Learn Spanish to Rent an Apartment in Medellín

About this episode

Renting in Colombia means learning a completely different vocabulary — el arriendo (not el alquiler), la administración (the monthly building fee that's always separate), el estrato (the 1–6 number the city assigns every address that decides your utility costs), and the fiador problem that trips up every foreigner. Valentina guides Jake through the full process: the call to la inmobiliaria, scheduling la visita, asking the right questions (amoblado o sin amoblar? servicios incluidos?), and the póliza workaround that lets you sign without a Colombian co-signer. Every line in Colombian usted register — the way you'd actually speak to a landlord or agency in Medellín.

The full illustrated comic, study guide, transcript, audio & vocab are in the pack.