12 hours a day.

I could have retired long ago if I wanted to. But guess what, even I worry about if I will have enough money so I would be scared shitless if I were some of you younger guys that want to retire with not much assets. That would scare the sh*t out of me.

 

[Uncle Wong]

OMG this was so funny! I literally spit all over my screen @CraigM! Darn it you make me laugh. @FuturoBA I am sorry we are laughing with you not at you! We promise

I don't honestly understand it. I saw posts of that Australian blogger on X. https://x.com/Geologo_Trader

It is almost embarrassing seeing his posts. When it was cheap in BA he was posting photos of going out to eat steaks all the time with young girls and their cleavage. Now the guy ran out of money. He complains Buenos Aires is more expensive than Australia and he is always in Colombia now. That type always ends up leaving BA when it gets expensive. He is trying to sell some kind of subscriptions to his blog or something.

Trying to sell penny stocks too. He seems like he does not like to work and tells how he had to get out of Australia because it is too expensive and he can't afford a house there. He probably is not worried what his future kids will think because he probably never can afford kids.

I would worry and think to myself maybe my future kids would say, daddy why didn't you work when you were younger so we can have a home?

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@FuturoBA if ExpatsBA ever has a group meet up you better be at least tall, dark and handsome. OK forget the tall as you already told us you are short. 🤣

I follow him and his posts took a sudden turn. It is kind of a case study how an expat's life can change from eating out cheap steak dinners every night to having to move out. I saw a few of his podcasts and it is strange for him to think someone would be interested in his investment plays.

People SHOULD retire early IF they can comfortably afford it and know they will comfortably have enough funds to last them the rest of their lives. This is to include any emergencies or health issues. I've said this before but I think it is worth repeating, people account for BEST CASE scenarios when they plan retirement when instead they should plan for WORST CASE scenarios. Everyone always thinks they won't have health issues and trust me, they come up. About 6 years I got diagnosed with a rare disorder and I have constant pain. I've spent a small fortune going around the world trying to find a cure but so far no go. You don't want to know how much I have spent on this that is NOT covered by insurance and I have great insurance.

Yes, I co-owned a healthcare company before shifting to my real estate empire. All true. Yes, people said why stop. But @FuturoBA the difference is I was already a millionaire when I was 26. I'm not sure your situation but probably different circumstances and I can tell you when I was 26 a million was a hell of a lot more than a million is today! I was a multi-millionaire by the time I was 29. So again, probably a different scenario so I'm not sure you want to be using me as a case study. I worked my ass off and I still do.

I will stand by my opinion that youngish guys like you should be working your fricking asses off saving as life costs more than you think it will. Now, maybe I am wrong about you. But I have seen lots of guys that post stuff like this. I have rarely seen it work out over a long haul.

But if you are saying you doubt you can afford kids in Buenos Aires and you want to settle down some day. I'd say you ain't even close to retiring and should be focusing on working and building up assets. The last thing I'd recommend is you moving down to Buenos Aires to slack off. Sorry but I have to be honest and consistent with my advice.

The difference which I've posted before was I worked hard, I had extremely wealthy contacts/clients. So you are mistaken. I said that if the real estate mogul thing didn't work out, I could always go back to my multi-BILLIONAIRE clients and get a job as I by that time had job offers every year. I took a company from concept to making multiple millions of dollars a year. So again, I'm probably not the case study to retire early. Although my handle is @earlyretirement I mostly worked 15 hours a day while I lived in Buenos Aires and even today I routinely work 12 hours a day.

I could have retired long ago if I wanted to. But guess what, even I worry about if I will have enough money so I would be scared shitless if I were some of you younger guys that want to retire with not much assets. That would scare the sh*t out of me.

I remember reading about you and your company in a lot of famous newspapers. I even remember watching you on some old HGTV shows. You have been around the Buenos Aires scene for over 20 years. That is remarkable to me. Keep up the good work.

 

[FuturoBA]

Yes! Maybe FuturoBA can spend time with my ex boyfriend. They will have a lot in common. He can't afford to take me out. I loved him but I want kids some day and he can't afford kids he tell me! I tell him study harder and work harder and he tell me impossible for him. I get inheritance from my aunt that died. I offer to move to Spain and my uncle offer him job where he make good salary. He have Spanish passport too. He say no he can't be away from his mother. I tell him but you are in your 30s! @FuturoBA when you come here I connect you with him. You two will be fast friends.


I sorry but I already have one loser boyfriend that can't afford to have kids. I don't want another! 🤣 You also say you very short man. I like tall men. How tall are you? You at least 1.75? That my minimum height. Do you at least that?

So you get inheritance and then kick BF to the side bc he doesn't want to leave familly and mom. I don't we should date then mustache or no mustache, sorry. I was even going to wear extra thick socks for too lol.

OMG this was so funny! I literally spit all over my screen @CraigM! Darn it you make me laugh. @FuturoBA I am sorry we are laughing with you not at you! We promise

I don't honestly understand it. I saw posts of that Australian blogger on X. https://x.com/Geologo_Trader

It is almost embarrassing seeing his posts. When it was cheap in BA he was posting photos of going out to eat steaks all the time with young girls and their cleavage. Now the guy ran out of money. He complains Buenos Aires is more expensive than Australia and he is always in Colombia now. That type always ends up leaving BA when it gets expensive. He is trying to sell some kind of subscriptions to his blog or something.

Trying to sell penny stocks too. He seems like he does not like to work and tells how he had to get out of Australia because it is too expensive and he can't afford a house there. He probably is not worried what his future kids will think because he probably never can afford kids.

I would worry and think to myself maybe my future kids would say, daddy why didn't you work when you were younger so we can have a home?

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@FuturoBA if ExpatsBA ever has a group meet up you better be at least tall, dark and handsome. OK forget the tall as you already told us you are short. 🤣

Lol no worries everything here is just words on a screen and whether it's at my expense or not I don't take anything personally.

And I never said I was dark, nor handsome. Unless you like big forehead, googly eyes, crooked nose, and buck teeth... only ok one of those might be true haha. But somebody sure to say "he got buck teeth and can't afford braces but he broke like my boyfriend that I still sleep with"

🙂People SHOULD retire early IF they can comfortably afford it and know they will comfortably have enough funds to last them the rest of their lives. This is to include any emergencies or health issues. I've said this before but I think it is worth repeating, people account for BEST CASE scenarios when they plan retirement when instead they should plan for WORST CASE scenarios. Everyone always thinks they won't have health issues and trust me, they come up. About 6 years I got diagnosed with a rare disorder and I have constant pain. I've spent a small fortune going around the world trying to find a cure but so far no go. You don't want to know how much I have spent on this that is NOT covered by insurance and I have great insurance.

Yes, I co-owned a healthcare company before shifting to my real estate empire. All true. Yes, people said why stop. But @FuturoBA the difference is I was already a millionaire when I was 26. I'm not sure your situation but probably different circumstances and I can tell you when I was 26 a million was a hell of a lot more than a million is today! I was a multi-millionaire by the time I was 29. So again, probably a different scenario so I'm not sure you want to be using me as a case study. I worked my ass off and I still do.

I will stand by my opinion that youngish guys like you should be working your fricking asses off saving as life costs more than you think it will. Now, maybe I am wrong about you. But I have seen lots of guys that post stuff like this. I have rarely seen it work out over a long haul.

But if you are saying you doubt you can afford kids in Buenos Aires and you want to settle down some day. I'd say you ain't even close to retiring and should be focusing on working and building up assets. The last thing I'd recommend is you moving down to Buenos Aires to slack off. Sorry but I have to be honest and consistent with my advice.

The difference which I've posted before was I worked hard, I had extremely wealthy contacts/clients. So you are mistaken. I said that if the real estate mogul thing didn't work out, I could always go back to my multi-BILLIONAIRE clients and get a job as I by that time had job offers every year. I took a company from concept to making multiple millions of dollars a year. So again, I'm probably not the case study to retire early. Although my handle is @earlyretirement I mostly worked 15 hours a day while I lived in Buenos Aires and even today I routinely work 12 hours a day.

I could have retired long ago if I wanted to. But guess what, even I worry about if I will have enough money so I would be scared shitless if I were some of you younger guys that want to retire with not much assets. That would scare the sh*t out of me.

Details and scope are different, the point is to take a chance when there's something to fall back on. I agree it would be dumb to bet everything on black and... that's it, without a backup. I'm fortunate and can return to my evergreen field, whether that be plan C, D, or whatever. There's a difference between someone who comes down with a dream as opposed to someone who comes down with a plan. And maybe you're right and I am making a mistake and time will tell.

I'm sorry to hear about your health situation and hope that if they can't find a cure that you've at least found something or someone who has it under controlled. This makes your already impressive story that much more so. You're the definition of no excuses stopping you from doing what you do and doing what you've done. Although I may not agree with everything (and don't even think this is a big disagreement) you're definitely an inspiration.

 

[CraigM]

Although my handle is @earlyretirement I mostly worked 15 hours a day while I lived in Buenos Aires and even today I routinely work 12 hours a day.

So much great advice here Mike. I must admit to being puzzled by that handle given your work habits. Maybe change it to earlyriser? 🙂

 

[Uncle Wong]

So you get inheritance and then kick BF to the side bc he doesn't want to leave familly and mom. I don't we should date then mustache or no mustache, sorry. I was even going to wear extra thick socks for too lol.

Sorry I am on @Che Vos side. The guy is a grown ass adult! It sounds like you really would get along with her ex! Ha. I know many people like this. They partner wants them to be better and instead they want to stay a loser forever. I have friends like this that also lost their girlfriends.

And I never said I was dark, nor handsome. Unless you like big forehead, googly eyes, crooked nose, and buck teeth... only ok one of those might be true haha. But somebody sure to say "he got buck teeth and can't afford braces but he broke like my boyfriend that I still sleep with"

You are becoming my favorite poster! I love your sense of humor! Hang out with me my next trip to Buenos Aires. At least I will be the better looking out of the two of us!

Details and scope are different, the point is to take a chance when there's something to fall back on. I agree it would be dumb to bet everything on black and... that's it, without a backup. I'm fortunate and can return to my evergreen field, whether that be plan C, D, or whatever. There's a difference between someone who comes down with a dream as opposed to someone who comes down with a plan. And maybe you're right and I am making a mistake and time will tell.

I'm sorry to hear about your health situation and hope that if they can't find a cure that you've at least found something or someone who has it under controlled. This makes your already impressive story that much more so. You're the definition of no excuses stopping you from doing what you do and doing what you've done. Although I may not agree with everything (and don't even think this is a big disagreement) you're definitely an inspiration.

I met Mike and Johnny on my last trip to Buenos Aires. We had a lunch and dinner together. Mike's story is one of the most inspiring and interesting stories I have ever heard in my life. He sent me a few chapters of his autobiography he is writing. I couldn't stop reading it! I read one chapter on X that he posted last year and I asked him and he sent me about 8 Chapters. It's no wonder Netflix wants to buy it! He reminds me of the guy from the Dos Equis beer commercial. He is truly the most interesting man alive. I have honestly never met anyone like him.

Some of the stories @Johnny told me about trips they have taken. I wouldn't have believed it but they had tons of photos. It was so inspiring @FuturoBA!

 

[JonJLA]

So much great advice here Mike. I must admit to being puzzled by that handle given your work habits. Maybe change it to earlyriser? 🙂

@CraigM I can attest to how hard Mike worked. I am not a current client but I was a client very early on. I first hired him in 2003. And I hired him to buy 2 properties as I was so impressed with my investment and the returns I was making. I couldn't understand it as I would email him at all hours of the day or night. This was before WhatsApp existed. It was all emails back then. It didn't matter what time it was. I was in Los Angeles so we had a 4 or sometimes 5 hour time difference. He would answer no matter what time it was. Sometimes it would be 2 or 3 in the morning Buenos Aires time. I would almost always get a response within 10 minutes. Sometimes 5 minuets. I couldn't honestly understand how he did it.

But that time he already had many clients. I bought my 2nd property in 2006. He was already famous by then. He was in the Economist Magazine and by that time he was turning away investors and charging $500 dollars just to talk on the phone. He told me he did that to filter out serious investors. Even with a full workload he would always get back to me very quickly. I always thought maybe he treated me differently because I was an early investor. But it just dawned on me recently that that is how he treats every investor of his which is remarkable. Probably why he can still be going strong after 20+ years in Buenos Aires.

I will look for it and ask his permission. I am not sure if I still have it. Before I hired him, I asked him for a reference letter or phone number of some current clients. I did get a few phone numbers. One an attorney out of Houston and another banker out of NYC. But 2 letters that were extraordinary was one from the Chief Economist of the Federal Bank in Dallas. Another was Ray Hunt, a billionaire out of Dallas. It was remarkable that he was working with such high calibre people and he was very young and they told me they were already working with him over 8 years. I found that remarkable that such a young man already had built up those kind of networking professional contacts.

He is an extraordinary guy.

 

[Betsy Ross]

@CraigM I can attest to how hard Mike worked. I am not a current client but I was a client very early on. I first hired him in 2003. And I hired him to buy 2 properties as I was so impressed with my investment and the returns I was making. I couldn't understand it as I would email him at all hours of the day or night. This was before WhatsApp existed. It was all emails back then. It didn't matter what time it was. I was in Los Angeles so we had a 4 or sometimes 5 hour time difference. He would answer no matter what time it was. Sometimes it would be 2 or 3 in the morning Buenos Aires time. I would almost always get a response within 10 minutes. Sometimes 5 minuets. I couldn't honestly understand how he did it.

But that time he already had many clients. I bought my 2nd property in 2006. He was already famous by then. He was in the Economist Magazine and by that time he was turning away investors and charging $500 dollars just to talk on the phone. He told me he did that to filter out serious investors. Even with a full workload he would always get back to me very quickly. I always thought maybe he treated me differently because I was an early investor. But it just dawned on me recently that that is how he treats every investor of his which is remarkable. Probably why he can still be going strong after 20+ years in Buenos Aires.

I will look for it and ask his permission. I am not sure if I still have it. Before I hired him, I asked him for a reference letter or phone number of some current clients. I did get a few phone numbers. One an attorney out of Houston and another banker out of NYC. But 2 letters that were extraordinary was one from the Chief Economist of the Federal Bank in Dallas. Another was Ray Hunt, a billionaire out of Dallas. It was remarkable that he was working with such high calibre people and he was very young and they told me they were already working with him over 8 years. I found that remarkable that such a young man already had built up those kind of networking professional contacts.

He is an extraordinary guy.

I know people that used him before and they all speak very highly of @BuySellBA. I spoke to him a few times and feel fortunate that he brought down a lot of things. I feel terrible but he told me to order whatever I wanted and ship it to his house. He never complained and he brought it all down. I have also spoken to him and my sister has just hired their company to furnish her property and they have agreed to manage it when she is done. We are so happy! He wouldn't take it on as we didn't hire his company but he asked my sister to make a donation to her favorite charity for his consulting fee. We did hire them and paid $6,500 USD to their interior designer to furnish the entire place but at least they will manage it when it's done.

 

[CraigM]

@CraigM I can attest to how hard Mike worked. I am not a current client but I was a client very early on. I first hired him in 2003. And I hired him to buy 2 properties as I was so impressed with my investment and the returns I was making. I couldn't understand it as I would email him at all hours of the day or night. This was before WhatsApp existed. It was all emails back then. It didn't matter what time it was. I was in Los Angeles so we had a 4 or sometimes 5 hour time difference. He would answer no matter what time it was. Sometimes it would be 2 or 3 in the morning Buenos Aires time. I would almost always get a response within 10 minutes. Sometimes 5 minuets. I couldn't honestly understand how he did it.

But that time he already had many clients. I bought my 2nd property in 2006. He was already famous by then. He was in the Economist Magazine and by that time he was turning away investors and charging $500 dollars just to talk on the phone. He told me he did that to filter out serious investors. Even with a full workload he would always get back to me very quickly. I always thought maybe he treated me differently because I was an early investor. But it just dawned on me recently that that is how he treats every investor of his which is remarkable. Probably why he can still be going strong after 20+ years in Buenos Aires.

I will look for it and ask his permission. I am not sure if I still have it. Before I hired him, I asked him for a reference letter or phone number of some current clients. I did get a few phone numbers. One an attorney out of Houston and another banker out of NYC. But 2 letters that were extraordinary was one from the Chief Economist of the Federal Bank in Dallas. Another was Ray Hunt, a billionaire out of Dallas. It was remarkable that he was working with such high calibre people and he was very young and they told me they were already working with him over 8 years. I found that remarkable that such a young man already had built up those kind of networking professional contacts.

He is an extraordinary guy.

That is remarkable Jon and a hell of an endorsement, I appreciate you sharing.

 

[Wally]

People SHOULD retire early IF they can comfortably afford it and know they will comfortably have enough funds to last them the rest of their lives. This is to include any emergencies or health issues. I've said this before but I think it is worth repeating, people account for BEST CASE scenarios when they plan retirement when instead they should plan for WORST CASE scenarios. Everyone always thinks they won't have health issues and trust me, they come up. About 6 years I got diagnosed with a rare disorder and I have constant pain. I've spent a small fortune going around the world trying to find a cure but so far no go. You don't want to know how much I have spent on this that is NOT covered by insurance and I have great insurance.

Yes, I co-owned a healthcare company before shifting to my real estate empire. All true. Yes, people said why stop. But @FuturoBA the difference is I was already a millionaire when I was 26. I'm not sure your situation but probably different circumstances and I can tell you when I was 26 a million was a hell of a lot more than a million is today! I was a multi-millionaire by the time I was 29. So again, probably a different scenario so I'm not sure you want to be using me as a case study. I worked my ass off and I still do.

I will stand by my opinion that youngish guys like you should be working your fricking asses off saving as life costs more than you think it will. Now, maybe I am wrong about you. But I have seen lots of guys that post stuff like this. I have rarely seen it work out over a long haul.

But if you are saying you doubt you can afford kids in Buenos Aires and you want to settle down some day. I'd say you ain't even close to retiring and should be focusing on working and building up assets. The last thing I'd recommend is you moving down to Buenos Aires to slack off. Sorry but I have to be honest and consistent with my advice.

The difference which I've posted before was I worked hard, I had extremely wealthy contacts/clients. So you are mistaken. I said that if the real estate mogul thing didn't work out, I could always go back to my multi-BILLIONAIRE clients and get a job as I by that time had job offers every year. I took a company from concept to making multiple millions of dollars a year. So again, I'm probably not the case study to retire early. Although my handle is @earlyretirement I mostly worked 15 hours a day while I lived in Buenos Aires and even today I routinely work 12 hours a day.

I could have retired long ago if I wanted to. But guess what, even I worry about if I will have enough money so I would be scared shitless if I were some of you younger guys that want to retire with not much assets. That would scare the sh*t out of me.

Great advice! Great post! I figured you were wildly successful if you moved down to a place like Argentina right after the corralito. The balls you must have had! I can't imagine that now in my 50's let alone when you were in your 20's. That is crazy for me to imagine. Congrats for all your success. It sounds like you are still knocking them out of the park!

People SHOULD retire early IF they can comfortably afford it and know they will comfortably have enough funds to last them the rest of their lives. This is to include any emergencies or health issues. I've said this before but I think it is worth repeating, people account for BEST CASE scenarios when they plan retirement when instead they should plan for WORST CASE scenarios. Everyone always thinks they won't have health issues and trust me, they come up. About 6 years I got diagnosed with a rare disorder and I have constant pain. I've spent a small fortune going around the world trying to find a cure but so far no go. You don't want to know how much I have spent on this that is NOT covered by insurance and I have great insurance.

Yes, I co-owned a healthcare company before shifting to my real estate empire. All true. Yes, people said why stop. But @FuturoBA the difference is I was already a millionaire when I was 26. I'm not sure your situation but probably different circumstances and I can tell you when I was 26 a million was a hell of a lot more than a million is today! I was a multi-millionaire by the time I was 29. So again, probably a different scenario so I'm not sure you want to be using me as a case study. I worked my ass off and I still do.

I will stand by my opinion that youngish guys like you should be working your fricking asses off saving as life costs more than you think it will. Now, maybe I am wrong about you. But I have seen lots of guys that post stuff like this. I have rarely seen it work out over a long haul.

But if you are saying you doubt you can afford kids in Buenos Aires and you want to settle down some day. I'd say you ain't even close to retiring and should be focusing on working and building up assets. The last thing I'd recommend is you moving down to Buenos Aires to slack off. Sorry but I have to be honest and consistent with my advice.

The difference which I've posted before was I worked hard, I had extremely wealthy contacts/clients. So you are mistaken. I said that if the real estate mogul thing didn't work out, I could always go back to my multi-BILLIONAIRE clients and get a job as I by that time had job offers every year. I took a company from concept to making multiple millions of dollars a year. So again, I'm probably not the case study to retire early. Although my handle is @earlyretirement I mostly worked 15 hours a day while I lived in Buenos Aires and even today I routinely work 12 hours a day.

I could have retired long ago if I wanted to. But guess what, even I worry about if I will have enough money so I would be scared shitless if I were some of you younger guys that want to retire with not much assets. That would scare the sh*t out of me.

Great advice! Great post! I figured you were wildly successful if you moved down to a place like Argentina right after the corralito. The balls you must have had! I can't imagine that now in my 50's let alone when you were in your 20's. That is crazy for me to imagine. Congrats for all your success. It sounds like you are still knocking them out of the park!

I'm sorry to hear about your health situation and hope that if they can't find a cure that you've at least found something or someone who has it under controlled. This makes your already impressive story that much more so. You're the definition of no excuses stopping you from doing what you do and doing what you've done. Although I may not agree with everything (and don't even think this is a big disagreement) you're definitely an inspiration.

Mike makes a great point about health situation can change. My parents were perfectly healthy and then got sick very suddenly. It can certainly wipe out savings quickly! Not only for them but it can suck resources (money and time) for adult children as well. Life is always more difficult than you thought not easier. All great points.

Nothing better than good health.

 

[James Bond]

Mike said he would deliver the bad news to you Johnny, but he warned us that you wouldn't stand for it and we may have to duke it out. That's okay, hockey season just finished so we were looking for something to do anyway 🙂

Looking forward to meeting in person as well!

Are all you guys really all invested in the same buildings? Wow. I guess it makes sense. I saw there are many owners in the same building. I wish I jumped in winter 2023. That had very low prices!

So much great advice here Mike. I must admit to being puzzled by that handle given your work habits. Maybe change it to earlyriser? 🙂

I have friends like this. Super successful. After a certain point I don't think they do it for the money. Almost all of my friends that own successful businesses aren't doing it for the money and they love what they do. I imagine it's probably the same here.

@CraigM I can attest to how hard Mike worked. I am not a current client but I was a client very early on. I first hired him in 2003. And I hired him to buy 2 properties as I was so impressed with my investment and the returns I was making. I couldn't understand it as I would email him at all hours of the day or night. This was before WhatsApp existed. It was all emails back then. It didn't matter what time it was. I was in Los Angeles so we had a 4 or sometimes 5 hour time difference. He would answer no matter what time it was. Sometimes it would be 2 or 3 in the morning Buenos Aires time. I would almost always get a response within 10 minutes. Sometimes 5 minuets. I couldn't honestly understand how he did it.

But that time he already had many clients. I bought my 2nd property in 2006. He was already famous by then. He was in the Economist Magazine and by that time he was turning away investors and charging $500 dollars just to talk on the phone. He told me he did that to filter out serious investors. Even with a full workload he would always get back to me very quickly. I always thought maybe he treated me differently because I was an early investor. But it just dawned on me recently that that is how he treats every investor of his which is remarkable. Probably why he can still be going strong after 20+ years in Buenos Aires.

I will look for it and ask his permission. I am not sure if I still have it. Before I hired him, I asked him for a reference letter or phone number of some current clients. I did get a few phone numbers. One an attorney out of Houston and another banker out of NYC. But 2 letters that were extraordinary was one from the Chief Economist of the Federal Bank in Dallas. Another was Ray Hunt, a billionaire out of Dallas. It was remarkable that he was working with such high calibre people and he was very young and they told me they were already working with him over 8 years. I found that remarkable that such a young man already had built up those kind of networking professional contacts.

He is an extraordinary guy.

Wow just wow. I am meeting Mike in Spain in a few weeks and I can't wait!

 

[Jenn]

So you get inheritance and then kick BF to the side bc he doesn't want to leave familly and mom. I don't we should date then mustache or no mustache, sorry. I was even going to wear extra thick socks for too lol.

Her boyfriend is a bum! What don't you get? She tried to help him and he refuses to improve his life! Sounds like the typical guy these days! Hell, do you still live with your mom?? Judging by your posts It wouldn't surprise me.

Are all you guys really all invested in the same buildings? Wow. I guess it makes sense. I saw there are many owners in the same building. I wish I jumped in winter 2023. That had very low prices!


I have friends like this. Super successful. After a certain point I don't think they do it for the money. Almost all of my friends that own successful businesses aren't doing it for the money and they love what they do. I imagine it's probably the same here.


Wow just wow. I am meeting Mike in Spain in a few weeks and I can't wait!

I can't wait to meet you two! Mike said he is setting up a meeting with you two @James Bond That will be fun. I am also going to Barcelona and may meet up with him before Malaga. He is there the longest. Anyone know if he is single??? 🤣

 

[Betsy Ross]

I can't wait to meet you two! Mike said he is setting up a meeting with you two @James Bond That will be fun. I am also going to Barcelona and may meet up with him before Malaga. He is there the longest. Anyone know if he is single???

So great you will meet him. I just recently met him as well as a few other members a few weeks ago. He told me he was going to Spain and Italy for the summer. You will enjoy your meeting. No @Jenn he is married with kids. He showed me photos of his beautiful family.

 

[FuturoBA]

Sorry I am on @Che Vos side. The guy is a grown ass adult! It sounds like you really would get along with her ex! Ha. I know many people like this. They partner wants them to be better and instead they want to stay a loser forever. I have friends like this that also lost their girlfriends.


You are becoming my favorite poster! I love your sense of humor! Hang out with me my next trip to Buenos Aires. At least I will be the better looking out of the two of us!


I met Mike and Johnny on my last trip to Buenos Aires. We had a lunch and dinner together. Mike's story is one of the most inspiring and interesting stories I have ever heard in my life. He sent me a few chapters of his autobiography he is writing. I couldn't stop reading it! I read one chapter on X that he posted last year and I asked him and he sent me about 8 Chapters. It's no wonder Netflix wants to buy it! He reminds me of the guy from the Dos Equis beer commercial. He is truly the most interesting man alive. I have honestly never met anyone like him.

Some of the stories @Johnny told me about trips they have taken. I wouldn't have believed it but they had tons of photos. It was so inspiring @FuturoBA!

Just teasing @Che Vos a little. I don't have the details. Although I stand by the fact it would be messed up to dump him after she got her money, when it could've been done just as easily before. She's free to clarify or not.

I keep pushing my move back, but September or October I should be set. Would love to hang out, let me know when you're in town.

 

[Avocado]

What this mean? Barista means people that work at coffee shop. Wait. You don't want to work hard now in USA. You American right? You want to not work hard now and you want to be barista you whole life? Is right? Maybe my English is not good. I don't understand. You want to be working in coffee shop all your life?

These lazy Americans make me laugh. First that one American guy in Mendoza cheating on his taxes and now @FuturoBA. Where do these people come from???

I thought all American people hard workers but now these 2 American guys make me wonder 🤣

 

[Avocado]

Just teasing @Che Vos a little. I don't have the details. Although I stand by the fact it would be messed up to dump him after she got her money, when it could've been done just as easily before. She's free to clarify or not.

I keep pushing my move back, but September or October I should be set. Would love to hang out, let me know when you're in town.

Why would she want to hang out with someone that is lazy? 🤣 Just a joke. You seem like good guy. Can you bring me something from USA when you come? I promise not ask you full suitcase like Betsy.

 

[Larry]

Why would she want to hang out with someone that is lazy? 🤣 Just a joke. You seem like good guy. Can you bring me something from USA when you come? I promise not ask you full suitcase like Betsy.

Poor @FuturoBA. Now that that other guy got banned the website is so much better! I can't even remember his name. I went to see the name but I guess he got kicked off this site for good. How long is ban for? Anyone know? It is much better. I hope he never comes back. The downside now @FuturoBA is the lazy American that doesn't want to work. 😛

 

[VINO]

Poor @FuturoBA. Now that that other guy got banned the website is so much better! I can't even remember his name. I went to see the name but I guess he got kicked off this site for good. How long is ban for? Anyone know? It is much better. I hope he never comes back. The downside now @FuturoBA is the lazy American that doesn't want to work. 😛

The guy's name was @statusNoadicus. He posts on X but no one even responds to him. Strange guy. He blocked everyone on X that didn't think like him. People called him out and now no one responds to him. I think he quit this site or got banned. Or maybe he is in hiding from Avocado calling ARCA on him.

https://x.com/StatusNomadicus

https://x.com/StatusNomadicus

 

[FuturoBA]

Why would she want to hang out with someone that is lazy? 🤣 Just a joke. You seem like good guy. Can you bring me something from USA when you come? I promise not ask you full suitcase like Betsy.

Naaah I'm too lazy to carry anything extra remember? 😉

But let me know when I get closer to the date. I'll probably be packing as much as I can so it will be tough.

And @Avocado why do you need me to bring anything, don't they already sell your Playboy magazines there already?? haha

Poor @FuturoBA. Now that that other guy got banned the website is so much better! I can't even remember his name. I went to see the name but I guess he got kicked off this site for good. How long is ban for? Anyone know? It is much better. I hope he never comes back. The downside now @FuturoBA is the lazy American that doesn't want to work. 😛

Maybe it was for his own protection and to help him not get deported.

 

[ElQueso]

I just love that. One day we're going to have to track this girl down, get her to say it on camera 🙂

I just saw your other post! Jesus this is so funny. Someone needs to find this girl! Was she hot @CraigM

Naaah I'm too lazy to carry anything extra remember? 😉

But let me know when I get closer to the date. I'll probably be packing as much as I can so it will be tough.

And @Avocado why do you need me to bring anything, don't they already sell your Playboy magazines there already?? haha

Maybe it was for his own protection and to help him not get deported.

I read those other posts. What a train wreck. That guy sounds like he had some serious issues. I read some of his long posts. It sounds like the owner of this site saved the guy from his own misery. He is lucky!