Hello Everyone!
Reading through some of the discussions I am delighted at how friendly and helpful the majority of this group is. Many forums out there are filled with posters who only wish to debate and pick on newcomers...now as I make a fool of myself asking questions that you have seen a million times and believe the answers should be obvious to me, please be kind...can you tell I've been pick on in the forum world before?
My husband and I plus our 1 and 2 year old daughters would like to move to Argentina. We will be joined by another married couple and their 9 month old son and a single guy....all the adults are in their mid 20's to early 30's. We are US citizens, we're all well travelled and adaptable...we met working in Europe. Only one of us has spent extensive time in Argentina.
My husband and I have our own business that is run online from home and my husband is a Massage Therapist. If he can find work in Argentina that is wonderful, but not necessary as we make enough from our online business.
My husband needs to surf often. We do not want to own vehicles. Those in our group who will be working all have experience in international hotels/hospitality.
I am having a hard time finding what is required to live in Argentina longer than 90 days. In a very dated blog I read that you can get by with a tourist Visa as long as you take a ferry trip to Uruguay every 90 days, but then I read that a tourist Visa is not necessary for Americans.
Also I notice that apartment living seems standard in areas with good public transportation...it is not the end all, but we would love to find a large place we can all live together...does this exist? A home with 5 bedrooms or at least 5 rooms that can be somewhat private and fit a bed in them...by no means are we hippies, but we are very close, supportive, like to share meals and help with each other's kids etc. It can be a very unconventional space.
Are there trusted sites with rental listings? I don't mind using a search engine or site in spanish if I'll get better results.
Out of respect for the Country and culture we plan on learning as much Spanish as we can, but none of us are currently fluent will this pose any problems?