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monoloco
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
I would ask any of the Todos Santos fans to clarify something. Personally, I missed an opportunity to buy there in 1989. Today, it seems to me that
real estate prices are in the stratosphere. I recall someone referring to it as Sedona South. From what I can see, La Paz does not suffer from
overheated real estate prices. Hey, if for some reason, I could buy a similar property in Todos for what I could pay in La Paz, I'd choose Todos,
especially as someone noted, the four lane now makes it easy to go to La Paz for shopping and dining. That said, La Paz appears to have greater value
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I think that if you investigate you will find that prices have come down quite a bit from
their high.
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absinvestor
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To MitchMan- We created part of our own problem because we travel with two dogs (Golden Retriever and Aussie Shepherd.) Because of the dogs, flying
does not work for us. Our situation with the kids is similar. We see them during the birthdays etc but not much in between. Like you, I love the kids
but that is enough for me. Unfortunately, even though we might not see them anymore, keeping our Colorado home is a must to keep the wife happy. With
two kids and 6 grandkids birthdays or major holidays happen every month for us!!! My wife of 43 years doesn't ask for much but if she is homesick it
takes the fun out of living in Baja for both of us. Ron
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mcfez
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| Quote: | Originally posted by MitchMan
absinvestor, glad you disclosed an important dimension to the discussion on retiring in the Baja. Family that one leaves behind; important
consideration. One of the reasons that my wife and I haven't taken up full time residence in Baja is because my wife needs to keep an eye on her
aging dad who lives alone. We also have 4 grand kids and five children who live both in and out of California.
The way we cope is to have a regular casita in the Baja town of our choice near the corresponding airport (keeps the total travel cost down of getting
to and from casita and the airport). Also, we budget $6,000 / yr for travel to and from Baja and for Visa costs and cost of maintaining a vehicle in
Baja. We are able to visit the Baja 8 to ten times a year for 1 to three weeks at a time. Most of the time I go alone, though. Because the kids
live all over the place, they come to our USA house for Xmas, New Years, Thanksgiving and some birthdays. We fly to them once a year, ususally for a
grandchild's birthday. Also, we keep in absolute touch by skype Video Calls and videos emailed back and forth. This arrangement completely works with
no one feeling a lack of contact or closeness.
Imho, if we didn't have to keep track of my father-in-law, we could consider living in Baja permanently and sell the USA house because we could fly
out of Baja anytime we wanted on any holiday or special event easily on a budget of $6,000 usd per year. In fact, I am sure the travel budget could
be easily cut in half and have a net overall savings as living in Baja is quite a bit cheaper than in the USA.
The real point is that if you were to live full time in Baja, your kids that do not live within five hundred miles of you in the USA, you wouldn't be
seeing them anymore or any less than you do now. Three of my kids live within 80 miles of me now and I don't see them much more than birthdays and
holidays now as they are all very busy with thier own kids, careers and school. Quite frankly, that's quite enough for me. |
That was me disclosing an important dimension to the discussion on retiring in the Baja.
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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