{"id":4026,"date":"2011-10-19T22:58:09","date_gmt":"2011-10-20T04:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/temp-blog\/?p=4026"},"modified":"2011-10-19T22:58:09","modified_gmt":"2011-10-20T04:58:09","slug":"is-retiring-in-mexico-the-answer-for-higher-costs-of-living-in-the-usa-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/is-retiring-in-mexico-the-answer-for-higher-costs-of-living-in-the-usa-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Retiring in Mexico the Answer for higher costs of living in the USA? Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overall Cost of Living
\n-One of the most popular questions we get from prospective buyers for Mexico homes for sale<\/a> is about this subject\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6cost of living in Mexico.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 It definitely ranks among the top advantages of a Mexican retirement<\/a> and living south of the border along with a simpler casual lifestyle.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 But it is a bit difficult to quantify the cost of living issue as everyone has their own personal standard of living.<\/p>\n

\"\"Are you used to living a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153top shelf\u00e2\u20ac\u009d lifestyle, or perhaps an average day-to-day routine and way of living is fine?\u00c2\u00a0 Obviously your standard of living will dictate your financial budget. But it is easy to say that most everything is less expensive in Mexico.\u00c2\u00a0 Perhaps electricity is the only budget item that might be considered expensive here.\u00c2\u00a0 Based on the primary issue of amount of air conditioning you want to enjoy, your electric bill could be as high or even higher than in North America.\u00c2\u00a0 Other than that one item, everything else is cheaper.\u00c2\u00a0 Not dirt cheap, but whether groceries, other utilities, clothing, auto and gasoline expenses to restaurants, taxes (especially almost non-existent property taxes, monthly condo fees\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6..all are cheaper than you are used to paying. It is easy to say you can live like a king on a modest budget here in the Mexico real estate<\/a> region.\u00c2\u00a0 And yes, it is quite a nice change.\u00c2\u00a0 I have enjoyed the surprised look of many clients when showing a total property tax bill of less than $400-500 per YEAR!\u00c2\u00a0 And condo association fees a mere fraction of what they are used to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153back home\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. Medical costs are much lower here as well, but I can assure you the quality of care is as good, if not better than I had living in Florida.\u00c2\u00a0 In fact, my medical costs here are probably less than I would pay if I were back in Florida just for my deductible and my co-pay.\u00c2\u00a0 When paying for my doctor\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s visit last week, they deducted 25% from my already low fee since I was a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153local\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. And perhaps the cheapest item in Mexico is people\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6labor.\u00c2\u00a0 Whether your person cleaning the house, or cooking, \u00c2\u00a0or doing the laundry to someone doing yard work, washing the car or even doing construction, that is really a surprisingly low expense. So, yes\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6the cost of living is a big plus when considering a move to Mexico.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Living better for less\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6what a nice feeling.<\/p>\n

Doug Morgan <\/strong><\/em> 512-879-6546 www.<\/span>TOP<\/span>mexicorealestate.com<\/span><\/a> THE <\/span>TOP <\/strong><\/span>Mexico Real Estate NETWORK<\/strong>; \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Mexico\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s leading specialists for finding and purchasing Mexican properties safely !\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Overall Cost of Living -One of the most popular questions we get from prospective buyers for Mexico homes for sale is about this subject\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6cost of living in Mexico.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 It definitely ranks among the top advantages of a Mexican retirement and living south of the border along with a simpler casual lifestyle.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 But it is a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[271,135,682],"tags":[241],"class_list":{"0":"post-4026","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-mexico-cost-of-living-living-in-mexico","7":"category-living-in-mexico","8":"category-mexico-cost-of-living-mexico-retirement","9":"tag-mexico-homes-for-sale","10":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4026"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4032,"href":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4026\/revisions\/4032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}