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    Bluedollar.net Question

    So, looking at blue dollar.net, there is a huge spread between the credit card buy and sell rated. When I use my US credit card am I buying or selling? And any idea why there's such a huge spread when the buy and sell are almost the same with the official rate and the blue rate?
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    I'm on my way!

    Leaving CA tomorrow, be in Buenos Aires Friday morning. I have my FBI and pension letter, apostilled. Sent myself some money by Western Union so I'll have ARS as soon as I get there. Just bought and packed enough hot sauce and spices to last a couple months, as well as enough toiletries for a...
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    Why Men Study Spanish

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    Mortgages

    My intention is to buy a home there this year, but when I saw that mortgages are now coming back online I thought I might be able to buy 2 or 3, live in one and keep the others as rentals. Then I saw somewhere that one of the terms of these new loans is they have to be paid off by the time the...
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    I'm Doing It - Becoming an Expat

    I just turned 64 last week. Been retired for a couple years. The kids are all grown and living their lives, the brother I took care of for many years passed away, and I just have no reason NOT to pull up stakes and start over somewhere new. As a travel agency owner for 20 years, I had the...
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