Move your life. I’ll show you how.
The rest follows.


“There comes a time in everyone’s life when all you can see are the years passing by.” — Rascal Flatts, I’m Movin’ On

Una sola vida. Only one. Frida Kahlo painted her Viva la Vida — watermelons bursting with color, the most alive thing she ever made — eight days before she died. I think about that a lot.


Who I am

I’m a gay uncle of a certain age with discriminating taste and a careful attention to detail. I had family nearby, friends, stable career, privilege to work remote — a good life. Maybe like you.

But as the 2024 US election approached, furious and exhausted, I was coming out of my skin to escape the nonsense with my own una sola vida. So on Halloween, after selling or donating everything that did not fit in a backpack, I was out — one of my best life decisions.

I did not have a perfect plan. I travelled through southern Mexico and Guatemala for some months before settling in lovely Mexico City, truly one of the great cities of the world. Zero regrets. None.

Zephyr, mi bici, on a Mexico City street
Zephyr, mi bici, on a Mexico City street

You’ve been googling this for months. You know what the expat forums say. You’ve read the same five Medium posts. None of it sounds like your life.

I’ve figured much of this out. The hard way, the real way. From immigration and residency to sorting the GLP-1 process to the many small things no one tells you or you never imagined.

So, yeah, I know exactly why you’re here, and I’m not going to make you explain it. If you are considering a move, I can help.


What I offer and what it costs

$2000. Ninety days. You have me: decisions, logistics, second opinions, all of it. No clock running. No rationing questions. No booking a session.

Write me. Tell me where you are, what you’re thinking, and what’s holding you back. We’ll talk, phone or video. If it’s a fit, we start. If it’s not, we don’t.

If you’re looking for a packaged relocation service, this isn’t it. There are plenty of those, and they’re expensive. This is closer to having a friend on the ground. Except this friend knows what he’s doing.

One more thing worth knowing: I don’t work locally in Mexico, and you won’t want to either. It’s not how residency works here, and protecting yours matters. This means I won’t and can’t take pesos from anyone I send you to. When I send you to someone, it’s because they’re good.

It’s a flat fee for the same reason a flat-fee financial advisor is more ethical than one who takes a cut. My incentive is to help you. No upsells. No tiers. No menu of services. One fee, ninety days, you have me.

I will never ask you to write a review. My clients come by word of mouth.

If your ninety days include a flight to Mexico City, I’ll meet you. If you need help with something I haven’t done myself, like moving a household of furniture, I’ll figure it out alongside you. That’s what friends do.


Tell me about yourself. We’ll take it from there.

uncle@yolicali.mx

— uncle

Uncle — illustrated portrait