The Space for Expatriates

March 2010 Blog Posts (19)

Five Facts about the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion

If you are living and working abroad you may be entitled to the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion. Here are five important facts from the IRS about the exclusion:…

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Added by Don D. Nelson on March 23, 2010 at 8:36am — No Comments

Order the eBook, "Baja Diaries-Chronicles of a Paradise Lost."

Meet the Author of “Baja Diaries-Chronicles of a Paradise Lost” by Kevin Byrd

This is not the first book to be written by George Puckett but it is his

first attempt at Creative Non-Fiction at age sixty two. He is the father of

three. He has two…

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Added by George Puckett on March 23, 2010 at 5:50am — 1 Comment

Notas sobre el Tequila San Felipe en el Festival de Mar de Cortés:

¿Qué puedo decir? Cuando llegué por primera vez la llamada a desempeñar el Tequila San Felipe del Festival, yo estaba saltando arriba y abajo como un niño de 10 años! ¿Tequila? Playa? Tacos de pescado? Música? Mi música? Too cool! Por supuesto, con un álbum…

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Added by Natasha James on March 23, 2010 at 1:53am — No Comments

Notes from the San Felipe Tequila Festival and the Baja 250

Notes on the San Felipe Tequila Festival on the Sea of Cortez:…

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Added by Natasha James on March 23, 2010 at 1:46am — 1 Comment

NO MORE BANK TRUSTS???? COULD HAPPEN

Just saw this news article on the Internet that Senators from the PAN, PRI, CONVERGENCIA and NUEVA ALIANZA have proposed a change in the law that would allow foreigners to purchase without a bank trust (fideicomiso) . PAN, Javier Castelo

Parada, Jaime Rafael Díaz Ochoa, María Serrano Serrano, Alejandro

González Alcocer, Ramón Galindo Noriega y Juan Bueno Torio; PRI,

Eloy Cantú Segovia; and the… Continue

Added by Mercy Stirling de Duenas on March 22, 2010 at 7:00pm — 2 Comments

Pay Pal Donations

George,

Hope I am one of the firsts. We really appreciate all your efforts (although I am really a lurker in the background so to speak) and so this evening I have done a $10 donation to show it. We also would like to put out the challange to all the other "My Space" members to meet it or beat it over the next 10 days by the 31st.

Good luck to you all and George will keep us all apprised I am sure!

Bob

Added by Bob Phippen on March 21, 2010 at 10:22pm — No Comments

HI all ...

I have a blog where I tell about our experiences here in Mexico ... we are the only family that lives here all year round - besides us, there is Kenny, who lives in San Diego and one day will be coming back, Scott and Kim who are now mostly here bust sometimes in Idaho or California, Mike and Meg who come for vacations when they can sneal away, Gary who comes when the cold gets too cold at his other house and most recently Terry who is building on Bokanita and Bruce - the Canadian - who is…

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Added by Blanca and Les Heil on March 21, 2010 at 5:22pm — No Comments

Glad to be away from BIG BROTHER

In the USA today they will probably be legalizing the medical takeover. We are living in Cordoba, Veracruz and are happy to be in a place where we can pay (as little as $1.75) to visit a real doctor, buy medicines without prescriptions, not bother with paperwork or bureaucrats. I am 69 years old and have not had health insurance since 1977. We have lived here in Cordoba since 1992 and have just bought a house near Puerto Vallarta.

Life is good.

Added by frank shattuck on March 21, 2010 at 8:04am — 3 Comments

Excellent time to buy in Mexico - especially if you're Canadian!

Some people are thinking that prices in Mexico are currently very low, "but maybe they will go down a bit more.” We are

seeing some good movement in the upper end of the market ($1M plus

properties). Although no one has a crystal ball with a clear vision of

the future, I consider people looking for high-end properties to be good money

managers - what I call "smart money."…

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Added by Doug Jones on March 21, 2010 at 6:56am — 1 Comment

Real Estate Market Update - Sense of Urgencey

I know it has been difficult in the current market to create a sense of urgency with buyers - prices are excellent, "but maybe they will go down a bit more." Have you heard this? We are seeing some

good movement in the upper end of the market ($1M plus properties).

Although no one has a crystal ball with a clear vision of the future, I

consider people…

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Added by Doug Jones on March 21, 2010 at 6:54am — No Comments

US retirees unfazed by border violence

U.S. retirees are not letting the narco-violence in Mexico’s border cities interfere with their love affair with this country.…

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Added by George Puckett on March 20, 2010 at 7:30am — No Comments

Registering Your Mexican Cellphone-New Law

Registering Your Mexican Cell Phone

Topics: Living & Lifestyle | Travel Advice

Written by: Mexico Insight

Published: Monday, August 24, 2009 | Comments 0

In February of this year, Mexican law-makers rushed a bill through

Congress that requires mobile phone operators in Mexico to track and

store all customer details, calls,… Continue

Added by George Puckett on March 16, 2010 at 1:41pm — 4 Comments

MasterCraft Score Baja 250

Wow................Thousands of tourists in San Felipe this wk-end. Great time had by all. Great race !!!

Added by Shirley Moore on March 15, 2010 at 7:19am — No Comments

We are ready for Semana Santa !

Welcome to Yucatan Peninsular. We are ready toopen a couple of rooms for Easter. Incas you are planning to visit this part od Mexico, withall the highlights of the Mayan and Spanish culture, we would like to have you here in IZAMAL, the center of the Mayan and spanish culture. From here you can explore all the well known Mayan sites like Chichen Itza , Uxmal, Ek Blam, and many more unexplored ruins. within a short drive.

The old historic Haciendas are just minutes away from our new hotel.… Continue

Added by Harry Eder on March 11, 2010 at 9:00pm — No Comments

GUESS WHO ARE THE #5 COMPANIES MEXICANS COMPLAIN ABOUT??

http://www.cnnexpansion.com/mi-dinero/2010/03/09/las-cinco-empresas-con-mas-quejas?newscnn1=20100310

Great article talking about PROFECO and the top 5 companies of complaints that they have!! Now we all know, that for every complaint posted ANYWHERE..I think I read there are 10,000 OTHER PEOPLE who didn't take the time to complain!!! So here is a heads up!!! Hard to not… Continue

Added by Mercy Stirling de Duenas on March 10, 2010 at 11:07am — No Comments

Ahhhhhhh... MY MEXICO

Ahhh my Mexico, you are so beautiful, funny, eye opening, and delightful. You are not the Mexico of the hard working tourist who arrives for a week to luxuriate in an all inclusive. You are the Mexico of the people.... the Mexico that welcomes those with a sense of adventure, intrigue, and a love of learning into the lives of those who really live here. You are the Mexico that tests my openness, challenges my adaptation, and frees me to be me in all things.

The BIG BLACK CRITTER… Continue

Added by Linda Watson Lauer on March 8, 2010 at 11:05pm — 2 Comments

Developing The Sonora Gold Coast ... There is something new under the sun where desert meets the Sea of Cortes .... Infrastructure, Planning and Progress

WHAT IT WAS A DREAM 3 YEARS AGO, TODAY IS A REALITY

One of the most beautiful places on earth is the Sonora Gold Coast facing west along the Sea of Cortes, for so many years this tranquility sanctuary has…

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Added by Raul O'Farrill on March 7, 2010 at 3:12pm — No Comments

My Space vs. Facebook vs. Twitter

Wow! My First Real Estate Posting on Facebook: Puerto Vallarta http://apps.facebook.com/marketplace/view/-/1834614206/ Check it out...

Added by William Michael on March 5, 2010 at 10:06am — 1 Comment

Hot Babe Fairy Dust at Lake Chapala

By Kristina Morgan

Those of you who have read my past articles have read about the bromide

here, a mineral in the volcanic basin of the lake that evaporates into

the air. I call it our Happy Gas. But unless you live here you may not

know about what I call the Hot Babe Fairy Dust, a phenomenon that

occurs at Lake Chapala.

I feel like living in the Lake Chapala area has… Continue

Added by Kristina Morgan on March 2, 2010 at 9:42pm — No Comments