Mexico, all the way down
The free Mexico page has the real math. This is what free content structurally can't do: nine topics broken into the specific decisions you'll actually face.
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Healthcare
Not "it's cheap": which city actually has the accredited hospital, what IMSS covers versus private, and the real Medicare gap.
Open page →💳Money & Banking
Which banks still work for Americans after 2025's FATCA fallout, real transfer costs, and three worked tax examples.
Open page →🏠Housing & Neighborhoods
Real rent ranges across five real retirement hubs, and the guarantor problem nobody explains upfront.
Open page →📍Destinations
Six real places Americans actually retire in Mexico, not just Cancún and "the Riviera Maya."
Open page →🧾Bureaucracy & Legal
The Temporary Resident Visa checklist, the fideicomiso quirk, and the residency-to-citizenship timeline.
Open page →🍽️Food & Daily Rhythm
What groceries actually cost, what a comida corrida costs, and which American cravings need a workaround.
Open page →👥Social Life & Language
What actually builds friendships at 55+, the real language divide by town, and the honest isolation risk.
Open page →⛅Safety & Climate by Season
Which states are genuinely no-go, which are fine despite the headline, and how climate splits by region.
Open page →✈️Travel & Family
The real advantage Mexico has that Europe can't touch: 2-hour flights and a car ride to the border.
Open page →A consultant, a Facebook group, or this. Here's the honest difference.
There are two real ways people already get through this without paying us anything, plus one traditional way that costs a lot more. Worth being upfront about how those compare, since you already know they exist.
A relocation consultant
$2,000 and up, sometimes considerably more. You get a person, dedicated attention, and someone doing the paperwork with you or for you. For a first-time, complicated situation, that can be worth it.
A Facebook expat group
Free, and genuinely useful: real people answering real questions in real time. What you don't get: any way to verify who's answering, or a reliable way to search past answers once a thread scrolls away.
Community: $12/mo
Not a replacement for either one. Closer to the second option than the first: current information, real people who've done this, a place to ask a specific question. It costs less than a single hour of most consultants' time.
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