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Be alert waiting for your change at the larger stores. Occasionally a clerk will hold back a fifty or hundred peso note with the hope that you will not notice you've been short changed. It has happened to me and a couple of friends. Simply count out your change in front of the clerk and politely wait for the rest of your change. Each time the clerk has handed back the correct change trying to make it look as though it was an honest mistake. Most clerks are honest but it's your money - be watchful.

There is new management at Cinco's and well worth the trip to Ixtlahuacan to try it out. My daughter had the skirt steak with mushrooms and onions and the steak was easily cut with a fork and delicious. I tried the chef's mother's recipe for chicken pipian with peanut mole sauce and it was also excellent.

Is it necessary to change to permanent status after four years if you have a car and want to keep it?

Is the permit that you get when you come to Mexico with your car renewable? I am referring to the law that says you must sell your car after you have lived here for five years.

What happened to the little kiosk near the telephone company that refilled ink cartridges? Have they moved elsewhere?

Thanks to all of you. Guess we'll just have to ride this out.

Thank you Spencer for your valuable insight. No one, including the realtor handling the sale seems to know what a homoclave is. I do have a CURP number but the agency handling the sale wants something more. And no,, the notaria is not lakeside. The sale is being processed in Guadalajara for a young Mexican couple who are able to obtain an interest free loan through the company they work for.I believe it is called Evonovite. (Spelling could be wrong.)It is a federal or state program I think.

We are selling a house and are told we need to go to Guadalajra to obtain a homoclave from the Hacienda office. Can someone please tell me why we need it and what it actually is? Thanks.

Is anyone else having difficulty accessing Skype? I keep getting a message that it is an unsafe website.

I have been very pleased with Dra. Celina Cevallos. She goes by Lupita. She is in the Clinica Integrity on the Liberamiento in the small plaza behind Pemex. There are a number of specialists that can be called in also.

I have been very pleased with Dra. Celina Cevallos. She goes by Lupita. She is in the Clinica Integrity on the Liberamiento in the small plaza behind Pemex. There are a number of specialists that can be called in also.

With a "permanente" status, does the exemption for capital gains on property still apply?

Don't know about repairs, but something just doesn't seem right. He has been in business for years and I've never had a problem but found it odd that a strange woman would call and bad-mouth him and try to get me to sign up with her.

HAS ANYONE HEARD OF ROBERTO'S SATELLITE SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO GOING OUT OF BUSINESS? I WAS CALLED BY A WOMAN WHO SAID SHE WAS TAKING OVER HIS BUSINESS.I AM SUSPICIOUS AND WONDER IF ANYONE HAS HAD THIS EXPERIENCE.

I have heard the law favors tenants over landlords, but short of costly court proceedings, does one have any rights to bodily move a non-paying tenant or their furniture, and install new locks?