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@kardus

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Indonesian

Lives in Jakarta

Speaks English, language

Registration: 09 June 2011

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kardus replied to a thread
9 years ago
bbass

Musicians - Bintaro area by bbass

Hi, Does anyone know if there's an active music scene for expat musicians? I'm looking for others to form / join a gigging covers band and to widen my social circle. I'm primarily a bass player though do play a bit of guitar too. Very ...

kardus

Hi, I used to live at Bintaro sektor 3, now I have relocate to Alam Sutera, not very far from Bintaro I am into music but more into listening that playing instrument, the only instrument I play is ipod :D . If you want to hang out let me know. Read More

kardus replied to a thread
10 years ago
Julien

Organize an Expat blog meet-up! by Julien

Hi all, Should you want to organize a gathering with the other members, in your town, we would be pleased to help :). It is indeed a great way to meet new people, isn't it? If you would like to plan a get-together, do not hesitate to ...

kardus

Maya, do let me know if lunch is on this Sunday, ill pm you Read More

kardus replied to a thread
10 years ago
Julien

Organize an Expat blog meet-up! by Julien

Hi all, Should you want to organize a gathering with the other members, in your town, we would be pleased to help :). It is indeed a great way to meet new people, isn't it? If you would like to plan a get-together, do not hesitate to ...

kardus

we can just get the buffet, they are around 300k each (approx usd 27) or Tesate at Senayan ? or Kempinski and Pullman, I have corporate disoount so you can pay to me Read More

kardus replied to a thread
10 years ago
Julien

Organize an Expat blog meet-up! by Julien

Hi all, Should you want to organize a gathering with the other members, in your town, we would be pleased to help :). It is indeed a great way to meet new people, isn't it? If you would like to plan a get-together, do not hesitate to ...

kardus

Lets do that, Mulia sounds good Read More

kardus replied to a thread
10 years ago
chaviola

Buying a property in Bali by chaviola

Just wondering, if I buy a property in bali and i am not in Indonesia..would I be able to rent my property? Is there a lot of good property management? Ive googled around but seems like all just managing high end villas while I was thinking about ...

kardus

If you explain it that way, I completely agree. Just to add to the whole crash, even before the first indication of crash will happen, you dont take out loan to purchase property as investment. When you are investing you use the money that you sit ... Read More

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10 years ago
chaviola

Buying a property in Bali by chaviola

Just wondering, if I buy a property in bali and i am not in Indonesia..would I be able to rent my property? Is there a lot of good property management? Ive googled around but seems like all just managing high end villas while I was thinking about ...

kardus

Fred, I dont think you can put stupidity together with greed when it comes to generating wealth. Otherwise you won't send your kids to school, I mean we do want our kids to achieve and perform in life, to make a killing wealth, all tht stuff ... Read More

kardus replied to a thread
10 years ago
chaviola

Buying a property in Bali by chaviola

Just wondering, if I buy a property in bali and i am not in Indonesia..would I be able to rent my property? Is there a lot of good property management? Ive googled around but seems like all just managing high end villas while I was thinking about ...

kardus

Hmm... Sounds very interesting, this Ayung River area, how close are they to the beach? Are there many people outside Bali building houses or villas there? Is the price of land in Ubud still increasing or have it reach peak? Read More

kardus replied to a thread
10 years ago
nimawongchusherpa

Bali Bank Situation by nimawongchusherpa

Dear All, Am looking to Open a USD bank account here in bali. I have a Kitas but am not sure which bank to go to. I need to have bank that does not have too high a cost of maintenance, gives me a debit card that allows internet transactions and also ...

kardus

I dont know about bali but in jkt most of my expat friends use HSBC as u can withdraw usd and idr from atm. I also use hsbc much more convinience when u need to withdraw small amounts of usd for purchases tht requires usd as currency like airline ... Read More

kardus replied to a thread
10 years ago
chaviola

Buying a property in Bali by chaviola

Just wondering, if I buy a property in bali and i am not in Indonesia..would I be able to rent my property? Is there a lot of good property management? Ive googled around but seems like all just managing high end villas while I was thinking about ...

kardus

Hey lets not get it wrong, i am not saying tht Bali is less fun than Jkt, as a matter of fact is the opposite. If u are looking to retire and u hv made ur millions thn Bali is a good place to live. But if wht you are looking for is investment ... Read More

kardus replied to a thread
10 years ago
partrg

Hak Pakai by partrg

Hi Folks I’ve been reading this forum with great interest and it seems like a great place to get some preliminary advice about acquiring land in Indonesia. I have some questions about the Hak Pakai title which seems to be the most secure ...

kardus

I was assuming tht the dude is going to purchase under the wive name who is a local. Read More

kardus replied to a thread
10 years ago
Ubudian

Are Pre-Nuptial Agreements Really Necessary? by Ubudian

To be clear, I’m talking about prenup agreements when a foreigner marries an Indonesian. I’ve been having these ongoing discussions for almost as long as I’ve been living here, which is going on 17 years. During that time ...

kardus

If u sign prenup saying tht when the house is sold u each get half of whatever its worth, with prenup u walk away with at least something, without prenup u walk away with child support only Read More

kardus replied to a thread
10 years ago
Ubudian

Are Pre-Nuptial Agreements Really Necessary? by Ubudian

To be clear, I’m talking about prenup agreements when a foreigner marries an Indonesian. I’ve been having these ongoing discussions for almost as long as I’ve been living here, which is going on 17 years. During that time ...

kardus

There are many ways around tht, get the spouse to sign a loan agreement where the house is use as collateral, your lawyer will help you with many different ways in which u can secure the value of the asset Read More

kardus replied to a thread
10 years ago
Samhand

Risks of working without a visa by Samhand

I know this has been covered before and there is an excellent piece by mas Fred in the do's and don't section, but I came across this article the other ...

kardus

agree on the fuel, the amount of tax that is paid for employees' PPH21 alone is crazzzzzzzy.... I would like to see more of that money on infrastructure rather that fuel being burnt daily. and yes I agree if you make more than 15mio a month and ... Read More

kardus replied to a thread
10 years ago
Samhand

Risks of working without a visa by Samhand

I know this has been covered before and there is an excellent piece by mas Fred in the do's and don't section, but I came across this article the other ...

kardus

then better advice will be to make sure you have work permit before working :) Read More

kardus replied to a thread
10 years ago
MayaKirana

Russian Language by MayaKirana

Hi people I'm looking for a private teacher to teach me Russian language, doesn't have to be native speaker. I'm living in East Jakarta, close to Taman Mini. Thanks!

kardus

my ex is a Russian, I didnt find Russian teacher that can come to my place, but I did went to the russian embassy and they gave me list of Russian teacher and places to learn Russian including at the embassy, I dont have the list anymore but you can ... Read More