The Expat Files

Furnishing Your House and the Black Art of Shipping Your Goods Down - The do’s and dont’s of shipping household goods and materials down to L.A. Why dealing with airport customs is so much easier than dealing with seaport customs and shipping containers. - Well known 1st World appliance names (are they even available?) –vs- the cheaper Latin brands that look just as nice... a word of warning. - The tricks of dealing with your shipping container at the Latin customs office and how to get a lowball tax break (just bring a sexy lady along- its a macho society after all). - Why you should never ship your antiques down, but why paridoxically, local antique hunting is a treasure hunter’s dream.