Day 74: Should We Buy a Rental Apartment?
At home in Villahermosa, Leticia (A) and her husband Gregorio (B) talk about using their savings as the down payment on a small apartment to rent out.
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- Read the situation under the title. It says who is talking and how they know each other, which decides how politely they speak.
- Read the dialogue line by line with its translation, until every line makes sense. Point at (or tap) a Spanish word to see what it means.
- Spend at least 30 minutes listening to native Spanish, for example from the Resources page. It doesn't matter if you don't understand it yet.
Dialogue
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A
Ya hice las cuentas: nos alcanza para el enganche de un departamentito, y la renta pagaría casi toda la mensualidad.
I've done the numbers: we've got enough for the down payment on a little apartment, and the rent would cover almost all of the monthly payment.
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B
¿Y si el inquilino no paga? Acuérdate de Isidro, cuyo inquilino dejó de pagar: se pasó un año en juicios para sacarlo.
And what if the tenant doesn't pay? Remember Isidro, whose tenant stopped paying: he spent a year in court getting him out.
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A
Pediríamos aval y póliza jurídica, lo cual espanta a los que no piensan pagar.
We'd ask for a guarantor and a legal protection policy, which scares off anyone who doesn't intend to pay.
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B
Aun así, es poner todos los huevos en la misma canasta. ¿Y si nos quedamos sin chamba?
Even so, it's putting all our eggs in one basket. What if we lose our jobs?
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A
Dejaríamos seis meses de gastos aparte. Y cuanto más enganche demos, menos pagaremos al mes.
We'd keep six months' expenses aside. And the bigger the down payment we make, the less we'll pay each month.
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B
Sale, pero nada de rentárselo a tu primo Jacinto, cuya palabra vale lo que un cheque sin fondos.
All right, but no renting it to your cousin Jacinto, whose word is worth about as much as a bounced check.
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A
Prometido: a Jacinto, ni agua.
You have my word: Jacinto doesn't get so much as a glass of water.
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