28 Year Old Entrepreneur Starting Over in Uruguay (Moving to Montevideo)

If you’re stuck in day-to-day tasks, hire an EA so you can focus on growth: https://go.paretotalent.com/ Welcome to Uruguay. In this video, I share my first real experience moving to Montevideo, Uruguay after spending the last 3 years in the United States. We talk about renting an unfurnished apartment in Uruguay, signing a 2-year lease, setting up utilities, internet, and furniture rental, and dealing with the reality of Uruguay bureaucracy during the move-in process. I also share my honest first impressions of living in Uruguay as an expat, including the food, people, beach lifestyle, work pace, and why we decided to commit to staying here longer. This is a real look at expat life in Uruguay, moving abroad, relocating to Montevideo, and building a new life in South America. If you’re interested in moving to Uruguay or living in Montevideo, this video gives you a behind-the-scenes look at the process. From temporary Airbnb living to getting the keys to our new apartment, renting furniture for 3 months, connecting electricity and water, waiting on internet installation, and learning how things move at a slower pace here, this vlog documents the real transition. I also compare Uruguay vs USA, share what surprised me about local stores, food quality, and the Rambla in Montevideo, and explain why this country already feels like home. 00:00 Welcome to Uruguay 00:15 First days in a temporary apartment 01:32 Apartment offer, utilities, and furniture rental 02:21 Plans for the apartment, residency, medical exams, and first impressions 03:50 Uruguay vs United States - food, malls, and quality of life 06:06 Slower work pace and learning to enjoy the process 08:40 The Rambla in Montevideo 10:00 Move-in delay, bureaucracy, and furniture problems 12:14 Signing the lease and getting the keys ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ About me I’m Ivan Bunin. I didn’t start as a founder. I started at $1K a month as an executive assistant, responsible for the details that keep a business running: managing inboxes, calendars, client communication, and making sure nothing fell through the cracks. Over time, I helped scale a fast-growing agency through an 8-figure exit. And then I co-founded Pareto Talent, which we grew from $0 to $1M in a year, not by grinding harder, but by building systems and turning executive assistants into real leverage for founders. This channel isn’t polished advice. It’s the real entrepreneur journey. The pressure. The long days. The bottlenecks. The small decisions that can have a huge impact. The moments where I realize I’m the constraint, and have to rebuild the system around me. If you’re building something real and you’re tired of surface-level business content, you’re in the right place. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Connect with me LinkedIn:   / 4bunin   TikTok:   / ea2ceo   Facebook:   / 4bunin   Instagram:   / 4bunin