LatAm used to be retardedly cheap, sers.
But…
The only thing constant in life is change…and change.
And ye’ pinche times are a changing.
The reality is this:
With the influx of hornt remote workers flooding the wonderful shores of Latin America, demand hath gone up.
As such, the supply side is charging more for their wares.
This means that for strikingly handsome lads stacking wifi monies and make juke deep fly latina honies…
Prices are going up. Ya tu sabes.
Just the reality of the situation. Inflation is here. Don’t be queer. The end of remote workers is near.
Nahhhh.
It’s not, but bars. Alas, I’m going to mansplain’ for the sers:
Your rent is generally your largest expense when living in Latin America.
Most bros I know spend $1,000-2,000 USD a month — while living all-in for around $2,500-4,000 USD a month.
This works damn well in most LatAm cities — minus a few notable exceptions.
Yet Airbnb prices have skyrocketed in the past few years! Countries are adding VAT taxes and hotel taxes and “we don’t want more horny gringo” taxes and shit.
Plus, there’s only so many nice high-rise apartments in the “vortex zones” of these cities — so owners are charging more for them now that there’s so many more gringos.
Logical.
While day-to-day expenses, like coffee, eating out, and buying groceries, have pretty much mirrored inflation in each individual country…
Aka they have not damn near doubled like Airbnb prices.
The overall reality is this: due to the skyrocketing rent, life is more expensive here.
Mi punto? It’s harder to live good in LatAm for under $2,000 USD a month than it used to be.
Luckily…
One ting’ hath not changed — which I will breakdown below for the sers.
Muito Cheap, Sers
The one ting’ that’s still insanely cheap in Latin America?
Maid service.
Let me break it down…
My wonderful maid now works full-time for me. From 9 in the morning until 6:30-7 at night.
9-10 hours a day, Monday through Friday.
I pay her $650 USD a month for her hard work.
Not a week…a month!
She was thrilled with this, as where she was working as a maid previously she only made $380 USD a month — for the exact same hours per month.
Not only does she clean my 1,500 square-foot apartment daily, but she also cooks a meal or two from scratch, runs small errands for me, and watches my baby when my baby mama wants to go to yoga.
She’s truly wonderful!
Of course, I’ll give her a few weeks off for vacation each year and throw her a nice “regalo” for Christmas, Semana Santa, and her birthday.
But the value here cannot be understated…
For $650 a month, I can eliminate all day-to-day bullshit for me and my family:
I do NOT cook…ever.
I do NOT clean…ever.
I do NOT watch my baby during working hours…ever.
And my gurlfren can enjoy the fruits of being with a strikingly handsome, financially stable man — without having to watch the baby(s) 24/7/365.
I’m happy. Mi mujer is happy. My maid is making way more money, and thus, happy.
Win. Win. Win.
The Biggest Benefit
While remote workers flooding LatAm has raised costs across the board for all of us…
Having a wonderful maid to make your life easy is still dirt cheap in Latin America.
So, stop being a dumb pinche gringo.
Start living like an upper-class Latino.
Get yourself a full-time maid.
You will not regret it — just make sure you’re stationary for 6+ months to ensure you can find a legit one.
Hell, many have claimed — and by many I mean me — the absolute biggest benefit to living in Latin America, maybe even more so than da’ bundas, is this…
We can all afford to live like royalty with a full-time maid.
Te lo juro,
Jake Nomada
