bigpearl
Australian expat in the Philippines
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About me
Australian
Lives in Bacnotan
Speaks english
Registration: 27 January 2018
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Property for Sale or Rent by Cherryann01
Why is it that every company in the Philippines I find advertising property for rent or sale cannot seem to post decent pictures of the property. Many properties advertised seem to only show a few pictures and most of these do not seem to show ...
While off topic I suppose given the length of time one lives in 20 year old undies they could be considered realestate, at least for the owner.Cheers, Steve. Read More
The Philippines, a welcoming destination to expats? by Cheryl
Hello everyone, Settling in the Philippines, like every new environment, can feel like stepping into the unknown and brings many questions: how will it go, how to integrate successfully, etc. To help smooth this transition, we invite you to ...
Thanks P1, sort of informative from a bot and I see a lot of the footage/video has nothing to do with the Philippines, Italy, Holland, Greece, South America and the list goes on. Anyone well travelled will see the flaws in what is supposed to be the ... Read More
Property for Sale or Rent by Cherryann01
Why is it that every company in the Philippines I find advertising property for rent or sale cannot seem to post decent pictures of the property. Many properties advertised seem to only show a few pictures and most of these do not seem to show ...
LOL Cherry, undies aside as well as bias views, back on topic.Rental property or properties for sale are not marketed here like western countries and there is a very slack approach to managing what is trying to be sold/rented and often to the ... Read More
Property for Sale or Rent by Cherryann01
Why is it that every company in the Philippines I find advertising property for rent or sale cannot seem to post decent pictures of the property. Many properties advertised seem to only show a few pictures and most of these do not seem to show ...
Bob.Don't forget the extreme one eyed opinions being bandied about.OMO.Cheers, Steve. Read More
Property for Sale or Rent by Cherryann01
Why is it that every company in the Philippines I find advertising property for rent or sale cannot seem to post decent pictures of the property. Many properties advertised seem to only show a few pictures and most of these do not seem to show ...
Yes Cherry, all of the above and when after near 4 years we found this place found the worst home in the best street, 3 bed 2 bath while all around mostly mansions owned by westerners 5 to 8 bedroom etc.Ben hated me as I would come here early ... Read More
Property for Sale or Rent by Cherryann01
Why is it that every company in the Philippines I find advertising property for rent or sale cannot seem to post decent pictures of the property. Many properties advertised seem to only show a few pictures and most of these do not seem to show ...
Buying or renting a property here requires boots on the ground, most can be weeded out online with a simple chat or lack of forthcoming pic's/info etc. 4 years of looking taught us that many are not serious and have misleading info on the property ... Read More
Taxes for expats in the Philippines by Cheryl
Hello everyone, When settling in and living in the Philippines, you will also need to navigate the local tax system. In order to help newcomers and expats ease their tax-related experience, we would like to invite you to share your ...
An add on here, I remember complaining to my dad the amount of taxes I was paying 35/40 years ago and while we had our disagreements as a wise man simply said to me, "you make money you pay tax, no tax means no money" and I carried his words all my ... Read More
Taxes for expats in the Philippines by Cheryl
Hello everyone, When settling in and living in the Philippines, you will also need to navigate the local tax system. In order to help newcomers and expats ease their tax-related experience, we would like to invite you to share your ...
I suppose Cheryl it depends on why you move to the Philippines, while most retire here there are others that come here to derive an income.The former like myself as a retiree simply suffer government taxes like VAT etc. and if coming from a tax ... Read More
Remitly, Wise or? by bigpearl
Thinking of setting up an account with one of the above companies, any thoughts or recommendations?Cheers, Steve.
Thank you to all members for their input and much appreciated.All sounds too hard so I think I will stay with my banks.Cheers, Steve. Read More
Owning rental property to satisfy physical address proof by mati_steve
I am a retired US citizen currently living in Texas, and plan to move to the Philippines in 2026. One of the 鈥済otchas鈥� that I keep hearing about is how to keep a physical address in the US in order to keep the financial institutions ...
Agree Dan though Oz has some different rules than the US, a residential address in your home country wins the day or a mail forwarder if that works with your financial institution.On OTP's delivered by SMS, my primary bank for 8 years would send a ... Read More
Remitly, Wise or? by bigpearl
Thinking of setting up an account with one of the above companies, any thoughts or recommendations?Cheers, Steve.
Long story short PNW my bank of over 40 years can't send me an OTP now and countless hours on the phone and chatting on their chat internet service they continually blame my carrier in the Philippines and not their problem, this has been ongoing for ... Read More
Remitly, Wise or?
Thinking of setting up an account with one of the above companies, any thoughts or recommendations?Cheers, Steve. Read More
Behind the AI boom .. the Philippine digital-sweatshops by PalawOne
`"Behind the AI boom, an army of overseas workers in 鈥榙igital sweatshops鈥�"[The Washington Post, photo caption: "Internet cafes in the Philippines are now frequented by workers who sort and label data for artificial intelligence ...
Don't waste your time Bob, a leopard never changes its spots. Best to simply ignore the Fred factor and if we are lucky he will wander off to some other unsuspecting country.Cheers, Steve. Read More
Behind the AI boom .. the Philippine digital-sweatshops by PalawOne
`"Behind the AI boom, an army of overseas workers in 鈥榙igital sweatshops鈥�"[The Washington Post, photo caption: "Internet cafes in the Philippines are now frequented by workers who sort and label data for artificial intelligence ...
Ho Hum and a big yawn. Bye Fred.Cheers, Steve. Read More
Behind the AI boom .. the Philippine digital-sweatshops by PalawOne
`"Behind the AI boom, an army of overseas workers in 鈥榙igital sweatshops鈥�"[The Washington Post, photo caption: "Internet cafes in the Philippines are now frequented by workers who sort and label data for artificial intelligence ...
Pot calling the kettle black?Cheers, Steve. Read More