Medellin Buzz

I'm Andrew. I've lived in Medellín for 16 years and run Medellín Buzz on YouTube. Subscribe for real numbers on neighborhoods, buying property, and what it actually costs to live here- no sugarcoating.

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USD vs COP, explained: your dollar buys less in Medellín right now

Saturday, October 3, 2026 I'm Andrew Macia from the Medellin Buzz YouTube channel. You're getting this email newsletter because you opted in by filling out a form from one of my videos. Drop So this week I'm running numbers for a client on a listing, and I notice the exchange rate moved enough that the same apartment, same price tag in pesos, now costs almost 9 grand more in dollars than it did like four days earlier. Nothing about the property changed. Not the price, not the building,...

7 days ago • 1 min read

Engivado is safer, but is it cheaper than El Poblado?

Envigado rent: $1,100 to $1,750 a month

Friday, September 25, 2026 I'm Andrew Macia from the Medellin Buzz YouTube channel. You're getting this email newsletter because you opted in by filling out a form from one of my videos. Drop Sunday, I was in Envigado for a kid's birthday party at a water park called Los Colores. Afterward, we walked the main park, then hit Viva Envigado mall. And I kept thinking, Envigado is really nice. Smaller than Medellín. Less traffic. Safer too. So I got home and looked up rent in nicer areas like El...

15 days ago • 1 min read

Why I told a client not to buy the car they wanted

Friday, September 18, 2026 I'm Andrew Macia from the Medellin Buzz YouTube channel. You're getting this email newsletter because you opted in by filling out a form from one of my videos. Drop I had a consultation call with a couple in Florida, a little younger than my parents, who are planning to retire in Medellin in a couple of months. We covered the normal stuff, you know, apartment, which neighborhood's actually good, private insurance, the usual. Then they brought up buying a car. They...

22 days ago • 2 min read