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    Banking Getting dollars into Argentina to purchase real estate

    Speaking from personal experience, their fear is misplaced (though it may be different for Argentinos with dollar accounts --- I'm a foreigner with permanent residence). If you are able to legally deposit dollars into an Argentine bank dollar account, you can withdraw any amount you want. As I...
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    Banking Getting dollars into Argentina to purchase real estate

    I hope this answers your questions: I have two Inviu accounts --- one in the U.S. and the other in Argentina. To receive dollars (or pesos, you specify the desired currency when initiating the process), first a wire transfer is deposited into the U.S. Inviu account from my U.S. bank. Inviu then...
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    Banking Getting dollars into Argentina to purchase real estate

    I'm a retired U.S. citizen with permanent resident status in Argentina. Earlier this year I sold my house in the U.S. and moved permanently back to Argentina, where I recently purchased another house. This proved to be far more difficult than expected, even though I'd researched things for...
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    Apartment Rental Apartment Rental shortage..!

    for me, renting is the worst part about living in BA. Complicated and I find the estate agents are horriblly rude and incompetent, there are exceptions tho
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    Newcomer My oldest son got mugged for the 3rd time this year.

    wow. i'm so sorry to hear that. At least he is safe. criminals do what they want without fear...and every day they seem to be getting bolder. what used to be "a friend of a friend was robbed" is now "i was robbed" and the only solution to this seems to be "take it as part of the price of...
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    Taxes How to handle proceeds of real estate sale

    You have to declare all cash deposits and get taxed on money in a current account but don't get taxed on money in a savings account.
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    Banking DONT CHANGE Dollars

    Have you tried calling your bank in the states? My bank said they would change my pesos at a rate of about 5.1 pesos to the dollar. I know not all banks will do it, but it's definitely worth a call!!
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