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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DaliDali
Is a MX will somehow more "secure" than a international banking institution? |
It's the Barney Fife syndrome. Why go into a gunfight with only one bullet?
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DaliDali
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by DaliDali
And American banks have gone teets up....so what is your point? |
My point?? I think this statement of trust in a Mexican bank makes it your point:
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a certified legal document, administered by a Mexican bank.
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How you managed to deduce that I have trust in MX banking institutions from your quoted statement is beyond me.
Certified document...truism
Administered by a MX bank....truism.
Trust?....I am still looking for that word....standby.
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DaliDali
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
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Is a MX will somehow more "secure" than a international banking institution? |
It's the Barney Fife syndrome. Why go into a gunfight with only one bullet? |
In other words it's a crap shoot as far as your concerned and you would rather spend your money on having a will prepared.
Nothing wrong with that at all. Go for it.
Now your faced with "am I dealing with an honest attorney who is not just out for my money", to prepare me a will, he says I really need, when in fact
I do not.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DaliDali
Now your faced with "am I dealing with an honest attorney who is not just out for my money", to prepare me a will, he says I really need, when in fact
I do not. |
No. Not at all. I wouldn't ask or listen to an attorney and would prefer to make my own decision. I can do that.
Besides....I quit trying to micro-analyze the possibilities down here long ago. I just lump it all into one big bag with the "It's Mexico" label on
it.
By the way....it's too early on this beautiful day to deal with egregious oxymarooons...i.e. "honest attorney."
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MitchMan
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Not taking sides here at all. Both Dennis and Dali have have made good points and I think that they actually have plenty of common ground and their
positions are not mutually exclusive.
But, the following quote made me laugh out loud because there is a part of me that resonates with the message here:
| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
I quit trying to micro-analyze the possibilities down here long ago. I just lump it all into one big bag with the "It's Mexico" label on it.
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There is a long and really good thread in this forum that deals with Mexican real estate law, about 28 pages. Fascinating read, learned a lot, but it
made me paranoid about holding property in the Baja. Recently there was a thread about carrying a knife as a Mexican felony offense. There have been
threads about Tacoma trucks being targeted for theft in the Baja. That made me paranoid. Tourists got hijacked on a bus tour just outside of Puerto
Vallarta. There is a thread going on right now that says B of A no longer lets you withdraw pesos from Santander Bank without fees. Every year they
keep changing the rules for getting your FM3/FM2. Now you even have to get a CURP. The fishing keeps deteriorating. On and on and on.
If you listen to everything written about life and times in the Baja, you'd be scared straight, paralyzed, and paranoid. But, I have decided that I
still want to enjoy the Baja, so I'm trying to quit micro-analyzing (fat chance) and lump it all into a bag called "Mexico" and get on with my life.
[Edited on 3-4-2012 by MitchMan]
[Edited on 3-4-2012 by MitchMan]
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Osprey
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My wife and I are realy hunkered down here and our stuff doesn't move around so wondering what would happen to it if we died made me get on the
computer one day, pull up a standard U.S. blank will, amend it to suit our wishes, signed it and had it witnessed. Then I researched that a little and
decided, that it, like most documents in English, wouldn't have much force in Mexico.
Notarios make wills which become public record and once recorded (in our case in the registry office in La Paz) might greatly help our heirs take the
stuff back to the states, sell it here, give it away, etc. Our Bank Trust does not spell out survivor wishes, just names a beneficiary so without a
will, whoever survives can change everything against the original wishes of the spouse/owner/deed holder/pink slip holder. For $75 bucks a piece it is
some extra insurance against what Mexico, or your survivor could do to people you care about after you're dead and gone. Scary thought!
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