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Friday Sep 14, 2018
Friday Sep 14, 2018
Descriptions- EXPAT FILES SHOW #790 FRI, SEPT 14- (09-14-2018):
#1-Gringos doing business in Latin America:Yes gringos and expats with businesses always have the usual startup problems and some very UN-usual ones to!
#2- Handicapped and mobility challenged gringos and expats in Latin America- PART 1:
Today we have a quite extensive “boots on the ground” segment presented to us by a blind American who has lived and traveled in many places in Latin America.
#3- When Gringos and Expats get bad advice;
Gringo retirement rags, blogs, books and outfits like International Living are big on giving green gringos "expert" advice and they are excellent at furthering their own agendas- as well as pushing their own land a real estate projects. The problem is that they almost always give the so-called hot scoop on Latin destinations way too late… long after the party’s over and ship has sailed. So then what’s an expat gonnabee or wannabee to do?
#4- Johnny’s new “Expat Essentials Course” is a blueprint for your “Plan B” and the best way kick-start your exit plan before getting boots on the ground in Latin America. Check out the free intro video to the course now at www.theexpatfiles.com/academy
#5 Check out my “The Expat Files” You Tube channel. See all the fun slides and photos that go along with each show. There are now more than 150 shows posted on my YouTube channel so have a look.
#6- For more of Johnny’s reports, comments, adventures, news, surprises the famous “Expat Concierge Service” and more, check it all out at: www.thenewexpat.com
Sunday Sep 09, 2018
Sunday Sep 09, 2018
Descriptions- EXPAT FILES SHOW #789 SUN, SEPT 09- (09-09-2018):
#1-The how and when and the serendipity behind Expats finding their own unique Latin American business niches: It's the subject of today’s first “boots on the ground” story
#2- Food trucks and their lag-time in Latin America: Just five years ago there virtually no food trucks in Latin America- save for Mexico and Costa Rica. Now they are everywhere. A retired "Jarhead" living in Latin America tells why. How’d that happen and how did they get to Latin America all the way from Cleveland?
#3-What you didn’t know about the presence of ex-USA military guys in Latin America: A retired "Jarhead" living in Latin America tells why.
#4-When “awesome” is no longer “awesome”:A second look at my least favorite “A” word.
#5- Important late-breaking Chicken bus news you will never hear spoken about in the first-world media
#6- Johnny’s new “Expat Essentials Course” is a blueprint for your “Plan B” and the best way kick-start your exit plan before getting boots on the ground in Latin America. Check out the free intro video to the course now at www.theexpatfiles.com/academy
#7 Check out my “The Expat Files” You Tube channel. See all the fun slides and photos that go along with each show. There are now more than 150 shows posted on my YouTube channel so have a look.
#8- For more of Johnny’s reports, comments, adventures, news, surprises the famous “Expat Concierge Service” and more, check it all out at: www.thenewexpat.com
Friday Sep 07, 2018
Friday Sep 07, 2018
Descriptions- EXPAT FILES SHOW #788 FRI, SEPT 07- (09-07-2018):
#1-When Gringos rip-off Gringos- PART 2:
It’s a well-established pattern. Long-term Gringos with larceny in their hearts continuously hatch schemes to rip-off short term/newly arrived Gringos. Why does it keep happening? And why, when they get caught, do they not up in court, or jail… but instead pop-up elsewhere with a new twist on an old racket?
#2- So you’ve finally arrived in Latin American and plan to stay, and you have money to invest:Who do you trust for advice? … your new gringo buddy(s) who seem to really know the ropes, or your new English speaking Latin buddy(s) who grew up in your newly adopted homeland and definitely know the lay of the land?
#3-Can criminal stains be removed from your police or FBI report?
A criminal background check is a requisite when applying for residency in any Latin country. But sometimes when requesting a police or FBI report – there is an old college era misdemeanor or two or even a DUI? How does that play with the Latin bureaucrats? Will it automatically disqualify you? Are you forever SOL in your quest for Latin residency?
#4- The truth about Chicken buses: What the media will not show or tell you.
#5- Montezuma’s revenge (aka: backpacker’s revenge) revisited:
Some sage advice you need to hear, but probably won’t heed till its too late.
#6- Johnny’s new “Expat Essentials Course” is a blueprint for your “Plan B” and the best way kick-start your exit plan before getting boots on the ground in Latin America. Check out the free intro video to the course now at www.theexpatfiles.com/academy
#7 Check out my “The Expat Files” You Tube channel. See all the fun slides and photos that go along with each show. There are now more than 150 shows posted on my YouTube channel so have a look.
#8- For more of Johnny’s reports, comments, adventures, news, surprises the famous “Expat Concierge Service” and more, check it all out at: www.thenewexpat.com
Sunday Sep 02, 2018
Sunday Sep 02, 2018
Descriptions- EXPAT FILES SHOW #787 SUN, AUG 02- (09-02-2018):
#1-Lost in translation: the English language versus Spanish language
Cultural bias, nationalism and sensitive egos prevail in so-called in Latin American “educated” circles if one (especially a gringo) happens to bring up the fact that English is more flexible for writers than is Spanish.Bringing up the fact that there is only one Spanish language book (Don Quixote)listed in definitive lists of “the 100 most influential fiction works of all time” just seems to irritate and piss off most Latins (meaning the tiny percentage who actually read)
#2- The truth about upscale Latins who live in their exclusive cultural “bubbles”
#3-What you don’t know about chickens could fill a hen-house
#4- Will the influx of gringos and insurance kill cheap and good Healthcare in Latin America?
#5- Some surprising comments from Latin Healthcare professionals concerning the state of Healthcare in Latin America vs the USA.The subject of more than one “boots on the ground” story
#6- Johnny’s new “Expat Essentials Course” is a blueprint for your “Plan B” and the best way kick-start your exit plan before getting boots on the ground in Latin America. Check out the free intro video to the course now at www.theexpatfiles.com/academy
#7 Check out my “The Expat Files” You Tube channel. See all the fun slides and photos that go along with each show. There are now more than 150 shows posted on my YouTube channel so have a look.
#8- For more of Johnny’s reports, comments, adventures, news, surprises the famous “Expat Concierge Service” and more, check it all out at: www.thenewexpat.com
Friday Aug 31, 2018
Friday Aug 31, 2018
Descriptions- EXPAT FILES SHOW #786 FRI, AUG 31- (08-31-2018):
#1-What to do when you have to establish credit in Latin America:
How to build your Latin credit profile- if you so desire.
#2- The difference between a “Fiador” and “Co-signer””
You will need one or the other when renting a place, getting utility hookups and internet service. But what are they?
#3- A discussion of things that are totally illegal in the USA but completely legal in Latin America
#4- Those crazy gringos! Today we hit on a long list of gringo habits and customs that Latinos think are completely crazy
#5- Latins get up early and come home late, so they live for weekend and for all the other dozens of Latin government holidays and religious holy days they have that you and I have never heard of.
#6- If you live in Latin America you will never be totally prepared for the unannounced and spurious number of “unsanctioned bank and government” worker’s holidays”
#7- Johnny’s new “Expat Essentials Course” is a blueprint for your “Plan B” and the best way kick-start your exit plan before getting boots on the ground in Latin America. Check out the free intro video to the course now at www.theexpatfiles.com/academy
#8 Check out my “The Expat Files” You Tube channel. See all the fun slides and photos that go along with each show. There are now more than 150 shows posted on my YouTube channel so have a look.
#9- For more of Johnny’s reports, comments, adventures, news, surprises the famous “Expat Concierge Service” and more, check it all out at: www.thenewexpat.com
Sunday Aug 26, 2018
Sunday Aug 26, 2018
Descriptions- EXPAT FILES SHOW #785 SUN, AUG 26- (08-26-2018):
#1-Some of the hidden advantages of living and hanging out “off the tourist trail”
#2- When Gringos rip-off Gringos.
There are lots of unscrupulous Gringos just waiting for the chance to get at your wallet. Beware of “golden” once in a lifetime investment opportunities. Most of them are offered up by gringo (not Latin) scammers who have been on the tourist trail honing their pitches. They know all too well that newbee gringos are ripe for the picking. So be on guard.
#3-Those pesky Police and FBI good conduct reports: What you need to know
#4-Observations about native Gringos who marry second generation Latinas that they have met up in the states: Its a fairly common match these days, the lady was born a US citizen but because her parents were immigrants from Latin America she is 100% bilingual and he’s not. That’s the subject of today’s “boots on the ground” story
#5- The very best tip you will ever get about owning a beach house in Latin America. Though some say the very best advice is to just skip the beach house but the truth is- being that it is the lifelong dream of so many gringo and expats- today we offer some very very good advice for those who want to take the plunge.
#6- How to prepare for that eventuality when you get pulled over by Latin cops. Its the topic of our second “boots on the ground story”
#7- Johnny’s new “Expat Essentials Course” is a blueprint for your “Plan B” and the best way kick-start your exit plan before getting boots on the ground in Latin America. Check out the free intro video to the course now at www.theexpatfiles.com/academy
#8 Check out my “The Expat Files” You Tube channel. See all the fun slides and photos that go along with each show. There are now more than 150 shows posted on my YouTube channel so have a look.
#9- For more of Johnny’s reports, comments, adventures, news, surprises the famous “Expat Concierge Service” and more, check it all out at: www.thenewexpat.com
Friday Aug 24, 2018
Friday Aug 24, 2018
Descriptions- EXPAT FILES SHOW #784 FRI, AUG 24- (08-24-2018):
#1-Expat Canadians and their tax problems: Part2
#2- Johnny gets shaken down by a pair of Latin motorcycle cops:
And after a 20 buck payoff, suddenly they are all best friends and bosom buddies. Yes, only in Latin America!!
#3-Dirty Dancing- the dirty truth about salsa and meringue dance classes for gringos and gringas here in Latin America
#4-Some little known “boots in the ground” observations regarding older single GRINGAS living in Latin America
#5- TEN hard truths explaining why in these days of so many apps, courses and learning aids, gringos and expats find it ever harder to learn conversational Spanish. What’s up with that? Odds are these new aids and so-called learning breakthroughs should make things vastly easier..
#6- Johnny’s new “Expat Essentials Course” is a blueprint for your “Plan B” and the best way kick-start your exit plan before getting boots on the ground in Latin America. Check out the free intro video to the course now at www.theexpatfiles.com/academy
#7 Check out my “The Expat Files” You Tube channel. See all the fun slides and photos that go along with each show. There are now more than 150 shows posted on my YouTube channel so have a look.
#8- For more of Johnny’s reports, comments, adventures, news, surprises the famous “Expat Concierge Service” and more, check it all out at: www.thenewexpat.com
Sunday Aug 19, 2018
Sunday Aug 19, 2018
Descriptions- EXPAT FILES SHOW #783 SUN, AUG 19- (08-19-2018):
#1-Revisting Roatan, Honduras:
An expat gringo finds a unique business niche nearby… the local Latinos don’t get it, but it’s an idea whose time has come.
#2- Details, Details: why practically every Latin construction and/or remodeling project never quite makes the grade (the first world grade).
Why do so many Latin remodeling “after” pictures look as bad as the “before“ pictures?
#3-The dirty truth about "selective" power outages in Latin America:
Truth be told, if you happen to live in a high-end upper-middle class neighborhood or suburb (called colonias down here) chances are you will never experience power outages of any annoying duration- except possibly during extreme weather. Meanwhile the poor and average Latino neighborhoods directly adjacent to a wealthier “colonias” can often experience quite frequent power outages. What’s up with that?
#4-Why, in spite of the so called “gringo advantage” some gringo businesses do fail
#5 Wildfire destruction in Latin America:
Yes they do exist, but it’s mostly local farmers who do their own controlled burns. As for fires and destruction by fire in general, most are cause by the amazingly inappropriate overuse of fireworks- which are completely legal in Latin America.
BTW- if you’re wondering about the premiums for fire insurance down here… no one knows, because nobody knows anyone who actually has that kind of coverage, or any kind of homeowner’s umbrella coverage for that matter.
#6- Johnny’s new “Expat Essentials Course” is a blueprint for your “Plan B” and the best way kick-start your exit plan before getting boots on the ground in Latin America. Check out the free intro video to the course now at www.theexpatfiles.com/academy
#7 Check out my “The Expat Files” You Tube channel. See all the fun slides and photos that go along with each show. There are now more than 150 shows posted on my YouTube channel so have a look.
#8- For more of Johnny’s reports, comments, adventures, news, surprises the famous “Expat Concierge Service” and more, check it all out at: www.thenewexpat.com
Friday Aug 17, 2018
Friday Aug 17, 2018
Descriptions- EXPAT FILES SHOW #782 FRI, AUG 17- (08-17-2018):
#1-What Uncle Sam doesn’t want you to know about those US embassies and consulates abroad:
The bottom line is, even though these big, super-expensive, reinforced and heavily guarded behemoths can be found most foreign capital cities, the embassy slugs are NOT actually there to help you- nope not your average US citizen. It’s the subject of today’s first “boots on the ground” story.
#2- Congrats gringo! You finally have your permanent residency in a Latin country. Now what?
Today we discuss the next logical thing to do- the step by step process of moving forward toward your new Latin country passport and nationality- the so-called 2nd Flag! What paperwork and documentation will you need and what is not necessary? What stuff do you need to get from Big Brother land (if any)?
#3-Long time listeners know about that great foreign earned income federal tax break of over $100K per year that many US residents in foreign countries get:
Yes, you automatically get it if you qualify as a resident overseas and meet certain requirements. But DYK some US states will still make you pay state tax on all foreign income even if you don’t step foot in your old corrupt state anymore? Talk about low-down, dirty and ludicrous…
#4-Today we discuss a cheap, dirty and ultra-low tech business niche an astute gringo figured out on his own. He’s cleaning up with it too.
Believe me, I mean literally cleaning up!
#5- Johnny’s new “Expat Essentials Course” is a blueprint for your “Plan B” and the best way kick-start your exit plan before getting boots on the ground in Latin America. Check out the free intro video to the course now at www.theexpatfiles.com/academy
#6- Check out my “The Expat Files” You Tube channel. See all the fun slides and photos that go along with each show. There are now more than 150 shows posted on my YouTube channel so have a look.
#7- For more of Johnny’s reports, comments, adventures, news, surprises the famous “Expat Concierge Service” and more, check it all out at: www.thenewexpat.com
Sunday Aug 12, 2018
Sunday Aug 12, 2018
Descriptions- EXPAT FILES SHOW #781 SUN, AUG 12- (08-12-2018):
#1-Oddball but prescient observations of PT (permanent travelers) in Latin America
#2-How to remain a clueless gringo: Things expats never seem to learn no matter how long they stay in Latin America
#3-TEN Things you must be aware of while staying connected with unsecured WiFi at hotels restaurants and internet café’s in Latin America.
#4-When Gringos sue or get sued in Latin courts
#5-Today we have numerous stories depicting some of the single worse mistakes the gringos and expats make over and over again
#6- Believe it or not, in the last 10 years Chinese cars and trucks have taken over most all the top sales positions in at least half dozen Latin countries. By next year the prediction is Chinese vehicles will have the top sales spots in ALL 20 Latin countries. And the funny thing is that you've probably never heard of the most popular brands and models.
#7- The unfortunate and very un-PC truth is that the average IQ’s in Latin America are being reported as around 10 points lower than the first world average. Worse yet IQ’s for all races and cultures have been on a steady decline.
#8- Check out my “The Expat Files” You Tube channel. See all the fun slides and photos that go along with each show. There are now more than 150 shows posted on my YouTube channel so have a look.
#9- For more of Johnny’s reports, comments, adventures, news, surprises the famous “Expat Concierge Service” and more, check it all out at: www.thenewexpat.com