San Felipe Life

An owner's manual for life in San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico, for English-speaking property owners and renters.

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Electric, Water, Gas, Banking, Property Tax, and other bill-paying.

New Rules for Exchanging Dollars for Pesos

Today new limits were announced (DOF, in Spanish) on how many US dollars can be exchanged for pesos each month. These limits will come into force in 90 days (middle of Sepember 2010) for businesses,...

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Viewing and Paying Your CESPM Water Bill Online

A step-by-step guide for viewing and paying your San Felipe CESPM water bill online, and details of how the water charges are calculated....

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Online Banking with Bancomer

Here is a step-by-step guide to get you started with Bancomer online banking, even if you don't know Spanish......

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Property Tax Discounts 2010

You can get up to 14% discount on your property tax (impuesto predial) by paying it in the first quarter of the year....

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CESPM Water Discount Jan/Feb 2010

In January and February 2010 you can get a discount on your water bill by paying in advance. This only applies to those who have piped (city) water from CESPM....

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HSBC Fideicomiso Payments

Many of the individual fideicomisos (bank trusts) used for propery purchase in San Felipe are with HSBC, especially at El Dorado. Annual fees need to be paid for each fideicomiso to keep it current....

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Viewing your CFE electricity bill online

You can register on the CFE website to see your electricity bills. At present you cannot pay the bills directly on the website. The only place to pay online is on the online banking of a Mexican bank,...

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Transferring money to Mexico with Paypal

If you have a peso account at Bancomer (or any Mexican bank) an alternative to wiring money into it from another country, or paying in a check, is to use Paypal for the transfer. It can work out the...

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