Episodes
Sunday Jun 26, 2016
Expat Files - 06.26.16
Sunday Jun 26, 2016
Sunday Jun 26, 2016
Descriptions for The ExPat Files Show #573
#1-
Latins tend to mix English and Metric weights and measures with no
apparent rhyme or reason. It seems crazy to us. Today we have some
common but weird examples of how new Expats can easily get frustrated
and confused. Bottom line, you should bone up on kilometers, meters,
kilos, liters and centimeters before coming down
#2– Just when
you thought Bitcoin was dead.. its back again with a vengeance as Mexico
becomes the first country to roll out a phone app that lets you buy
and sell Bitcoin in grocery stores and make store-wide purchases.
#3-
Machetes 101: Today we discuss Machetes as fashion statements, Machete
Zen, Machete etiquette and the mystique of the female Machete user
#4-
Chef schools, Culinary classes and courses are the latest hobby/fad
among upscale Latin American ladies of leisure and their entitled kids.
Seems every nice shopping all has one or two small but well-equipped
culinary schools. However there’s a big turnover and most places don’t
last a year
#5-Consult with Johnny- Schedule a cell or Skype
call: Set up a time to talk and sort out your own specific Latin
American “PLAN- B”. Just write “CONSULT” in the subject line with a
short list of questions/talking points to: theexpatfiles@gmail.com
#6-
Visit me Johnny(and expat super blogger John Galt) at www.TheNewExpat.com where you get real “boots on the ground” info,
experienced expat blogs and terrific one-of-kind reports.
SIGNUP FOR JOHNNY’S JULY 2016 - LATIN AMERICAN “INSIDER” SEMINAR
Held
in and around Guatemala, Central America - “off the Gringo tourist
trail,” Saturday July 9th thru Thursday July 14th. Click the link on top
of the www.TheNewExpat.com main-page or email: theexpatfiles@gmail.com or, or click on the link below (or paste it in your browser)
http://thenewexpat.com/johnnys-july-2016-latin-american-insider-seminar/
Friday Jun 24, 2016
Expat Files - 06.24.16
Friday Jun 24, 2016
Friday Jun 24, 2016
Descriptions for THE EXPAT FILES SHOW #572
#1-
In Latin America you should not only be on the lookout for counterfeit
dough, but be on the lookout for counterfeit concert tickets too! Today
we have another true boots-on-the-ground story this time regarding fake
“Judas Priest” tickets in Colombia. BTW: most all of the big first-world
acts swing through big cities in Latin America these days even many
moldy dinosaurs of rock like Arrowsmith, Metallica, America and Jethro
Tull
#2–Latin America is the land of excessive kissing, hugging…
not to mention diminished personal space. It can put you off, or be
great fun. In either case, get used to it!
#3-How to get motivated Latins (who are forever on “manana time”) to value time and scheduling the way we gringos do (kinda).
#4-More
solid proof of why Belize can be a nice place to visit but you wouldn’t
want to live there… not permanently anyway(unless you are young, stupid
and invincible)
#5- A personal walk-through and first hand
report on how to authenticate your necessary FBI police or Sheriffs
report at a local Latin Consulate / Embassy in the USA. Remember, you
must have these reports certified and authenticated to obtain your
permanent or temporary residency in any Latin country
#6-Consult
with Johnny- Schedule a cell or Skype call: Set up a time to talk and
sort out your own specific Latin American “PLAN- B”. Just write
“CONSULT” in the subject line with a short list of questions/talking
points to: theexpatfiles@gmail.com
#7- Visit me Johnny (and expat super blogger John Galt) at www.TheNewExpat.com where you get real “boots on the ground” info, experienced expat blogs and terrific one-of-kind reports.
SIGNUP FOR JOHNNY’S JULY 2016 - LATIN AMERICAN “INSIDER” SEMINAR
Held
in and around Guatemala, Central America- “off the Gringo tourist
trail”, Saturday July 9th thru Thursday July 14th. Click the link on top
of the www.TheNewExpat.com main-page or email: theexpatfiles@gmail.com or, or click on the link below (or paste it in your browser)
http://thenewexpat.com/johnnys-july-2016-latin-american-insider-seminar/
Sunday Jun 19, 2016
Expat Files - 06.19.16
Sunday Jun 19, 2016
Sunday Jun 19, 2016
Descriptions for The ExPat Files Show #571
#1- Details on Panama’s new “Friendly Nations” residency program: Since 2014 Panama has designated fifty so-called “friendly” nations whose citizens now get a preferential fast-track to permanent residency. Sounds great but there are still many unforeseen hoops to jump through and a lot of red tape. BTW: what idiot still believes the US is a “friendly” nation?
#2–Tips on contracting maids and cleaning ladies:
Number one- you just don’t hire one, give her a mop and a bucket and let her get cracking. That can be a recipe for disaster.
#3-Tips on Gold/Silver purchases and metal shipping in Latin America:
Some Gringos and Expats think it’s difficult and nearly impossible to have a backup stash of precious metals in Latin America. Many also think the logistics of moving their metals from the states to the 3rd world insurmountable. Its simply not true…
#4-Metals storage vaults outside US are all the rage with people who consider themselves alternative thinkers. Today we have first hand stories regarding foreign country vault and safety deposit storage. Tales that just might scare you into burying your goods in your own back yard(still a good idea)
#5-Consult with Johnny- Schedule a cell or Skype call: Set up a time to talk and sort out your own specific Latin American “PLAN- B”. Just write “CONSULT” in the subject line with a short list of questions/talking points to: theexpatfiles@gmail.com
#6- Visit me Johnny(and expat super blogger John Galt) at www.TheNewExpat.com where you get real “boots on the ground” info, experienced expat blogs and terrific one-of-kind reports.
SIGNUP FOR JOHNNY’S JULY 2016 - LATIN AMERICAN “INSIDER” SEMINAR
Held in and around Guatemala, Central America- “off the Gringo tourist trail”, Saturday July 9th thru Thursday July 14th. Click the link on top of the www.TheNewExpat.com main-page or email: theexpatfiles@gmail.com or, or click on the link below (or paste it in your browser)
http://thenewexpat.com/johnnys-july-2016-latin-american-insider-seminar/
Friday Jun 17, 2016
Expat Files - 06.17.16
Friday Jun 17, 2016
Friday Jun 17, 2016
Descriptions for The ExPat Files Show - 06-17-2016
#1- Tricks, diversions and scams used by “cambio guys”... those ever present street-corner and land-border money changers in Latin America. How to get a fair deal if obliged to trade with them.
#2– How to get the best bank exchange rate when changing US dollar funny money to Latin funny money- and vice versa.
#3- How to avoid looking and acting like a clueless gringo at those famously chaotic and confusing land borders. Note, they’re bustling with people and street commerce, fertile ground for hustlers who love spotting out clueless gringos
#4- Counterfeit dough in Latin America: Massive amounts counterfeit bills are floating around Latin America. That’s why so many mom and pop shops have samples of counterfeit dough taped up at the check-out register…especially in the small towns out in boonies. When the music stops, you don’t want to be holding or passing any of that bad script. How can you tell if the Latin dough in you pocket is real or counterfeit? There are ways...
#5- Consult with Johnny- Schedule a cell or Skype call: Set up a time to talk and sort out your own specific Latin American “PLAN- B”. Just write “CONSULT” in the subject line with a short list of questions/talking points to: theexpatfiles@gmail.com
#6- Visit me Johnny(and expat super blogger John Galt) at www.TheNewExpat.com where you get real “boots on the ground” info, experienced expat blogs and terrific one-of-kind reports.
SIGNUP FOR JOHNNY’S JULY 2016 - LATIN AMERICAN “INSIDER” SEMINAR
Held in and around Guatemala, Central America- “off the Gringo tourist trail”, Saturday July 9th thru Thursday July 14th. Click the link on top of the www.TheNewExpat.com main-page or email: theexpatfiles@gmail.com or, or click on the link below (or paste it in your browser)
http://thenewexpat.com/johnnys-july-2016-latin-american-insider-seminar/
Sunday Jun 12, 2016
Expat Files - 06.12.16
Sunday Jun 12, 2016
Sunday Jun 12, 2016
Description for THE ExPat Files Show - 06-12-2016
#1- More of the latest info on the Latin American residency process: People don’t realize that if you don’t have permanent or temporary residency in a particular Latin country and wish to remain, you must leave the place every 3 months and spend at least one 24 hour day out of that country before returning again. You must repeat that process indefinitely. There are some minor exceptions but the Bottom line is: you must start the residency process as soon as possible since it’s not getting any easier to obtain
#2– More late breaking info on offshore banking in Latin America. It’s become a tortured path. The USA has made it so. Expats living in Latin Countries definitely need to get accounts and will need help along the way
#3-No doubt about it, if you insist on eating street food (and tortillas) you will occasionally get a dose of Montezuma’s revenge. Yes, it will happen even if you eat (tortillas) at safe and sanitary upscale restaurants. Here are a few reasons why..
#4-Today we have another unusual story. This time its a comment about the living conditions of the lower middle-class and poor Latins who will most certainly be working in and around your house
#5-Consult with Johnny- Schedule a cell or Skype call: Set up a time to talk and sort out your own specific Latin American “PLAN- B”. Just write “CONSULT” in the subject line with a short list of questions/talking points to: theexpatfiles@gmail.com
#6- Visit me Johnny (and expat super blogger John Galt) at www.TheNewExpat.com where you get real “boots on the ground” info, experienced expat blogs and terrific one-of-kind reports.
SIGNUP FOR JOHNNY’S JULY 2016 - LATIN AMERICAN “INSIDER” SEMINAR
Held in and around Guatemala, Central America- “off the Gringo tourist trail”, Saturday July 9th thru Thursday July 14th. Click the link on top of the www.TheNewExpat.com main-page or email: theexpatfiles@gmail.com or, or click on the link below (or paste it in your browser)
http://thenewexpat.com/johnnys-july-2016-latin-american-insider-seminar/
Friday Jun 10, 2016
Expat Files - 06.10.16
Friday Jun 10, 2016
Friday Jun 10, 2016
#1- When Gringos apply for residency and/or citizenship/passport in
their new Latin country- do they really need to be fluent in Spanish?
Well the forms are all in Spanish, as well the questions immigration
authorities will ask. To get through it ok, at what level of Spanish
might you reasonably get by? Remember, there‘s no such thing as press #1
for “Ingles”, in Latin America!
#2– Here’s a question: how would
your morale stand up if you were a public school teacher/professor and
your government’s dept. of education was 6 months in arrears on your
paycheck? Nope, nothing new down here. Par for the course for all things
public in Latin America
#3- Even the most “average” stateside
gringo knows there’s something bad coming in the USA. Though right now
its like the calm before the storm. Meanwhile 95% of Americans keep
their heads down and continue to spin endlessly on the treadmills. Oh,
but when asked what they’ll do when TSHTF most say they’ll have a plan
by then. For now they’re mostly thinking about planning to get a plan.
But you’re not one of those types, right? Your plan “B” is well under
way, correct?
#4- You can buy the latest computers and smart
gadgets in Latin America, especially if you live near a decent sized
city. When you purchase electronics you’ll get the ususal
guarantees/warranties too. However, except for US store branches like
Sears, Office Depot and Costco, etc., Latin warranty service is only
fair to dismal. Bottom line, don’t assume your flat-screen TV warranty
is as advertised. So then, should you buy big ticket items at Sears or
Costco so just for the sake of the solid warranties? Today we tackle
that theme and more..
#5-Consult with Johnny- Schedule a cell or
Skype call: Set up a time to talk and sort out your own specific Latin
American “PLAN- B”. Just write “CONSULT” in the subject line with a
short list of questions/talking points to: theexpatfiles@gmail.com
#6-
Visit me Johnny(and expat super blogger John Galt) at
www.TheNewExpat.com where you get real “boots on the ground” info,
experienced expat blogs and terrific one-of-kind reports.
SIGNUP FOR JOHNNY’S JULY 2016 LATIN AMERICAN “INSIDER” SEMINAR
Held
in and around Guatemala, Central America- “off the Gringo tourist
trail”, Saturday July 9th thru Thursday July 14th. Click the link on top
of the www.TheNewExpat.com main-page or email: theexpatfiles@gmail.com or, or click on the link below (or paste it in your browser)
http://thenewexpat.com/johnnys-july-2016-latin-american-insider-seminar/
Sunday Jun 05, 2016
Expat Files - 06.05.16
Sunday Jun 05, 2016
Sunday Jun 05, 2016
#1- The Venezuelan crisis: 101 things you never knew but really should
#2– Confucious say, “Select your words carefully… for someday you may have to eat them”. Today we discuss a short list of first-world Hollywood and Media blockheads who repeatedly have sucked up to Hugo Chavez and Nicholas Maduro. And yes, now they are eating their fawning, doting, idiotic words.
#3- The vast majority of people working on an escape plan or “Plan B” have heard that- as US citizens- they cannot open foreign bank accounts anymore unless they have created an S.A. corporation or have obtained legal residency in that foreign country. That’s only partly true. Today we explain other faster, simpler and much cheaper way.
#4- Latin supermarkets and tiendas sell all types of table salt and many of the cheap brands contain not only iodine but FLOURIDE!!! Does that mean when you eat out you’re continously getting dosed? Not necessarily so and here’s why..
#5-Consult with Johnny- Schedule a cell or Skype call: Set up a time to talk and sort out your own specific Latin American “PLAN- B”. Just write “CONSULT” in the subject line with a short list of questions/talking points to: theexpatfiles@gmail.com
#6- Visit me Johnny(and expat super blogger John Galt) at www.TheNewExpat.com where you get real “boots on the ground” info, experienced expat blogs and terrific one-of-kind reports.
Friday Jun 03, 2016
Expat Files - 06.03.16
Friday Jun 03, 2016
Friday Jun 03, 2016