Are Puerto Ricans being pushed out?
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- Опубликовано: 27 дек 2021
- Tax breaks, beautiful views and cheap real estate are attracting people to Puerto Rico. Some locals say they're getting pushed out by newcomers looking to make money.
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And he has the nerve to call himself a “philanthropist “! What a narcissist POS he is! 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡
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My grandmother owns land in Puerto Rico. People lied to her. My family was supposed to still have land we’re is it i still have family over there but nobody telling them the truth people going over there taking advantage of people that don’t have western education sad
I want my land back now
Thanks for this Bianca. Good reporting.
We visited Puerto Rico and fell in love with it. I actually thought about trying to buy a vacation home there. Then I heard from one of the locals how difficult it is for them to find housing with outsiders coming in and buying. So Puerto Rico will stay a beloved vacation destination for us, only using hotels and Airbnbs run by locals. Your land is beautiful and I will educate my peers as much as possible to stop the destruction of your homes.
Oh come on. The destruction of their homes? How is investing in PR destroying their homes? Their land? Are you an American? Its your land too then. They don’t give 2 shits about buying up land here in the states. Their xenophobia is ok but ours is not. Lol People like you are pitiful. Lol
@@floriderllc6862 "Are you an American? Its your land too then." Typical colonizer mentality. You think you own everything, push people out and them call them savages when they can't take it no more. I feel bad for you. Only a heartless monster would go into an impoverished land in need of help after multiple catastrophic natural disasters and kick the poor people out of their homes.
@@IBreiKeL you don’t understand what colonization is. Its no different than moving anywhere in the US. A monster? I pity you. This video is racist and I call them out.
@@floriderllc6862 Racist? So is the wall between USA and Mexico. "Are you an American? Its your land too then." is precisely what we are fighting, the mentality that you have a right to this stolen nation as is Hawaii another stolen nation.
@@floriderllc6862 The local Cuban exiles government of Puerto Rico calls this progress, now tell me how do I benefit from being pushed out like the Indians with all this development. I can not benefit if there is no progress for me. We have enough with the Cubans running the government, we do not need more gentrifiers.
He’s surprised that they were paying $600 when minimum wage is $8.50/hr?
Shows how much he doesn’t give a damn about the people there. all he saw was dollar sign. Typical of them.
Slave wages!
@@jamesgiko9482 capitalistic tax evader 🟥
And the fact that his ass owes taxes in Rhode Island is ridiculous. He should not be able to purchase anything there and live while owing the state all that money. He is a piece of shit and I don’t expect him to pay that back with any profits he makes from this.
Minimum wage rates are just that and nothing more. They often do more harm than good. Just like maximum wage rates have done in history. Also the military bases that were on the island did a lot of good for the economy and many jobs for civilians. I use to live in Puerto Rico and saw how it helped with jobs.
This is horrible, I can’t believe he pushed all those people out of their homes. This is happening all over the Caribbean :/ The region is becoming increasingly expensive for local residents.
they welcome American way of life, and that sort of thing comes with it.
My grandmother lives in Puerto Rico and my Father is from there. It hurts me to hear about the difficulties the Puerto Rican people are having finding a home. My father and Brother help my grandmother rebuild after Hurricane Maria and one day I would love to help out the island.
This is so disgustingly disrespectful to the tenants and people in this area. They all should file an injection and suit.
Gentrification ruined NYC culture too.
Yesss, they should sue and take this case to court. Make sure this doesn’t occur again. People make sacrifices to buy a place to live. Creating jobs? Ummm, and taking the money gained from Puerto Rico and invest it some where else. I’ve read and seen it in the news. It’s about time people be pro-active to go against those that attempt against their peace in life.
@Ash Hegde I mean to say if the people that are living in are the owners.
@Ash Hegde New York doesn't have a soul, its too commercialized. Times Square looks like Disneyland now.
@@Yandel21ableify omg new York is so different, it's not the place I lived in when I was a kid, and I'm not talking about covid or any political stuff. I use to live by flatbush ave. I stayed on ocean Avenue, Beverly rd. Back then, it was pretty bad. Now, after 16 years, a lot of buildings that were they're are not there, new apartments, my old apartment was remodeled. I went to Manhattan, and I only felt like a tourist visiting my own home. I can't describe it
hearing that guy that bought the building talk is infuriating. He seemed almost personally offended someone wasn't being overcharged for rent. He decides to call himself a puerto rican while having no respect for the people, it's just disgusting. I wanted to move, but after hearing what native and local Hawaiins have said is going on I knew I had to find out if that was the case for Puerto Rico. There is so much greed.
It was sickening he just expects people to be paying high rents everywhere, but thats why CA and Florida are going up in price so much. Its hard to feel sorry for those people when thats been the story of our lives as Americans. Everybody from the 3rd world has moved here and it has artificially driven up the prices for years.
@@floriderllc6862 I am from Florida. I'm facing the reality of insane rent prices and I may not be able to live where I do very soon due to it. I grew up with people from Puerto Rico and other South American countries.
I can tell you with certainty they are not the cause. They're the scapegoat the same rich Americans who are causing this will use to keep you from being against them. I'm watching it happen - rich Americans buy properties, kick out the tenants, and either renovate and increase rent or turn it into an airbnb. Those who immigrate here due to poverty don't have the money to drive up prices and they're the ones who stand next to me facing the same reality of being priced out of our community.
@@Savannah- I live in Florida too, and all my neighbors are from PR and south america, including my wife. Yes, they do drive up the prices because they require housing driving up demand. I also own rental properties in Florida. What would happen to prices if all the PR’s and South Americans suddenly left Florida? When you own properties the more you generate from rents the more your property is worth. You don’t invest money to lose it. But, you can only charge what the market dictates and that price comes from supply and demand.
Believing that another person cares about you or holds you in high esteem, and will not intentionally harm you simply because you were both born and raised in the same country is a big mistake. Predatory people do not allow themselves to be hindered or limited by such trivial things. In fact, they use them to their advantage since it causes the gullible to lower their guards.
Why he saw a financial opportunity that Puerto Ricans living there did not care about. He made an ethical business decision. Why didn’t the tenants petition the local state government of PR, also PR banks like Banco Popular to come up with a creative financial plan to acquire the building in a firm of co-op to ensure they could be in control of their future, rather than just complaining. #DespiertenBoricuas
Es la segunda vez q veo este documental y sigo sintiendo la misma impotencia, coraje, y mil otros sentimientos más.
la entiendo completamente! pero no es injusticia mi gente, es falta de educación , ese tipo sabe muchas cosas que ustedes no saben. es un tipo educado que sabe como se mueve el dinero, sabe de inversiones, sabe de taxes! LO UNICO QUE LE PUEDO DECIR A GENTE JOVEN DE PUERTO RICO ES QUE SE EDUQUEN, Y NO ME REFIERO IR A UNA UNIVERSIDAD APRENDER UNA CARRERA ESTUPIDA QUE AL FINAL DEL DIA NO DA PARA VIVIR COMO UNO MERECE, LEAN LIBROS DE FINIANZAS, COMO PADRE RICO , PADRE POBRE DE ROBERT KIYOSAKI Y SE VAN A DAR CUENTA DEL LA MENTIRA Y EL SUENO QUE LES VENDE EL GOBIERNO!!!
I’m Puerto Rican and we need to stop selling everything we own! We do this everywhere we live in NYC for example we used to own every grocery store in NYC and we sold them all we sold Bacardi,and sold many other rich corporate companies selfishly
I understand, but many of the buildings that the government is selling have been abandoned for years without proper care. Every commercial building, house, apartment, or property in any area that is not well maintained will depreciate the surrounding real estate.
The way my body cringed when she started crying and then said “I guess it’s because I care” bitch, please
I know right?! Talking about "that's the way the world works" no, just where you're from Karen, where the Almighty dollar and greed is king.....very, very selfish woman...
I live here in Puerto Rico 🇵🇷, Yes I agree it looks ugly , outsiders coming here buying our land...but I don't see nobody talking about Puerto Ricans selling their property to outsiders...behind every property sold to outsiders, there is a Puerto Rican seller...This is the problem that needs to be fixed, without my home being for sale, I was offered more than what the asking price was...I declined the offer, Puerto Ricans have the obligation to value what they own, because when they don't, Someone else will, and this is what will happen...Its too late right now, once a outsider buys a property, it will never belong to a Puerto Rican again.
@@MosaicHomestead very smart response.
@@pavelzaro1471 it's a honest response
Very good idea. Land and house are top of the line investment. If you are living in a very much attractive area and not looking out for best interest. "A share of the pie "
“You’re not reducing poverty you’re just pushing it around” this is so true
Okay nothing wrong with pushing poverty from beach front areas! This way wealthy people can spend some money and build homes which creates jobs, like construction, housekeeping, Airbnb, furniture stores sell merchandise, local government collects property taxes and tax employees etc. I think most people are confused on how wealth is created and basic economic principals. The poor becomes middle class by working not by getting government support and halting growth and progress!
Monaco, Singapore, Dubai and so many of these super wealthy crypto places opened their doors high and wide to foreigners and look at them now. But in Puerto Rico the mentality is let’s block everyone including natives and locals etc. It’s bizarre!!
And Soon those Foreign Investors will buy it all and Triple the Rent and cost of buying your Dream House in P.R Will be just a Dream might have to relocate to Dominican Republica, and the cycle just keep on Moving the Poor out .
@@patmarco2251 it’s sad that people are close minded about progress in Puerto Rico. However leaving someone without a home is just as wrong.
@@TheWrestlingUniverse agreed.. No one should be homeless.
@@jseahmed2432 cost of living is going up everywhere, but those who are close minded think it is only affecting their community and caused by foreigners! Guess who is selling these buildings? The locals, and you can blame the brokers who are also locals and the bankers who are locals, you get the idea..
Greed has no limit. Owners of these properties are just as guilty for selling to these heartless, greedy, vultures.
What’s crazy is … this is happening in the states with wealthy people from China…I live in CA and I can’t tell you how many landlords live in China…
This made me so angry! He says he “Puerto Rican” but he’s putting the TRUE Puerto Ricans out! What a POS
Define "true Puerto Rican".
He is a slime ball!!
@@davism3800 you know exactly what he means dummy
@@lp1652 No, I don't. Define it.
If he’s Puerto Rican he has very right to purchase property there.
Puerto Ricans are warm people. I grew up with Puerto Ricans and Cubans. They love to live it up! Stick to your values and your families!
I was in nursing school in PR in 2018-2019 and met so many foreigners there for Act 22 it was insane.
If you paste a sign on your back saying "Kick me!" people will kick you.
I’d be curious to hear from folks about what responsibility you think the “seller” bears in this process, especially if the seller happens to also be Puerto Rican ?
Thank you. That is the first place that my mind went.
Truth
They are the part of the problem. But if the monetary incentive is them selling to a Person from the states then thats what they are going to do. The jobs being “created” are not the wages needed to actually buy a property.
Do your mind go there.. when America sells our homes to foreigners too?
😂seller not a true Boricua, just by name. No ama la Patria.
Sad part is that some of the buyers don't even care about what they're doing to the people that are from there. Sad
Don't Move Out, give him he'll. Organize and lawyer up.
I know of multi millionaire business owners who just moved to San Juan, talking about how great it is for them. What about the locals, I asked? No answer.
That’s a shame the same thing happened to Hawaii and the people of Jamaica are not allowed access to their own beaches 😢
This same BS is and has been happening in Mexico for years now. And it is not right! I blame the local governments for allowing, or even facilitating this. The local governments should be PROTECTING the people they represent; not selling their land out from under them! It is very irritating!
@Ash Hegde So why not give the same privileges to all, outsiders and locals. That's the way it should be.
@Ash Hegde Which market? The Local market? Or the world market? Do you understand the purpose of trade protections, such as tariffs? If I am permitted to go from a wealthy country to a less wealthy country and buy out prime real estate from under the feet of the local people, simply because I have more money than them, and perhaps special tax breaks, would you call that fair market practice?
This is not an even playing field. And apparently that is fine with you, so long as the odds (and laws) are skewed in your favor. It takes a very special conscience to be okay with that.
siiii yo soy mexicana tambien....los vendedores de veneno d rata, narco traficantes, llegan y te ropan y no quiere q t quejes x q si lo haces te matan x q ya esta comprobado q ay pliyicos del narco como lo ay narco cantantes etc....o vienen chinos communistas o espanoles o elites con corporaciones pa usarte como condons desechables
@Ash Hegde hola....no entendi
@@zulmakarnacha si ves madrilenos por el mundo edicion puerto Rico(RUclips), viven en las mejores partes de la isla y con aires de superioridad.
I'm not Puerto Rican but my blood boils just seeing how people get displaced in a blink of an eye. Lo siento! 😡
While I feel sorry for these people, Puerto Ricans need to be realistic. They've got a ton of debt and their own politicians are allowing this to happen, as a means to try and solve that debt issue. If they were smart, they would have banded together to buy some of these properties. If you've got a solution that solves their debt situation AND allows these people to stay in their homes, I'd love to hear it.
It's not being stolen the land and property is being bought nothing different then buying property in the United States
@@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403 A lot of the debt comes from local politicians’ corruption of course, but also how dependent PR’s economy was made on American corporations and their low paying jobs. If you go to PR, you’ll see more US corps bunched together than even in some places here in the states. The American corps literally destroyed local PR run businesses…
I do comprehend the failures of some better off PR’s though. So many of them move to NY, LA or Miami after becoming wealthy in PR instead of staying and contributing to the island. They’ll literally claim there aren’t any opportunities there (colonial mindset), and then the stateside Americans come in or even people from abroad and say “we see A LOT of opportunities”…. But many of them could care less about the local population. That’s on the better off PR for being so short-sided and refusing to see the value of their own island and how they should contribute back to it.
I am Puerto Rican, born in the states....but I will roo for my people!!!
@@earthandwind820 this is the dumb and makes no logical sense - "If you go to PR, you’ll see more US corps bunched together than even in some places here in the states. The American corps literally destroyed local PR run businesses…" How can u find more US businesses in PR than in the mainland? Do you understand the concept of economy of scale? have u ever tried to shop 100% small local business for everything? i have and it's way more expensive for arguably the same stuff you get at a box store. 90% of the shit in local shops is made in china, just like the box stores but costs twice as much.
There are stores here literally called "China Town" and the locals love them cause it's cheap. They don't care where it came from; that child slaves had to mine the materials, or about the sweatshop workers that churn out that disposable trash that ends up in landfills or the ocean. the only thing that matters to them is that it's cheap.
"But many of them could care less about the local population." I agree a lot of pr's don't give a shit about anything but themselves. when pr's leave the island, they do the exact thing they bitch about when people go to PR; entitled hypocrisy. I don't hear anyone talking about the people selling their property to foreigners. She mentions that LOCALS say they prefer to work with "gringos" (somehow gringo isn't racist?) cause they are money smart and actually pay the rent on time or early. yeah, so why aren't the local landlords on blast? why is it the foreigners problem when a PR SELLS their property? Shouldn't they be allowed the FREEDOM to sell their own property as they see fit?
Let's say you actually did something to own a house and then wanted to sell it.
Offer #1 is asking price but the buyer is a family relocating from outside PR
Offer #2 is $10,000 below asking price but is a local
What offer do you take? those saying they'd turn down an extra $10k are probably lying. believe it when you see the proof.
Capitalism and free markets aren't prefect but it's a hell of a lot better than the alternatives. The fact that we can sit here and have debates in the youtube comment section is proof of that.
It's in this capitalist free market and thru the freedoms granted by the constitution that all who are lucky enough to be under it's umbrella has an opportunity to become wealthy. It's for this exact reason that there's more pr's on the mainland than on the island.
What if all of a sudden mainlanders started telling pr's to go home and stay on their island? 100% pr's would play the race card.
Off course the same thing they are doing to the Hawaii islands.
Glad this video showed up on my feed because I was considering purchasing a home in Puerto Rico, not as an investment but to make it my home as I've wanted to live there for a while especially since my family originated from Fajardo and moved to NYC during the Farm Administration Act of 1945. I'm now reconsidering my decision because I don't want to add to the problems its citizens are facing nor do I want to find myself living someplace where the corruption appears to be just as bad as what I'd like to escape.
I watched quite a few videos on the pros and cons of relocating to the island, and I criticized one of the RUclipsrs for being so negative about PR. This video however puts into perspective the effect that it's having on native Islanders by those with nothing but finances on their minds. Capitalism at it's worst. The thought that anyone would buy a property they were renting in and probably paying the same low rent as everyone else only to displace them afterward for his own personal gain is down right despicable! And that lady who hadn't a clue of the effects of her participation, look how quickly she abandoned the island after hurricane Maria hit! Is she investing in anymore houses now? Are either of them investing in repairing any of the abandoned properties and making them affordable for those who were pushed out of their homes for their corporate gains? I think not!
It's extremely disturbing to read the comments by those criticisng anyone who doesn't use their finances to buy their own homes. You do realize that not everyone can afford to buy don't you? After spending the last couple of days looking at the homes available for sale in PR, there's no way that anyone who is in a low income bracket can afford to buy a home there because 1) everything is overpriced and 2) everything requires repairs. The video explains that the median income in that city is only $17K... that's below the poverty line! And the tax dodger didn't take any of that into account as he and others like him only consider their own greed!
And for those of you screaming how this video is racist, your comprehension skills are sorely lacking just as your lack of empathy for your fellow human being is! We are not all created with the same greedy genes as you!
There has to be a way to stop this but money talks. Having the money and the heart would be proving shelter and jobs to locals.
The white lady is so goddamn clueless about the struggles of the people. Your white, you’re a colonizer Get thru hell out. Everywhere you go you people create chaos.
good on you doing ur research tho with empthaty for land you want to move to, natives want to be treated as tho they matter because since Spanish colonization the world will always value our land over our people and that only continued after America made it its territory
It seems that you've been getting your, " education " concerning Puerto Rico from Puerto Rico's far left monopolized media who are allied with the Island's oligarchs and from people like the young lady in charge of this RUclips video. This young lady is also allied with the people that want Puerto Rico to be like Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua. It's simply amazing how, even educated people, swallow contaminated information blindly !!
@@JustJoe827 Pass me with your trolling! You obviously lack the ability for intellectual discourse without resulting to some form of hate spewing out of your brain.
I'm from Hawaii. The same thing happened to us Hawaiians in the 80's. Rich investors from Japan and North America swooped up houses. It hurt our housing market. Prices soared and the rest is history.
Why didn’t you buy a property?
@@reaccionapuertorico In the 80's I was in grade school. But my parents always talked about it and as I got older I realized they were right.
@@russelltakemoto230 did they have a house?
@@reaccionapuertorico yes, from my grandmother who passed
Same in the Canary Islands and now is worse than ever.
Puerto Rico needs to do what most countries in Southeast Asia and that is limit property ownership to citizens of that country. Thailand for example a foreigner cannot buy a condo unless 50% or more of the building is own by the Thai citizens. Foreigners can buy a house but cannot own the land which can be taken away. Therefore it makes property buying less attractive to investors. They do this to protect the people otherwise they would be priced out like Puerto Ricans are.
This video has so much wrong with it to cover. But first, Puerto Rico has plenty of homes and not enough people, most of Puerto Rico is inhabited by older Puerto Ricans leaving the workforce. The racist woman who has European features and speaks colonial Spanish tells Americans not to come or stay in Puerto Rico. There are more Puerto Ricans living on mainland US than on Puerto Rico itself and the island is losing population rapidly. There are many issues with PR, but people like this woman are hateful racists.
As I understand it, PR doesn’t have that kind of sovereignty to make and enforce such laws. It’s more or less “owned and operated” by the USA government, right?
@@erstwhilerambler Yes. That is one of the reasons why PR wants to break away from the US.
Breaking away from the US is not possible, Puerto Rico has low population of aging people who do not work, do not contribute to the economy, and also require assistance in the form of government funded social programs. Most of their working age citizens live and work in the United States. Puerto Rico already has mountains of debt and is in the midst of a fiver year battle with bankruptcy, they are literally bankrupt. It’s a nice thought, but not possible and never going to happen.
@@user-vc9tt5eg3z that's bullshit. IT's also like that because of the current situation/
“The island holds a special place in my heart…pauses…fake cries…it’s bc I care…” I care bc I never knew it was so cheap and it’s great for me. I sympathize with them 😐 by also not sympathizing with them. She’s the exact person she hated. Yet she blames them for not being rich. While she wasn’t rich in her country couldn’t “keep up”. Imagine her telling you that you need to make 90k invest in properties and get going… in America. Lady most Americans can’t do that with their economy. She loves benefitting from them and yet hates the American economy? Wouldn’t she love how corrupt and expensive mid houses are? Pushing local people from small towns away to be more modernized and say maybe make double your income, sorry… oh wait she probably is that person that was in that situation. What a pathetic woman. She doesn’t love Puerto Rico she loves the price tag.
Its easy to demonize people who have more money than you do. Thats doesnt make it right.
Shes a Vulture Indeed... A curropt and Greedy individual...
She said thats how the world works, it doesnt mean she have to hop in the wagon and drive over everyone who cant...sad.
SAY IT LOUDERR
It’s not her fault, it’s the algorithm! It’s not her fault it’s the government! She is the most insufferable person I have seen in a long time.
This world is being taken over by evil in my opinion.
This is happening everywhere. I can’t understand how rent is so high an the majority of people aren’t rich. 😢
Imperialism and Neo Colonialism
where the white folks go, prices will grow lol
I'm not sure why this so called ex-representative is not in jail for tax evasion.
The dude infuriated me with his arrogance, lack of self awareness regarding his comments, and pure cold-heartedness. He could care less about what he and others are doing to native Puerto Ricans with much lower incomes. He’s a perfect example of the greed which blinds people to decency.
As a gringo all my prayers 🙏 go out to you.
Hello! I am from the Canary Islands (Spain). Our elders have taught us to love Puerto Rico (also Cuba and Venezuela) since we were little by telling stories with nostalgia from that time. Our accent and expressions when speaking are almost identical, there is also back-and-forth influence in gastronomy and folklore, but what is most similar is the character. Despite having preserved the memory, we Canarians know very little about current Puerto Rico. That's why I'm here, to learn a little more about Puerto Rico. In the rest of Spain, Puerto Rico is also always spoken with great affection. A hug from Tenerife❤
Cuba, Puerto Rico, even Venezuela, but how about the Dominican Republic? It was also colonized by Canarians, the way of speaking and the way of living is Canarian, just like Cuba and Puerto Rico.
This is what’s happening in Hawaii, the children need to get their education and come home to reverse what’s happening.
Does Hawaii not have good schools or something? Lol
Told my wife years ago this was starting to happen. High end condos selling like crazy, high end malls being built, all which doesn’t fit the native demographic means money is from the outside. It’s been planned for years, shown just through observation
You can observe and see what is coming. The majority of the people here are sleeping and that is what is causing all this.
The Mall of San Juan is an example and they have been planning to eliminate the Residencial Nemesio Canales to expand Plazas Las Américas but there's other interest involved.
@@mariabardo6420, my goodness. That would be horrible. Where are they supposed to move to??
Yeah but that’s in every country
They are doing this everywhere
Did you know that prior to 1913, it was unconstitutional to collect income tax from ANYONE in the United States?
Why not fight for ZERO income/capital gains taxes rather than more?
The climate in Puerto Rico. If you are not a native born Puerto Rican, or of Puerto Rican descent, then you should not be allowed to indirectly nor, directly purchase any property on any of the Puerto Rican Island.
Boycott through You Tube those who need others to subscribe to their You Tube channels. Do not subscribe to their channels; thereby drying up the $$$ they receive from You Tube.
Thanks for this, Bianca. I am a Puerto Rican history professor and I just finished writing a book: "Us According to Them: How Americans Portrayed Puerto Ricans and Their Culture, 1898-2010" based on 132 books written by Americans who either visited or lived in the Island. Right now I am looking for a publisher. One of its sections is titled: "“A Most Delightful and Healthful Winter Resort”: The Future" and you can see there that since 1898 there were plans to turn the Island into a winter resort. Here is a quote from 1899: "The general healthfulness of the whole island gives rise to the belief that it will become a splendid winter resort in the future under the Stars and Stripes. …it will probably be the land of refuge when snow and sleet chase the rich from their homes in the great cities of the North." Knowing about this gave me the advantage of knowing what was coming since 2009, when I left the Island because I couldn´t suffer there the impotence of seeing your land to be turned into a new Bahamas for rich foreigners. I still suffer it, but now from Uruguay.
Im interested on reading this book.
Jajaaj compatriota nunca pensé encontrar una uruguaya Puerto Rico para puertorriqueños se tienen qie independizar de una vez
@@chinchanchou De acuerdo. Desafortunadamente los independentistas representamos solamente cerca de un 4%.
. (I'm just commenting to save the comment HAHA) Voy a estar pendiente, me interesa leer el libro.
@@ligiat3073 War against all Puertoricans was an eye opener for me. I’m intrigued to read yours.
Evicting tenants to convert the homes into Airbnb is illegal in many parts of the world. Check your state and local laws to make sure that developers are not violating the laws.
Esa es la parte triste de alquilar....los dueños siempre van a tener la ultima palabra
Lol. Dude you are Hippocratic. That's how money's work. If you own that apartement you would do the same.
This is Puerto Rico. The govt is the problem. That’s what this is all about. There are no laws Inforced with this stuff. That’s the whole problem.
I wouldn’t, I believe in owning property if I can afford it, but I wouldn’t fuck over my tenants just because I want more money. There’s no honor in it and we shouldn’t act like mainlanders!
@@jalicea1650 your business need money. And if u using reality that building need maintenance and its cost money. Need electricity, pay water etc. In the end of the day. You would love if you could just evicted them and go do vacation in japan, or snowboard in Switzerland , alpen mountain, go visit nepal, india.
Greed is the root of all EVIL. So sad to see rich people displacing "natives". It is their nature. So glad "natives" are standing up and finally speaking out! The government needs to make a law to stop seizing land from these countries maybe we wouldn't have so many coming over the borders!!
No hate just wondering, why "natives"
It’s funny they call other Americans colonizers.
"I'm Puerto Rican now!" That boiled my blood beyond anything I thought it could. This is breaking my heart. I saw Isabela and it dropped my heart a thousand feet. I spent my summers in Isabela and Villa Pesquera. I know these people, I basically grew up there. Ugh. Bianca, thank you so much for fighting the good fight!
That line itself made me want to throw my phone.
I understand how you feel. However i believe that is best for Puertorriqueños not to shun him away. Teach him/them what those that means help him create a real connection to the island and its people so he stop seen us as just another way to make money. His children, grandchildren will be the new Puertorriqueños just as some of our ancestors parents came from somewhere else. The children of the colonizers and the merchants became the ones who fought for independence.
@@aquienpuedainteresar4188 Are you referring the 'new Puerto Ricans' of the 1820s-1870s? The Italians, French and Spaniard who became the wealthy elite the jibaro's despised? They are not as good an example as you think! The jibaro's had no problem burning their farms in 1899 because the were seen as a cruel oppresive elite. The main reason they are well remember now is because THEY WERE Italians and Spaniards who shared a common culture and religion to an extent with the Puerto Ricans. They assimilated quickly, and became Puerto Rican becuase it was relatively easy for a Catholic from Andalucía to adopt our culture.
Trust me when i say that Anglos WILL not do the same. They will not 'become Puerto Ricans' just as they did not became Iroquois or Creek or Californio. If only a few came yes, but not if they come in huge numbers and move into these gated communities where Anglo-American Culture will be dominate.
And your position seems to that Puerto Ricans have no choice but to accept this? Why? Who MUST we allow anyone to come and become Puerto Rican? Other nations don't? You cant just move to Mexico and immediately claim to be "Mexicano" because you lived there for two years! Why does the Puerto Rican need to do so. Puerto Rico is not New York.
@@isaacsmith899 Very well put!
The problem with Puerto Ricans is they have no ethnic/tribal identity. What most Puerto Ricans don't understand is that the whole world operates on tribal/bloodline/clan standards no matter if it's in Europe, Africa, Asia, Middle East, Pacific Islands etc. Puerto Ricans don't have clan/tribe they belong to, that makes the term "Puerto Rican" a globalist identity.
What are the rules/standards to being a "boricua"? There are none! Anyone can go there and claim to be anything. Group exclusivity via clan/tribal membership is essential for a people to survive! And you can see the disastrous results of that lack of ethnic exclusivity in this video.
This is happening in the U. S. Virgin Islands too. literally a stone's throw from Puerto Rico. Its one thing to start buying up the homes & Properties, but then trying to change the local native customs to suit them, and trying to claim things that are not their's aka the beaches.
The same comments I heard from foreigners here, saying that they want to give an "European vibe" to a small town that they are moving in.
Happening everywhere even rich homes, like all the houses in Lake Tahoe have practically become Airbnb so you spend millions of dollars on your lakefront property just to have random guests as your neighbors every weekend
That woman is a modern day Columbus.
What's happening to Puerto Rico is precisely what they want to do to Haiti.
I'm from New Jersey and got alot of family in fajardo pr and they told me the same story as Bianca .. keep doing your work and investigation your awesome.... I will keep praying for my island
I only hit "like" to acknowledge that I saw this video. I am an American & I hate that this is happening to the people of Puerto Rico. I live in California and have seen this happen over & over. -- Greed is an ugly thing.
Puerto Ricans own the West Side of every major city in America. I grew up in a school filled with Puerto Ricans. Now, we are coming to your country. So what??? Get over it. They need to stop whinning like babies and you need to stop kissing people arses.
@@vbin9081 as a puerto rican I honestly couldn't careless about all of this, however just stating your experience Is just anectdotal evidence. That being said, I couldn't care less if more Americans come over here since it's thanks to them we have what we have and also we're already colonized af so it wouldn't change a damn tjing
Thank you, Christine Goulding. You have a heart!
@@vbin9081 the problem with this one is how it's being carried out; all throughout the 20th century and up to recent years, people from the mainland came to the island to live. No one in the island EVER had any issues with that.
But this is different: Act 22 (now 60) has allowed for richer people to come and buy out properties (several, at times) and the realty market for those whose lives have always been there (and don't forget: it is an ISLAND) has become so inflated that, along with lower salaries, they are being displaced.
SO THIS IS DIFFERENT.
Tell me: have Puerto Ricans ever displaced any of you in the mainland, anywhere, by moving there?
NOPE.
Please grasp the context, sir or madam.
Pleasant morning.
Thank you so much for standing with us
It’s happening in United States everywhere. Unless you inherit money/house or marry a provider it’s a struggle
True, especially in GA. The difference is there is less choices on the island. And despite being a part of the U.S. as a territory, it is still a distinct culture and ethnicity with its own history. The P. Ricans in the states are here because their families migrated over the years to the mainland to out of necessity. The rent was low in these Apts because that's the market and most people don't make a lot of $ in these neighborhoods. I mean it's not midtown Atlanta.
He’s better off buying a property in Naples 😂
My half italian, half puerto rican father said "that's a typical "Italian" move. Hint hint, "Christopher Columbus". Lol smh. My step dad who was Born in italy but raised in Puerto Rico is pissed that this man thinks it's nice to change a town culture. He said "who the f×>k cares if it's an old school town. It's how they wanted it. Let the people of the land live however makes them happy" I love my dad. He is absolutely right.
Edited. He is now saying "so you go to Italy and cant find a place as beautiful and as cheap as Quebradillas? You get jealous and have to ruin it for us? Shame on him." Lol. Sigh but true
You do know a lot of Italians immigrated to Puerto Rico back in the 1800s. A lot of the Puerto Rican stock is Italian from Corsica.
Different scholars like Jose Erugo, Celso Garcia de la Riega, Otero Sanchez and Nicholas Dias Perez have since concluded that Columbus may have had a Jewish background.
Funny how the only ones who aren’t allowed to have that opinion are Western nations.
Your cute
Firstly, OUCH! I feel the pain of the locals in my Island! Secondly, I too am a displaced Puerto Rican that actually tried to RETURN to PR as an adult after growing up there as a child, only to find out all the empty houses I could afford to buy on my income SS, were held up by inheritance or OTHER legal hang ups back in 2011. I went home to PR with the dream of owning my first house in the ONE place I could call HOME as I always did when young, where I knew my neighbors and rode my bike and walked everywhere and food is actually good.. Only to find out Land Lords were scamming, stealing electricity and water, and the affordable abandoned houses were not even buyable by the locals or returning expats from the Island.. Nope! The mainlanders, and Foreigners from other nations were buying out our small towns and every available property! The saddest part is some of that property is STILL empty and there are Puerto Ricans still looking where to live in peace. The take away I learned from all this is as a child in PR, my world was taken care of for me by my parents, as an adult, PR is just a dream.. not attainable unless I too am rich. Which I am not. I also learned that renting is NOT a safe bet anymore. The land lords scam and change the rental agreements on the fly and some even evict you based on their personal feelings of you as a person, and other things that are illegal and protected against, in the mainland. In the end I moved back to the mainland USA and found a $5,000 cash fixer upper abandoned brick house in a small town and live in the same town today and upgraded to a bigger $10,000 cash brick duplex instead. Puerto Rico is now just a good memory of a time bygone. With Covid restrictions making it even harder to go back and live there, the fact that now prices for ANY house or apartment is too high for ANY local making a modest income can afford, just makes it that much harder to ever return.. I am sad by this. Maybe when God comes back there will be justice for the poor..
It's so sad that this had been your experience. I hope that one day somehow you're able to make that dream come true.
I'm in that position you where in the past. I moved from PR super young. So young I don't even remember living there, but I always went back to visit for weeks at a time and feel in love with it every single time. I promised myself that one day I would go back, that feeling is still there, but this comment section is making me think twice about it. 😩
@@cjrodriguez1053 Thankyou for your sentiment. Yes I pray the Lord gives me a compelling reason to return despite the covid and economy issues. Like meeting my future wife in PR again like my first wife that passed away. I met her in PR and I had to sell my digital piano to be able to afford the plane ticket on such short notice at the time. Puerto Rico is fun to visit but I have so much desire for the things,houses, food, music, landscape,people,in PR that I can not risk all the covid restriction issues, rental instability and other scams, to just visit for a short while. Like the right woman, I want to go back to PR to stay until death do us part.. God willing :-)
Independencia for Puerto Rico fixes al this
@@jesusjesus534 That is what I thought back in the 1990s and early 2000s when I first visited the island as an adult, but I have found out recently that the local government has been instrumental in the demise of the island. All the provisions for Hurricane Maria victims were hidden and left to spoil in some warehouse that a local man found out about and put on youtube along with other issues with the former administration there being ousted by the people of PR publicly for stealing funds or something to that effect? All that aid to PR even with Trump being a butt hole, still made it to PR but the local government in PR stole the money and supplies or tried to SELL the supplies instead of helping the locals that needed the aid. No, if PR becomes a island nation like Jamaica or DR or Cuba, at this present moment, PR will end up sold to China or other foreign investors for gain of resources and so on. What is happening now, that has angered me in this video has been around for many years, but to the level it is right now since at least the 2000s? No, that is new due to the PR government trying to attract more money into the island that they are giving tax breaks and incentives to the wealthy that can come and buy up land and preexisting structures, at the expense of the locals.. Yeah I am still in shock. Basically the locals are out of gas. You are not rich, you made homeless. Greed. If PR stays a commonwealth, at least for now, the locals still have a chance. If PR becomes a state, then the locals are going to be taxed to death and priced out of the island faster as what happened with Hawaii and Guam. Sadly, PR is going that route no matter what. Prayers for the people if Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico will be like Hawaii where natives cant afford to live on their islands.
Yes we are but I'm a stubborn hard headed puertorrican woman that will not be displaced any time soon...
There is something imbalanced with the Puerto Rican economy if the average household income is so low.
The island is being sold out but its own government...just a bad situation, all the way around ....P.R. is looking like the next Guam/Hawaii....for the rich....
Puerto Rico is beautiful, I am a proud Puertorican that had to leave my house family because of the conditions the government wants you to live in, power outages, the roads are awful, salary is not according to reality, cost of essentiall services are ridiculous and the worst we have all these crooks called politics from different parties running the island that don't care about the residents well being. It's a shame lot's of us have had to leave because of this and you have outsiders taking advantage of this and getting exemptions from government. It's sad.
The government is giving incentives to foreigners "americans" because the people here dont make enough money to supply the government with enough funds to actually provide decent services. PLUS THEY ARE CORRUPT which makes it even more difficult.
The foreigners are a result of stagnation, but the stagnation is also a result of failed goverment+ fre access to america
Puerto Rico independendiente YA
@@chinchanchou Seria bueno pero de que van a vivir, si es ahora con todos los millones que reciben y no arreglan nada imaginate sin el dinero que envia los EU. Lo que necesita es estar bien administrado.
Exactly the case. Our government corruption, nepotism, and patronage will never secure anything for an average citizen. I do not support statehood, but independence would put all power into the hands of criminals.
@@puertocool imagine if PR was independent and elected a governor who acted like maduro.
Why didn’t everyone that lives their get together and buy the building. They are paying rent already but at least the money will go for their future. I’m in the same situation but it’s just a thought. Its happening everywhere in the usa. People are buying properties to rent or airbnb them. It drives the cost much higher for this.
This angers me! N that poor lady crying broke my heart!
My heart goes out to those people who were kicked out of their apartments. Airbnb came to Venice Beach years ago, and the exact same thing happened. The landlords were finding any reason to kick out their tenants with big profits in mind making them into Airbnbs. Rent prices skyrocketed. Venice was affordable and now one of the most expensive places to live in all of LA. I was priced out there, even though it is now heavily regulated . I pray that the madness stops and Airbnb becomes regulated on the island. It made me feel sad to see all those red dots growing indicating that Puerto Rico is on the exact same path!
It is exactly the same thing in every free market society on earth, not just here! The ability to own your own residence is not impossible for most people. Renting prices will always he driven by the market. Nice places, higher prices.
This should not be allowed. You are not Puerto Rican because you've lived in Puerto Rico since 2019 that only makes you an Italian who can't make it any where else because it's harder. Our Puerto Rican government needs to wake up and see the damage that they are allowing to happen to the Puerto Ricans. Born and raised in Puerto Rico.
Fight back like Cuba....guerilla war style fvck it y not
@dubbayewwilliams9402 bro people try to escape Cuba all the time. Fk communism
I am with you Puerto Ricans 🇲🇽🇵🇷
Diversity is your strength!
I'm not a Puerto Rican but I'm with you!!!!
The people of Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 please come together and hold your elected officials accountable and the Puerto Rican realtors accountable. There needs to be a law in place that guards against this type of realty purchase. The new owner of this building owes taxes to the state of Rhode Island. The new owner bought this building, will kick long time residents out of the building and turn the building into a lucrative business deal, to fatten his own wallet and pay the taxes owed in Rhode Island. Wow, Puerto Rico needs to enact new realty laws that protect the indigenous peoples of Puerto Rico and stop allowing foreign or local investors to make such realty deals that harm the people of Puerto Rico. Portugal 🇵🇹 Panama 🇵🇦 and other countries are doubling down on foreign investors purchasing land in certain areas of their country.
This is happening on The U.S. mainland also....forcefully changing demographics
Yep!
It will all crash eventually. Wages have flattened but rent, food, gas just keeps going up.
El problema en Puerto Rico son los políticos no importa del partido que sean no les importa el pueblo que los elige lo que les importa es llenar sus bolsillos de dinero!
Este es el estigma típico de la plaga que infesta a las mentes avaras, mezquinas y poco me importa de los gobiernos y políticos de America Latina.
Si
Esos son los más venenosos, como serpientes. Alguien me decia que el Karma existe. ¡Basura!
Daddy Yankee y los otros regaetoneros que hagan edificios con rentas controladas para los Puerto Riqueños.
El estatus no es de lo mejor. Y si fuera independiente no quedaria estaca en pared.....!!!!!
Look at what colonization did to Hawaii. I pray Puerto Rico can create the necessary laws to protect that beautiful country and it’s beautiful people.
Yes it turned it into a wonderful place to live.
Lol, is not the same. Hawaiian are natives. Puerto Ricans are descendants of the Colonizers.
Puerto Rico is not a country at all. It is a US island. The residents are US citizens just like me. It helps to understand the context.
Diversity is your strength!
It ruined it
It's happening everywhere, big developers are pushing out people, it's happening everywhere.
Puerto Rico needs to vote to be our own nation. They passed the Puerto Rico statehood act allowing Puerto Rico to vote if it wants to become a state, remain a territory or become its own independent nation
That is the bad thing about renting, you run the risk at any time that the owner sells his property. If you want to live in one place your whole life, you must buy a house, not rent or live in an apartment. people should think about that before choosing to live in an apartment
I agree with you, but this former politician could have done things differently and left 50% of the apartments affordable for 5 years and gave these people time to work out the next move. He's a fart, no consideration for the local people. All about the $$$ and no heart. Unfortunately, this country is filled with greedy farts that only think $$$ and greed. A lot of them go to church every Sunday, yet are blind to looking out for others...
This is correct my family members are all owners of their land. If you pay rent you owe nothing and everything can be taken away from you.
And this absolute truth was hidden by the video. The lady could easily have purchased her own home for the rent she was paying. Then she would not get turned out.
This is the perfect example of the mentality land barrons’ have. Absolute entitlement and rationale for destroying livelihoods for profit. Are there land trusts or housing cooperatives in PR?
The government put the tax incentives there for a reason
They are rebuilding PR. The profit motive is good.
Y la gente, sin casas, no pueden pasarla a sus hijos en herencia, o hipotecarla, para financiar estudios, y de ese modo, se empobrece la clase media, para que no tenga un futuro con personas educadas, que puedan ser agentes de cambio y de empresarismo. Se trata de desempoderar...
@@LlnusTechTips. True, but that doesn't mean their reasoning was right, just, equitable, or even economically sound.
It need to be controled because PR without puertoricans is not Puerto Rico. Not culture, not values. Probably is a time to Puerto Rico to evolve but in a way keeping the essence of what PR is.
When folks don’t stick together, they make themselves vulnerable. I love and value being Puerto Rican and it sucks to see Puerto Ricans support non-Puerto Ricans who hate Puerto Ricans. Can’t come together and push outsiders out if there aren’t enough people to come together.
That’s true
The crazy thing is this is not a foreign concept. Gentrification like this is happening all over the world and it is unfortunate that a company like AirBnb has not done anything to help. Also, not surprised the old white woman pulls out the “this is how the world works” card, while there are families being forced to leave their homes and cannot find new ones. Infuriating!
Not to worry the violence will come Puerto Ricans do not play
Why would they help? They profit from gentrification
Kind of a dumb comment if you think about it
White woman? What's up with that?
Some Americans have been brainwashed with entitlement syndrome - thinking they have the right to dictate/own the world. Not all Americans, of course, but it’s more prevalent than other nationalities I’ve spoken with. In other words, there are good/bad in all nationalities, but even the bad in other nationalities don’t think they have the right to control the world & everyone has to swallow it.
@@JuanRivera-qi7jl you know white folks, are responsible for everything bad that's happened, since the beginning of time. Makes people feel good to blame us
In French, "Féroce" literally translates as "ferocious." A very appropriate surname for that ruthless, uncaring new landlord.
Merci, Bob. Right on point.
Aux Antilles françaises ils font face a une situation similaire 🤣
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Haha... passive income is a myth sold to you by people on youtube. Bs.
I bought a property in the island 40 years ago. Am from Europe and definitely not a colonizer. Pretty serious yet unfounded talk. My son is Puerto Rican but moved to the states simply for better opportunities. My former wife did the same. What PR needs is a vision which has not been provided for the island. A beautiful place, yet falling apart. It will fall apart more if the people choose independence. Status quo is not leading anywhere so remains only statehood. And with it come Americans from the mainland. And they are not colonisers, rather more business minded and will eventually contribute to the island becoming a better place. It may not show immediately but it will show.
This is what happened to Hawaii (Hawaiians!) The Italian “self proclaimed Puerto Rican” guy is clueless!!
Puerto Rico will be like Hawaii where natives cant afford to live on their islands.
And cynical
@@Yandel21ableify there are no native people on Puerto Rico
@@Luca-nu2zg Puerto Ricans still have Native DNA
No sabéis que Puerto Rico en 1898 era España y los Puertorriqueños eran españoles.... Ese es el camino....
Thank you for this piece. I go back home every 3-4 months to see my parents and the change is there. Puerto Rico no es el Puerto Rico donde yo crecí.
This is horrible, I wish I had the money to buy the building and keep everyone in there that are already there. He is a horrible person.
this is one of the best videos in regards to this problem, because it explain the situation pretty well..
this is happening everywhere, you have these vultures looking for ways to make more money from rent/property.. they dont care about the people the soul of the town..
rent in the us is no longer reasonable, you pay more for a room than what you would have paid for an apt not long ago.
so you have groups buying property everywhere, removing the people from them, then renting at a much much higher price thats not reasonable based on local income..
these are times that a good paying jobs, good friends and family are important to survive..
A wonderful piece that highlights a serious issue on the island that not many locals are aware of. The PR government does little to incentives local growth and just like many local realtors prefer to deal with outsiders. Thank you for making this.
Well its time to get rid of the real estate business in Puerto Rico's
If it's so serious, why are they not aware?
@@edwinrodriguez9404 Getting rid of the real estate sector is not an option. We need to find ways to level the playing field and allow local Puertoricans the same or better opportunities in their homeland and limit gentrification.
@@einarabelc5, it was all worked out “under the table” right after Hurricane María. Behind those infamous “closed doors”...
Thankfully, journalists are looking at this carefully. Check out, for example, Jay Fonseca's interview with the governor a couple of days ago (El cuerto poder is the name of the news show,) among MANY other publications on the topic.
@@glenjos1, agreed!
These rich investors have no souls. Laughing at an apt being sold out while tenants suffer. How smug is the realtor guy? And the lady is playing dumb just to ease her conscience.
If the government didn't do favors then this won't happen
After the big storm in PR. , they ( executives of the budget recovery) decided... they wont rush to repair! See how long PR. Still struggles to repair! And has to declare being Of the United States.- as others states within (Amer.) had THEIR own disasters, and went on to get fundings in a snap.... as to hear them all express their fears of being Displaced! - for new property for luxury real estate...same thing is happening everwhere, but Hawaii has the same MEASURES of concern!
Dont give up YOUR property! Dont let any one trick you out of your homes!
Airbnb and booking should be banned! Period. Is making so much problems arround the world....everywhere the some issues...even in Europe: Slovenia, Netherlands, Croatia, Bosnia....
This is how I feel as a Floridian native. All the outside states moving here with all their wealth making it hard for me to afford to stay in my own neighborhood. Also the tourists bring so much trash 🗑. They don't respect our FL beaches 🏖🏝. They don't care for the local ecosystem and it's really sad to me. When I was a kid we had much more protected beaches for turtle 🐢 and wildlife nesting. Now it's concrete high rise. 💁♀️🤦♀️🥺 it makes me hate tourists. And all the new residents. Leave my home. Go back to yours I shouldn't have to leave my home because you've changed the economy and landscape..... I feel for the Boricua people. I can relate.
says a white guy living on land TAKEN from the native people that lived there BEFORE you showed up.
I have been saying that since 2013.
The WORST thing is we are discriminating ourselves. We as Boricuas are against each other and THAT is sad. ¡¡DESPIERTA BORINCANO!!
This is very true in our culture i never understood why are we like this when to other communities like the Italian,Jewish and Irish they all stick together and help each other out its just crazy to me we can do better than that you know
@@juanescalante9972 The colonized mind set is in itself discriminatory against itself.
So true!! Although very warm and friendly, Puertorricans will throw others under the bus sometimes for frivolous reasons. Lots of division going on.
@@robertoabril1813 Read the history of the Lynch Letter and the history of the UPR. You will understand a LOT of things.
El boricua critica por naturaleza.
I saw this mess coming since 936 companies left in 2001. I lost my job and forced to leave the island. Watching trust fund surfer kids in Loiza while i couldn’t even afford a car did hurt. I had to leave the island and basically learn to call somewhere else home. Now enjoying Idaho. But yes i miss the island…
Puerto Rico needs independence & put in it's constitution that only Puerto Ricans can buy up private property then co sider putting visa restrictions on Americans. If things stay the same or Puerto Rico becomes a US state say goodbye to your culture & Puerto Rican identity
“Puerto Rico sin puertorriqueños”… that hit hard 😢 quiero a nuestra isla, Boriquén, fuerte, unida, próspera.
Amen💯🙏🙏
:'(
Puerto Rico nunca se quedara sin puertoriquenos, por que aunque los europeos se muden a puertorico para tener negocios y limpiar la isla van a tener hijos y van a ser boricuas tambien.
Racist much? Jeez, this comment shows you are short on character, as well as short on observation ability. No one anywhere wants a neighbor like you.
It always makes me cry
Wonderful production quality, and powerful content. Thank you for bringing awareness.
You're being brainwashed by a pretty face. 🤣😂. Think about the issues at hand☺
I hope the person that purchased this building goes bankrupt! Or at least all the tenants that move in putting these people out!
Felicidades, Bianca, por tu excelente trabajo investigativo sobre asuntos relacionados con Puerto Rico, mi pais de origen. Eres muy meticulosa en tu presentaciones y la informacion bien analizada. Gracias!
This problem (abandoned properties) probably began when millions of Puerto Ricans moved to the U.S. Imagine the outcry "of racism" if gringos said they didn't want Latinos coming to the U.S and taking their jobs? Stop selling your property to gringo investors. The gringos won't stay long anyway, they will be gone before the next big hurricane. I'm a gringo, but I live in Puerto Plata because Puerto Rico is too expensive.
That sounds extremely racist.
He finds a gem and decides to ruin it for them. I rather have 20 boricuas have a nice, affordable living than 3 boricuas with a minimum wage job opportunity, who themselves wouldn’t be able to afford rent. This is infuriating.
El colonizador siempre con la mentalidad de que te voy a explotar “por tu propio bien”, pero supongo que nadie quiere ser el villano de su propia historia. Las politicas publicas de PR tienen que cambiar para que esto no siga sucediendo.
You can't blame the person who purchased the property ,for it is his right to do so. You can't blame the seller because we have no idea of his financial situation. It's all a part of life. "NO ONE EVER SAID LIFE IS FAIR"!! The new owner has the legal right to do whatever he chooses to do with HIS PROPERTY!! I'm sure that for those of you who are screaming bloody murder towards the new owner feel so strongly about this injustice, get together raise the money to purchase the property and let the tenants stay there !! Activists especially on social media always find problems but NEVER FIND THE SOLUTION THEMSELVES!!!
That’s why our laws have to change. This isn’t about this man. He gets away with it because it was meant to benefit him, not us puertoricans. I find it ridiculous when they, as in the investors shown in the video and our lawmakers, try to justify this unfair policies with “I’m actually helping you guys” “I’m making the place pretty”. Accept that you wanna fill your pockets at any cost. Just like our government. Its ok.
@@oh_nat9340 the lawmakers have nothing to do with this. Any American can buy properties wherever the want and then do with them as they want.
I hope the Boricuas push out the colonizers. Refuse to work for them, refuse to serve them, band together, you got this!!! They would leave if no one helps them
This guy is a piece of work.
This is one of the reason I'm sure I'm moving to the Island, back to my roots
Juan, please do, but make sure not to be a vulture. Get a property, farm it organically, and be happy ever after!! Abrazos.
Y tambien, get involved with the system and PEOPLE there. (Make sure there are TOWN HALL meetings bro or create some!)
My grandfather left a tiny property there in Rio Piedras and its a mess now trying to get it straightened out.
@@kingofhearts1072 Working with the USDA Puerto Rico and the local USDA service centers of Puerto Rico..
My veins are BURNING UP!! Por esto mismo me quiero regresar a mi isla! Sinceramente, tengo miedo que solo la isla sea de extranjeros! Puerto Rico necesita su propia gente. I’ve never lived in PR as an adult, I only have my childhood memories and now my “vacations” in my PR which I love every year! I have my family, and I do want the best for PR. But here in the states it’s impossible for me to have a calm and relax life when all I do is work , work , work and bills. I’m excited yet scared for my new journey in my island and buy my own house! I’m just waiting to graduate here in Orlando, FL then PR ✈️❤️
Yes I feel you it suck’s to be displaced
Planea algún tipo de negocio bro , para que puedas establecerte en PR , estos gringos se están adueñándo de todo el mundo 🌎
im living in america and am puerto rican i feel bad you have to get displaced im currently learning spanish ince i had to move to america when i was not even a year old
Yea nobody can afford to live there or sucks it’s a tax haven
I'm rooting for you!
I think developing countries should have immigration law in place and it will help them in longer run.
We didn’t support Campos and are now paying the price 😢
Our own people sold us out
I understand completely this issue. But the real issue is we as Puerto Ricans are been pushed out by our own people. See I'm born and raised in the island, I'm living in Delaware now. Came a few years ago and became a business man opening a few business thru the years. Now is time for me to invest on the island, but guess what. The realtors in Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 are ignoring my phone calls after we talked and I explained what I want to do, they said we we'll talk about it later on, after that they keep ignoring my calls. How I know? Because there was one realtor that I call 7 time in a roll and didn't answer but when I call using another phone number then he answered, and I told him why he was ignoring my calls he said they are looking for a different type of customer. So I ask what he means by that? He hang up an never answer again. I'm going to record the phone calls to gather a few Because this is an issue you need to make a video about.
I'm a regular poster on a couple of Kensington, Philadelphia based channels here on YT. I have pointed out that this particular district was at one time a prosperous and largely Puerto Rican district in that city. Today the powers that be have dumped their drugs, drug addicts, homeless, and corrupt drug selling cops into the area and make it as unlivable as possible in order to drive out inhabitants. Once they are gone rich speculators buy the homes and gentrify the districts. No surprise that it is happening in Puerto Rico as well. Thank you for this expose' as it will enlighten people as to what is really going on there.
What happens in Kensington is a different issue.In PR the problem now is the new" insentive" that's supposed to bring in jobs and income but it's really a scam so rich folks( which are mostly americans) con "move in" to PR bring their "business" and at doing so they don't pay federal tax.saving millions of dollars.actually ripping off uncle sam.thing is those"businesses" don't have more than a handful of PR employees.true is most work from home in the mainland.on top of that the government of PR for decades has only been stealing every penny the island gets from uncle sam.then you have pigs like that heartless pig from Rhode Island that owes over a million in taxes buying that small building and kicking those hard working honest good moral prudent folks out! But God don't like ugly.That jerk has never seen the ocean from 5 miles away and thinks that he going to build a "club med" resort from that small humble building..but wait until people see the cracks in the walls from the earthquakes..the constant problem of not having water or electricity and two dozen more bad issues..he won't ever make the fortune he thinks he will have.he going to end up selling to another back stabbing shark.if he survives what's coming.those people down there don't play!! It's like the old west.eye for an eye.may God have mercy on his soul
If you want it, you MUST BUY IT! Every time I watch these videos, I see people who NEVER planned for the future and bought the property. If you rent, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY RIGHTS! Come on! You have lived your whole lives in your own country, not buying is lazy on their part. BUY, NEVER RENT!