MOVING from PUERTO RICO to the States
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ต.ค. 2024
- We're moving back to the mainland. Find out why we're leaving Puerto Rico, how much it costs to move, where we're going next, and how I get the hubby to say yes to my crazy ideas.
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Enjoyed your videos and I’m sorry to see you leaving the Island. Good luck and enjoy the cross country drive. Looking forward to your next series of vids.
Did your husband get to do some caving in PR? PR have some amazing caves, unique in various aspects and the tours are very good, but not for everyone.
Crazy! I would rather be in Puerto Rico.
I just noticed that in the past couple of days Amazon is now shipping most goods to PR. Maybe the new government that was voted in January, may have something to do with the change. Still takes two weeks for you to receive your order but I’ll take it. Great news
About year ago they suddenly stopped shipping , only 3rd party. Most items were unavailable then one day Amazon prime back in business about a week ago. I used my family address in NY for Amazon prime and then they would ship my order, to me here in PR. For large furniture will see when I order soon. Thanks
After living there twelve years, I missed the mainland. I didn't have a permanent home there like I do on the mainland. Otherwise, I would spend winters there.
why did you move to Puerto Rico in the first place?
I'm so glad that fork-lift was able to lift the cube. I was feeling a little suspenseful. I love caves, too. I'm hoping you got to experience some of the caves in PR. The most obvious one is Las Cavernas de Camuy, but there are many others.
@@dorkladytravels I was fortunate enough to experience the window cave twice before it became commercialized. I enjoyed it with no rules, no guide, no cost, no group, and no certainty what was going to happen. Just a few tips I learned from PuertoRicoDayTrips.com. It was truly an adventure. And we were able to go out the window as far as we dare, which you could feel in your gut, if you know what I mean.
Sorry to hear that you left the island...... I want to say thank you for being kind, love our culture and Puerto Rico. Greetings!!!
@@dorkladytravels I got you....I still missing the island as well. I had been gone for 21 years (serving on the armed forces) and now decided to settle in South Carolina (retired). Anyway if you ever come back to the island, please keep posting your awesome videos and be safe. Greetings (saludos)! Vr Miguel A. Medina
I think I’m staying in Arizona. It’s hot in the Summer, but mild in the Winter. No headaches though. No endless government minutia! Thank you for telling me the truth of Puerto Rico! I lived there as a child, so my parents protected me from the responsibilities and torture of getting things done P.R. Style. I’m moving to my ranch in Snowflake. To think I almost sold it to move to P.R. and my house in Yuma to move to Puerto Rico! Adios querido Isla! I don’t need the nightmares or the headaches!
Love your positive attitude😊nice video
Puerto Rico should become independant.
Just love your channel
Wow this was filmed two yrs ago. It’s now 7/20. How’s Seattle it irking for you? Rough place to be these days. Good luck.
Thanks Diane for sharing videos about lifestyle in PR love your videos and hope you will come back soon keep us in touch.
Sad to see you leaving, We need more people like you guys to help rebuild Puerto Rico. I hope that someday will return. Good luck on the States!!
Diane Cohn oh my God Diane sorry you left , I hope that you didn't have a bad time here, I do feel your Spirit calling back to home , I went thru this many years as I lived in the states , The U.S.felt home to me...as I'm reaching my 50s ditn know what going to happen ..wish you well and that if future journeys take you back here ,you can commence again...bless you it sad to see you leave..
I strongly feel P.R. government (the voters) need to quickly get a 100% independent (nonpolitical party) inspector general (IG) bounded by TIGHT laws that force the IG to perform and report on constant audits, financial statements, public REPORTING and allowing the public see where EVERY penny is going, how (publicly) P.R. government (including school staff at ALL LEVELS) are being hired, link party affiliation with hiring practice and see patterns that will tell the P.R. public if hiring is being done by the "best & brightest" or party affiliation. Before I move my income to P.R., I want a 99% assurance government decisions are not being made through political party affiliation but mathematical logic and what's best for the children (future generation) of Puerto Rico.
THANK YOU FOR LEAVING PUERTO RICO.....STAY IN THE STATES......
Best wishes to you!!! And many blessings as well. I love your videos.
I would just fly to the mainland if I miss anything.. then go back..snowbird it if you will
LMAO...I knew they would leave after Maria...hahahahahahah I
How much was it for your U-PACK container? I'm planning to move back to the states myself and trying to gain info on prices and the process of it all. I have a 2 bedroom apartment worth of items...
One of those cubes is the equivalent of a 1BR apartment packed to the roof, and ours cost roughly $3500 from Dorado to Sparks, NV in 2021. Your rates will vary based on distance. If you can sell some things and squeeze it all into one, you'll save quite a bit, and your items will be safer as the tighter it's packed, the less damage there will be due to rough seas.
@@dorkladytravels Thanks for the feedback! 👍🏼
Hola Diane:
We are thinking of purchasing a villa in Dorado del Mar for future retirement and or investment, based on your experience do you consider this will be a good idea or option? I grew up in Bayamon years ago but i am established in Florida, we are flying next week to meet a realtor in Dorado so she can show us some units for sale, i guess my concern is the cost of power,water,utilities but mainly the future of the island and its economy. I am open to your good or bad opinion. Thank you so much for your love on the island and i will apologize for those nasty and derrogatory comments some locals have towards americans they certainly dont represent the real puertoricans.
Appreciated your prompt response. We will definitely will wait til we pull the trigger, as investors we always looking for right time and with this AirBnb system we are motivated to buy some property by your villa so we were thinking about the Dorado del Mar area since its more centered to tourism. And You’re right On when you say it’s hard to say based on the shaking economy, perhaps in the future PR will be back on it’s feet. Did you rent using a realtor or you did the rental on your own?
Regards.
John
MrAirbender32 we are investing in some rental properties throughout the island and I was asking her for her inputs, where I do stay or live on the island is no ones concern...I still love my island where I grew up.
MrAirbender32 well aware of Act 22 and looking forward in future for that. West coast is our view. Thanks for your concern but don't sell the island short it has lots of potential but poor leadership.
I’m an investor and not a gringo. Open your wallet and you probably see american currency not pesos or colones right? PR is not a 3rd world country so let’s help our island and be greatful. Thanks for your wishes.
And again you’re assuming without knowing. I bet i know more spanish than you and know the small spots throughout PR. I grew up there and lived for 30 years.
Se ve claramente q eres patriota,deja de sacar tanto tu bandera y aprende a ser mas serhumano y dejar de tirarle tanto a los americanos.
Anxiety and homesickness is guaranteed as I warn everybody unless you are really fluent in Spanish. PR is for the islanders. Is not like Hawaii that was taken overnight. They been fighting invaders for 500 years so they are always watching and for good reasons
that's not the way to say things , many Americans I've met have taken the Island as home , I worked with a lady back in the 90s here in puerto Rico, just like other countries that have taken the island as home...just like many puerto Ricans who are 4 possibly 5 generation born and raised in the states and also those who've just decided to shift an entire change...And in some sense your finally saying something I've been seeing many Puerto Ricnas can't handle living in the states.....Locals are locals and in some cases it's better you stay in the island ,doesn't mean that those how come are evil or taken your land....Just be welcoming with out being to pushy.....I was born here but I was able to gravitate to the U.S ,,cause of being there young, and the idiosyncrasies are different thats all..
Hi my sister your voice it's child sweet , when if you learn full spanish your voice will be more child sweet . Anyway if you don't come back to stay, we are happy that you come back for vacation at least. Every country are shrinking because the new world order & bla bla , you and yours stay where you feel safe and free , but travel if you can like living plane. I was going to say that don't move to China, but I have a beautiful chino nephew and another gringo baby , what to say? Anyway faith in good things never fails. Salud.
Hey Diane, hoping you can help give me an idea of what it will cost to ship a you pack container to PR? Did you ship furniture to PR when you moved out there? Hopefully I'll be deciding on a moving company tomorrow but after doing a little research today I saw that I'll have to fill out an EEI form. I'm doing the same container you have in this video which is extremely pricey to ship. But now I have to worry about the additional charges "taxes" I'm breaking my head trying to figure out if its worth doing the shipping. I know I'll be saving a few dollars by doing so but not sure if the extra fees would diminish my savings. Any thoughts is greatly appreciated , thanks.
Are you planing to sell the house? let me know !:)
@@dorkladytravels perfect thanks, let me know when andreanahir851@gmail.com :)
I used watch beach front properties. They have to get numbers...
How was your experience with the u-pack cube? Please give details. Thanks.
Diane Cohn I hope all is well. Looking forward to seeing your adventures.
That's so cool. Thanks for the you pack info. Good luck on your journey!!!
You did a nice job on Puerto Rico. I JUST bought a penthouse condo near Dorado - super deal via Fannie Mae, but don't plan to live there. Been visiting since 1963. I live in the Washington, DC area - 4 hours from P.R. I saw all your P.R. videos and again, nice job! You have amazing patience! When I deal with P.R. folks - family, friends, gov, etc. - I REPEAT my request, and repeat the expectation, and REPEAT again. That dramatically increases my success rate - NEVER 100% but a lot better if I did not do it. AND ALWAYS BE NICE. You mentioned NO Whole Foods, NO Target, etc. but left out Super Walmart, two Costcos in Bayamon - I JUST went to both of them to buy furniture, wide selection of produce at Walmart, and as a vegan, I buy organic frozen fruits and vegetables along with non-organic. Frozen produce holds nutrient a lot better than fresh shipped. Good luck! I'll be in P.R. during winters when I retire in 10 years, at age 70. In the meantime, seeing the rest of the world, and was in Cuba in November. th-cam.com/video/NsjB7X39_js/w-d-xo.html
What are you monthly association fees like?
@@nesq4104 $250 BUT need to be HIGHER!! Remember the less they collect, the less maintenance on the property - as long as the money is ACCOUNTABLE - like our taxes. When you are near or at the ocean, you need more maintenance plus the humidity. I told the HOA board IN WRITING they need to raise it and not delay maintenance, but I suspect some are on a fixed income - but not poor - and I also suspect MOST don't understand you "get the money back" when you sell if your community is well maintained. I was told by many MOST HOAs are broke, don't have enough for an emergency, etc. I shared it with my board, gave them supporting documents/analysis of collect reserves, etc. I'm lucky. My community has a small reserve, but again, it needs a bigger reserver such as a few hundred thousand dollars. During Hurricane Maria, I was told a $25K transformer INSIDE THE CONDO COMMUNITY blew up. My HOA - I was not an owner at the time - did not have the reserves and an owner loan the HOA the money!!!!
@@samuelbonetsanchez6874 wow. Having High Hoa is discouraging to buyers but I get your point it's necessary for reserves. During the recession in Miami the city would declare condo buildings uninhabitable because the HOA dudnt have enough money to pay essentials utilities like water. So imagine being evicted out of your beautiful condo because no one else is paying. Also HOA fees were doubling or tripling in a short time. I knew someone who paid 200 month then it jumped to 400 then 800. I been wary of condos ever since.
Sad to see y'all leave 😥🇵🇷 hope everyting goes w'ell, blessings from Canovanas 🙏 Seattle is brrrr cold in the winter, enjoy your stay 🤠
Nice video..planning to move to PR next year, Question, Do you know anything about having to pay import taxes?..I saw you making an inventory list of your belongings Do you hav to put the depreciated value and pay import tax? Also, are they going to open the reloCubes and check inside all the belongings? Thank you in advance
Hi Diane was it expensive to transport your thingss?
I was borm in puerto rico 10 31 1954 as a child i look for the economics in the island i was very smart due to my mother so i left at age 16 to make a better live thanks to the usa now i retired and live well in indiana
Well in Indiana?? Indoors living is well for you?? How boring.. Been able to see the greenery of PR - feel free to walk in the grass almost all year long i think is much better. Living indoors much of the year is not living at all. Boooorrnnngggg....
@@CFITOMAHAWK sorry i see nothing green in puerto rico i have a better life here and i love my house and propety in puerto rico is nothing but poberty
@@enriquecasiano579-You are an insulting boring turkey. Boring people like boring places. Sorry for you. Indiana is poverty too-anywhere you are..due you have a poor spirit. Pendejo. and Fyou for saying they live like rats- you are an insulting boring rat yourself. You insulting turkey suckkaa. Boring shitheads like you are the ones putting down non cold weather places and non cold turkeys like you are places that tourist visit. How good is the tourist industry in your boring place?? Dam Poophead turkey. Your comments will follow you when you come back. It happens..
Campos albiso and all the rebels including my uncle warn the puerto ricans about usa power to the economics of the island
Now you come with that BS too. Dam traitor saying PR's live like rats. Even if you know how a cat 5 hurricane can destroy whole towns you SAID SUCH INSULT to your own people in struggle. Dam traitor, never go to PR. Your comment is forwarded to all social media.
Moving to Seattle you'll be back to Puerto Rico.
Bet your regretting your move now.
so much unreadt & rioting in Seattle, Portland, Atlanta... We are moving to PR mosquitos and et al
Moving to Puerto Rico to pay more in tolls, sales tax, property tax and income tax. Makes no sense!
Robert Padua you lack information!!! 4 percent taxes for professional in healthcare!! Taxes benefits for new company business an so on !! Property taxes a lot less than mainland!!
Thank you for the videos. You claimed you were moving out of PR but yet want to maintain your Act20/22 status. How is this possible if you need 183days to maintain that status?
Diane Cohn thx. That makes sense. Good job on working that tax incentive! I admire your courage to make it work. I’ve toyed with the idea but worried about my mental state living on a island with flaky Infrastrucure
Hmmmm Im think about buying a house in PR and placing it on airbnb... I have read some stuff you have posted and seen your videos they are very informative. Any thoughts on using airbnb as a source of income/vacation home?
@jasmi gia shut up, stop being racist
Your taylor swift haha.... tag! Your "it"
It was not what you have in mind / huuuuummm
Moving to Puerto Rico is a bad idea. Lots of taxes and bad services.
Not bad at all when you're Act 20/22, living in a gated country club, saving hundreds of thousands or millions per year in income taxes.
We are Half timers between Seattle and Carolina PR. If you end up in Seattle and need anything we would be glad to help! love your videos!
Go , no one is going to miss you
You can build a island future is the peaple don't have a future
Where are you now?
PR is nice, but I would never live their full time. Half time sounds great!!
Did you learn to speak Spanish?
Did you learn to speak Spanish?
@jasmi gia Yeah, and all of the spanish speakers who come to the mainland learn English, so there's no need for spanish signs, etc..... oh wait....
From paradise to parasite that's Puerto Rico
Enrique Casiano that is why we need more people from anywhere around the world to come live here!!
Junior Cuevas you axss Puerto Rico is in a shit hole and don't produce nothing I live were I make a living
You lucky you dint see the South of Puerto Rico is a lost time