i am jbeas176. no change in user name. i was a member for 20 years so i know most of you. for those that don’t know me, i am not on social media. 70 years old and retired. i was a commercial general contractor specializing in data centers and hospital renovations. i spend my time between phoenix arizona, medellin colombia, and have owned an apartment in buenos aires for 23 years. hello to all old and new
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Hello jbeas176. Welcome. I am also somewhat new to this board. Wow you have owned your apartment a long time. What part of town is it in? I am looking now at an apartment. I like Recoleta the most. Lots of old world charm. Also quieter than Palermo. How much time do you spend in BA vs. Medellin. I have been to Medellin a few times but it seems like it has gone down hill and the last few times I didn't feel welcome as an American. Lots of African Americans there now giving it a bad name as a sex tourism destination. Sad to see.
Good to see you over here @jbeas176. That old forum is on its last legs. It seems like most of the old-timers have moved on. Good to see you still have your apartment in BA.
Wally
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Welcome aboard. I stopped going to that old forum when this one started. The owner of that forum is a nut. He deleted a few of my posts without even mentioning it. Great to have this new forum.
Nasdaq
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Welcome. I am mostly in lurker mode here. So many helpful posts. Good to see people coming over. I know many people changed their screen names from the old forum to prevent the owner from blocking them on that site. But good to see some old-timers still around BA. Many left.
Wow hospital renovations? Is that very common? I figure a hospital doesn't get renovated but once every several decades. Did you work in Latin America with that or only USA? What do you think about the situation in Argentina with the price of things? Great to see the exchange rate finally go up with the Dollar. Welcome.
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Good to see some familiar faces here. I have long since left Buenos Aires but still check out the forum from time to time.
The gang is all here. Welcome home.
thanks for all. i divide my time between all three depending on the season. i married my colombian girlfriend after 18 years together. ots been my plan to move my home city, big city buenos aires, and near the ocean like santa marta colombia. hung up in medellin taking care of patricias mother. the father passed away 2 years ago. my impression of medellin is different. i like the city and have never felt threatened. my problem is you need a car. i live up on the mountain. as for hospital renovations they are going on all the time as new technologies are developed. i did supervise a hospital in bejing. data centers are complicated but right up my alley. i like a challenge. i was a part of the group that conected chicago mecantil with nasdax. i built the com centers every 125 miles and regeneration data centers in cleveland and new jersey about every 450 miles to refocus the light. it was for commodities and was taken to nyc for equities. belive its been written about by mike reilly. believe he called it the flash boys. really interesting to see the infrastructure of the fiber world. i spent time in nasdax and the meetme room on the atlantic coast where all the translantic cables landing in the US are distributed to the regions. look for to helping where i can. again thanks for the welcome
Avocado
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Welcome. Wow you sound like a very accomplished expat. Your job sounds interesting. Very interesting having 3 homes. You sound like you live very interesting life. Good to see people like you in my country.
Good to see you over here too. Great to hear you still have your place in BA.
That's great. Do you have residency in Argentina and Colombia as well?
Welcome buddy. I totally agree with you. Getting permanent residency in Argentina opens a new can of worms with taxes.
Finance Prof
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What if you wanted to live in Argentina more than 2 months @jbeas176? Can you do tourist runs back and forth? I agree the wealth tax here needs to be well thought out. The reality for the past decades is Argentina didn't really investigate what assets you have outside of Argentina but that could change. I had some properties in the USA but I changed them into a name of an LLC to get them out of my name and avoid the asset tax in Argentina because I have permanent residency here.
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My friend's wife is from Colombian and they didn't bother even getting a passport there and he has a lot of permanent residencies. I'm going in 2 weeks with Mike to go to Mexico. He is helping me get permanent residency in Mexico. It is very easy. You just have to have money. I completed the part in the USA at the Mexican Consulate and I have my appointment to get my card on September 3. I will stay in Mexico with Mike working until I get my card which should take less than 2 weeks. I can't wait to get permanent residency there too.
funny story. when i came here i was clueless. i know i payed too much for my pozo apt. they asked for a financial statement to prove the money was legal. so gave them one for 1 mil. looking back that was really stupid. i am pretty sure if i became a resident that would come back to haunt me. 10,000 a year. oh my god that would hurt
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