Argentina Apartment Tour for $270 a Month | Affordable Living in South America 

For US citizens that aren't familiar with Argentina rental contracts, etc., and this video touches on them, but doesn't explain them in detail.... I'll do my best as an expat of 20 years in Argentina to touch on the high points. 1) Forget the normal wear and tear clause. You, as a renter are expected to repaint the property and put everything back into a state to is prepared for the owner to rent to the next renter when you leave. 2) Rental contracts are almost always handled by realtors that are chosen by the owner, but for which YOU pay for, and you pay a fee to the realtor when you sign the rental agreement even though they work FOR the owner and are looking out for their interest. 3) Be aware that you may have to purchase your own AC, heat and/or refrigerator. The rental may not even include a stove/oven. 4) You, as the renter, pay the property taxes, not the owner. 5) The owner is normally only responsible for "infrastructure" type repairs, like wiring, plumbing etc. Other repairs are YOUR responsibility. 6) Pretty much EVERY rental requires what is alluded to in this video... a guarantee, or what we would refer to in the US as collateral. There is another option, not mentioned in the video, which is to contract through an insurance company, which costs basically another month of rent for every year of the contract. 7) This is not the Argentina of 2002. Believe me... I've been here for a long time. There are still some advantages. I've had personal house cleaners, plumbers, carpenters, painters, working for me recently between 2-10 dollars an hour. BUT, cost of restaurants, groceries, utilities, etc., have changed DRAMATICALLY in the last few years and are approaching US values. 20 years ago, having a US salary and living in Argentina was like living like a king. Those days are GONE. When you consider my next point, this has become FAR from paradise. 8) Security... CRIME... SAFETY... It's a MAJOR problem in Argentina. We live in a house with a house alarm, private security, a community alarm, an electric fence around our entire property, 360 degree cameras for our property, two German Shephard guard dogs.... and we still can't sleep peacefully at night, not to mention what it's like going out in public. The people in Argentina are CONSTANTLY complaining about the problem and the corruption and lack of protection from the police, but trying to adjust to this from US life.... forget about it. I have been held and robbed at knife point in my office building. My wife has been robbed various times, but one time in particular almost killed where they threw her into the street, tried to carjack her and fired various rounds from a pistol near her head while laying in the street. If THIS sounds like your dream life.... then by all means, move to and retire in Argentina. I'm sorry if I'm bursting your bubble and your dreams, but it's with the utmost concern and respect that I'm trying to warn you of what you're getting into.

@@samwdavis - Sorry it happened to you and your wife, but generally speaking it doesn't happen to most people, just some few unlucky ones, and a lot of these burglaries or holdups take place in certain areas of the country, not everywhere.

At $400 usd p/m air bnb might be the antidote to rental contracts and property guarantees/fee's/negotiations etc. ty Dino

Great choice

Same

Same! And I’m born in MDP 😊

Me too 😂

Moi aussi j'ai passé 3 mois à Cordoba je vais en faire ma terre promise

How did you find your temporary contract? Everyone I’ve been contacting is some automated system.

Es hijo de argentino, tiene ciudadanía

Jesus is coming back. Believe He died for your sins and rose again then repent to be saved.

@@IamaproudChristian22 What?

Man I’ve been living in Chicago all my life hate it here I’ve been looking to visit argentina it looks amazing

@lzaza9858 I, too, was born and raised in Chicago. Chicago has been very good to me and my family. But I just have a better lifestyle in Argentina 🇦🇷. But no knock on Chicago. Except for those cold winters.

You pay more for just a room in a share house in the UK xD

@@pantarei. Here's the difference.... in the UK, you don't risk being shot in the head, the moment you walk out of your building in order to steal your tennis shoes or cell phone.

Sam, what are some good things that happened for you in Argentina?

Because this mofo is an argie doing commercials….

I would like between April and October. That is the off-season here.

Es verdad, de mediados de noviembre hasta abril, es imposible conseguir un alquiler anual, puesto que lo alquilan temporario por el verano y los precios son otros, lo que vale un mes, te lo cobran por semana. Generalmente, en las zonas turísticas es muy difícil conseguir alquileres anuales, a veces hacen contratos de 8 meses, de marzo a noviembre, en la costa. En Pinamar pasa lo mismo.

That is exactly the problem 😂 socialism doesn’t work.

What does that have to do with any of this???

​ Crickets. He literally dodged the question like EVERY clueless MAGGAT 😂

​@@MacroAnarchy The USA is partial socialists so as Canada!!! 😂😅😊

From an expat of 20 years... that is changing VERY rapidly.

Dolarizar? Entendés que el 80% de nuestros ingresos de Argentina resultan de la venta de soja a Chlna? En unas semanas entramos formalmente al BRICS. Europa nos quiere comprar gas, Brasil nos quiere comprar gas. Milei dijo que no comerciaria con Chlna. Ahí nomás queda descartado.

Q comentario boludo

@@diegocasas278 You make a comment like this that does nothing more than insult the previous commenter.... and you call HIM a boludo??? If you have something to say of value, then say it. Present a logical argument to the contrary like an adult. Making a comment like this only makes YOU out to be the boludo.

The price goes up in pesos. Since there is so much inflation in Argentina when they do increase the rent by 25% it’s still going to be around $270 a month.

@@sitopoema While the value of the dollar gains against the nearly worthless peso.

Compra ropa de abrigo, porque el invierno es frío. ☃️

@@ThoughtfulThinker101 Cancun… happy to be alive - I can imagine what happened; sadly, those things are common. You’ve gotta keep moving while in Mexico - you get too comfortable, people can tell. The wrong people.

@@ThoughtfulThinker101 and - very glad you’re alive. Sorry ‘that’ happened to you 🙏🏽

Proof of income, yes!!!

Or the approximate SF inside a big RV with slide outs. Not that I plan on living in an RV.

The 55% increase is in pesos, not in dollars. Allow me to explain. For example, if your rent is 100 usd (50 000 pesos) in January 2023, the 100 usd in January 2024 will be worth 100 000 pesos if inflation stays at the current rate of 102%. This means if your rent increases by 55% at the end of the year, your rent actually decreases by 45% 😂😂😂 . Of course, this is very difficult for Argentinian people. They earn in pesos, and you earn in dollars. I hope you understood Economy 101. Inflation doesn't affect your rent or expenses at all because you have dollars. Dollars increases as much as inflation. ❤❤❤

Instead, just to go the area where you want to live.

Personally, I’ve never rented a car in Argentina. The one time I did try to rent a car they needed a physical credit card that they could put on file and I only had my digital card on my phone. So I was not able to rent the vehicle. So mainly Make sure you bring a physical credit card.

@@sitopoema Thanks for the tip. I'm planning a road trip up to Santa Fe with a local, but he doesn't have a drivers license!!

Mar del plata es una hermosa ciudad, pero no es de las más seguras. Si quieres vivir en la costa y buscas tranquilidad, te recomiendo Pinamar. Tendrás bosque, mar y mucha paz, menos en verano, que se llena de turistas, pero mar del plata es mucho peor en verano, un loquero de gente. Saludos desde Pinamar

Rentals have changed a lot with the new Administration in 2024.. Check out the new renting conditions.

When I was looking around, I found an apartment that was being offered for people not from Argentina and they were asking for one year upfront.

I heard that there are paid guarantor companies in Argentina. After paying some money to these companies, these companies were making a guarantee. Could this be true?

Se puede pagar un seguro de garantía, es un gasto extra mensual, y se presenta un recibo de sueldo, si lo tiene.

Some do, others don't.

Yes, the laws have changed now making it much easier, but you still have to have a guarantee for the property. Also prices have gone up significantly throughout the country.

French...the word is French.

Having the contract in USD doesn’t follow the regulations here. But most people are starting to rent that way, but my contractors in pesos.

Yes, it came completely unfurnished. Only thing here was the stove.

Are you sure only 1800?

@@ricardorodriguesrr18 If you're on the westside (Santa Monica, Culver City): $2400

If you are a US citizen or resident you pay US income tax regardless of who is paying and where you live. You may have to also pay state income tax based on your last address in the States. If you reside in Argentina more than 180 days per year (may be different now) you have to pay income tax to Arg AFIP, regardless of who is paying if your citizenship country does not have a double taxation treaty with Argentina. US does not have a treaty with Argentina.

@@Gus2828 thank you!

It totally depends on the apt. size, and the neighborhood where the building is located.

yes.!

@@eze.king7 Hi, how? (Just leave the airport and go ask people? or knock in office apartment buildings? or (Where find an apartment to rent for 1month?

Airbnb...

@@thewanderer8643 - Get in touch with Realtors ("Inmobiliarias", in Spanish), or just google what you want.

Those months is going to be nearly impossible because it’s summer break and everybody picks up the prices and nobody wants to rent out their apartment for cheap during that time

Por la propiedad se pagan impuestos, no importa quien sea el dueño.

They seize it… just rent

@@mlbonfox8199 ….” They ?” ……are the Local Gov there not to be trusted ? I recently read that “ El Loco !” …..Milei has removed all Rent controls so as to let the free Market decide the price of Renting …….i know this will cause a large increase in prices in the more popular districts which , according to the laws of basic economics, will result in the less well paid folks moving to cheaper areas . I have noticed on my travels that in the Capitals as well as the Cities with over 1 million population that there tends to be more employment and Business opportunities however, the negative ( certainly in the UK ), there is more crime like Theft from shops, Breaking into property, Stealing motor vehicles, Street robbery etc Perhaps there are other big population areas outside the Capital with good priced Apartments , good shopping , good quality Utilities , good Business opportunities and less crime involving theft . I will also be looking at La Plata, Mendozas, Tucaman and San Luis . Thanks and all the best .

Hey, thanks for the comment, my Spanish is pretty much fluent

In pesos is the only way it should be and it’s best that was

Yeah every South American country I’ve researched seems that within the last year because so many people have been migrating since 2020 that this type of stuff is super common. They definitely are taking advantage of foreigners. But you know what. They do that in every country. It’s sad. Where is there a place to live where people are moral and honest?

@@ijadamaatsara i was saying american are taking advantage, im south american.

Easily. My Airbnb is $400 a month and it's located in a good area near a metro station and some parks. You can go cheaper if you dig enough and don't care to live near everything

A "guarantee insurance" can be accepted, but most ask to have between 1 to 2 guarantors in case of late payment of rent or possible compensation

100% Inflation in Argentina for everything products or service. I know it’s crazy.

With everything, mostly food. But at least for right now, everything is absurly cheap for sameone who doesnt get paid in the national currency (peso). You can rent beutifull departments for around 200k maybe 300k (200-300dollars) just gotta know where to look.

No, this one is actually more expensive, but I moved to Mexico for a few months and came back

@@sitopoema Ok 👍

@@sitopoemahow can I contact you?

@@sitopoema How did you find the apartment?

Inflation rates have been drastically brought down with the current Government, and their goal is to take them to almost zero by next year.

@@lindaatkinson3962 $1 is now 1400 argentinan pesos. Inflation has worsened dear

@@lindaatkinson3962 inflation getting worse now dear

There is more than a 120% inflation rate per year so even with the 25% increase it’s still not enough.

Y eso es de tener un padre argentino

Hola, no sé qué tan segura sea Minnesota, pero va a depender de la zona que busques. Hay zonas que son muy seguras y tranquilas, con mucha naturaleza, en las ciudades, va a depender de que ciudad y que barrio. Luego hay zonas muy marginales. En la ciudad de Buenos Aires hay zonas muy seguras. Mar del plata no es tan segura, y hay pueblos rurales dónde duermen con la puerta abierta. Depende mucho de lo que busques

Lo que no pasa, que suele verse en USA, son los tiradores que disparan a los niños en la escuela. Que yo recuerde, en la Argentina hubo un solo caso de esos, hace muchos años.

Yo Vi el caso George Floyd... Quemaron todo durante las protestas. No, en Argentina eso no pasa.

Sí pasa, cada tanto salen los villeros a saquear todo, además de los robos y asesinatos diarios, y otros tantos males que en Minnesota no existen, como el 140% de inflación.@@aliciadelvalle4921

No wild bears here!

Sí, pero te va a resultar más fácil si los conviertes en dólares

​@@lalimassonRight now, apartment available for 170,000 pesos per month?

@@max0192 ese departamento es barato a ese precio. Por la calidad del mismo. Claro que se consigue mucho más económico en mar del plata, pero no en esas condiciones. Ese departamento en la ciudad de Buenos Aires cuesta el doble