There are times when you’re not sure whether you’ve embarked on a big adventure or a big mistake. This is one of those times. We’ve been in Barranquilla almost a week now. We hit the ground running with the first and foremost goal of finding an apartment within the week. In our own private version of HGTV’s International House Hunters, we saw about eight apartments – but then realized that the real challenge would be navigating the finances of securing one.
When renting an apartment in Colombia, if you don’t have financial history in Colombia, you don’t have financial history at all. Continue reading


