Thank you travel! I can't tell you how much I've appreciated your input and your first-hand knowledge; and thank you everyone for your shared knowledge and input -- love you guys . It's so gratifying to know there are still good and kind people in this world who also value human relationships. That y'all are willing to help others you don't even know, with no strings attached, well... it just warms my heart and renews my faith in the human condition! Having some knowledge of Mexico and the best way to proceed before "my feet hit the ground" will save me a lot of time and hassle so, thank you, thank you, thank you! If you are an "old fart" like me you'll appreciate this: "let your fingers do the walking", but in the year 2018 we should add; let your fingers do the walking in cyberspace with the help from the kind people here.
There is a direct flight from LAX to Cancun; a round-trip ticket is very reasonably priced. I'm blessed to have a very intelligent and trustworthy girlfriend whom I've known since I was 5 yo. She is fluent in Spanish; both reading and writing. Her brain sucked up the languages; mine is more math and science oriented and I'm disgrace to the the linguists among us. My friend recently retired from the supreme court, director of personnel . I'm strongly considering offering my girlfriend an all expense paid vacation to Cancun. She may not know the laws in Mexico, but she is an expert on people and legal matters. I believe she is more than capable of connecting the dots for me and offer alternatives to unanswered questions, or ask questions I may never have known to ask. I looked into hiring a consultant but I can't know how sincerely knowledgeable they are or helpful they may be. Consulting is an easy way to make money; put up a web page, advertise you know every thing about everything in Mexico, but in reality you know very little about anything. I don't have time to back-track and correct wrong information -- I will make enough of those mistakes without any help
I've found a lot of reliable, verifiable information on the net about the laws and customs in Mexico. I'm trying to gain as much information as possible before I come. I know I will make mistakes and there are many unknowns; that's life, a part of learning new things, but that's okay -- it means I'm learning and growing. It's so tempting to hop on a plane now, today! You have no idea how anxious I am to get the "ball rolling". Delaying my gratification to obtain the information I need seems like the smart, logical way to handle this -- but, hey, who knows. I do tend to over-think things and I hate it that I can't have fun and be spontaneous . It it were just me relocating I would be your neighbor by now, hehehe. If my family was healthy mentally and physically I would be gone, nothing but a trail of dust behind me. Quite literally a spontaneous action without considering the consequences carries life or death consequences. Being responsible for others changes the game considerably. For instance, I need an oxygen concentrator the minute I hit the ground in Mexico -- not when I visit but when I move. I need to know how much insulin I can carry with me -- etc. etc. etc. Ah, my life, not complicated at all, is it, hehehe.
So I will be there within the month, come he\\ or high water. BTW, I had planned to move to Costa Rica; after researching, reading, and planning for years it was obvious that wasn't the right choice for my current circumstances. Once I looked at import fees, infrastructure, today's cost of living, etc., It wasn't worth the hassle and cost to move there. I strongly believe Mexico is the right choice to better meet my families needs.