Yes, you can: no law prohibits lending money to a foreigner. What changes everything is who lends it to you and where the property is located. We'll explain it to you with the law in mind.
If you're from the US, forget what you know about notaries public: the Mexican notary drafts the deed, verifies the property, advises you, and even pays the taxes. They are the legal filter for your purchase, not a twenty-minute procedure.
You signed a timeshare and changed your mind. You have five business days to cancel without penalty and get your money back. Here's the law, the deadlines, and how to contact Profeco (the Mexican consumer protection agency) when that window has closed.
You can finalize your property purchase in Mexico without ever leaving home. We'll explain, with full legal basis, how a power of attorney for property transfers, an apostille, and a trust work on the Quintana Roo coast.
En México no existe un “derecho general a arrepentirse” de una compra: si te echas para atrás, incumples el contrato. Cuánto recuperas del anticipo, el apartado o las arras depende de lo que firmaste y de dónde está el inmueble.
A “cession of rights” instead of a deed is the warning sign that a Mexican beachfront lot is ejido land, which no foreigner can legally own. Here is why, and how to check before you pay.
«"Regularized" means two very different things, and confusing them is the main source of fraud. We'll tell you how to verify full ownership with the National Agrarian Registry (RAN) and the Public Registry, and when buying an ejido plot is safe.
A certificate from the National Agrarian Registry (RAN) is not a deed, and a meeting's minutes do not make a plot of land private. Learn how to cross-reference the RAN and the Public Registry to verify the legal status of a property before making a down payment.
If a plot of land is suspiciously cheap, there's usually one reason: it's communal land. We'll explain the warning signs and how to protect yourself before paying a single penny.
Quintana Roo, with its thriving tourism industry and steady economic growth, is a magnet Read more
