One of a series of reviews about golf courses and golf real estate in Mexico.

The Grupo Mayan golf club offers a breathtaking Nicklaus-design course set within the grounds of the Mayan Palace hotel between Cancun and Playa del Carmen. Despite having 18 holes each with a par of just 3, this is by no means a pitch-and-putt.

Ideal for practicing your short-play and squeezing in a round that would take longer elsewhere, this exceptionally beautiful course features sand traps, jungle vegetation and lakes surrounded by rocks, a challenge for even the …

Less than an hour north of the Mexican border with Belize, lies the town and lagoon known as Bacalar. Previously, the area was regarded exclusively as an adventure tourism destination, but now Bacalar is a significant part of Costa Maya, an area of special recent interest, infrastructure growth and real estate development south of better-known Cancun and the Riviera Maya in the state of Quintana Roo.

Steven Sohrakoff from Bacalar Properties, answered a few questions for Mexico Real Estate Investment about the area of Bacalar.

Steven, what differentiates your area from the rest …

Estrella Rodriguez is a 27-year veteran of the the Cancun and Riviera Maya real estate industry. She is an award-winning AMPI (Mexican Association of Real Estate Professionals)-certified broker with Prince y Asociados in Cancun. She took a few moments out of her hectic day to answer a few questions for www.mexicorealestateinvestment.org.

In your opinion, what is the current state of the real estate market in Cancun and the surrounding area?

If you look carefully, you’ll notice that condominium and apartment construction has slowed its rhythm. I think that the “USA Effect” has …

Thomas is an active real estate Broker in Quintana Roo, Mexico which includes such areas as Cancun, Riviera Maya, Playa del Carmen, Tulum, Cozumel and other regional areas.  Thomas is a native of Indiana, a Purdue University graduate, entrepreneur, and has been living in Mexico since 1995.

Today we welcome Thomas Lloyd, who owns www.TOPmexicorealestate.com , a new web page and blog of tips & “how to” regarding Mexico Real Estate.  Thank you Thomas, for offering to share your experiences on living and doing business in Mexico. My first question is what makes real estate in Quintana Roo a good investment?

This question …

“The Mexican economy is strong and can withstand the effects of the crisis affecting the financial sector in the United States,” said Augustin Carstens, Secretary of Hacienda (Mexican Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit), in a statement made to local press September 15 when asked about the effects of the government bailout of Lehman Brothers. He added, “We are fine…and Mexico has a strong economy.”

The effects of the U.S. crisis were felt immediately, however in the Mexican stock market, the Bolsa, which fell that day by 3.79% fueled by the U.S. drop. The …

In 1995, Jim Erhark of Rockford, Illinois, tired of long commutes and long, windy winters, visited Cancun and the Mexican Caribbean. During his stay, he befriended a “real estate guy” who showed him a beautiful home on Nichupte Lagoon, for what Jim considered a steal in the post-devaluation Mexican economy. He took the proceeds from a recently sold property back home, and dove headfirst into the purchase. Jim loved his new home and new life, that is, until the real owner of the property came back to Cancun on vacation, only …

Located off the Bay of Isla Mujeres along Avenida Bonampak, Puerto Cancun is at the elbow that joins the hotel Zone to the City of Cancun. The development, which has been mired in political and financial struggles since its inception over 15 years ago, is slated to have 2100 luxury apartments and condominiums, a Tom Weiskopf golf course, a 300-slip marina for yacht owners, over 400 single-family homes, hotels, offices and shopping centers. Covering an area over 300 hectares (800 acres), this area is set up to be its own …

If you want the best Mexico can offer, than Cancun is the premier location in the country. Cancun is the destination of choice for millions of travelers each year, and has grown to the number one destination for international travelers in all of Latin America [1]. This is a reflection of the tremendous demand and growth since 1974 when Fonatur, Mexico’s tourism agency, targeted Cancun as a potential top tourism destinations. Since that time Cancun has outgrown all other areas to become the tourism capital of Mexico with a population …

Rivergirl, originally from Colorado, currently resides in Cancun, Mexico with her husband. She runs one of the most popular blogs on Mexico – RiverGirl A Gringa Writes About Life in Cancun, Mexico. She has been practicing real estate in Cancun for the past year and a half.

Today, I am very excited to have the opportunity to ask popular blogger, Rivergirl about her insights and experiences on moving to Cancun, Mexico. Hola Rivergirl. Firstly, what factored into your decision to choose Cancun as your home?

We chose Cancun for several reasons: …

2007 was a banner year for real estate investment in the peninsula, especially in popular areas like Cancun and the Riviera Maya, a 120-kilometer (80 mile) stretch of coastline which only a few years ago was a land of fishermen and undiscovered beaches. Today it is an area of intense development for the resort and vacation industry.

The question might be, with such an off year (to say the least) in the U.S., would you expect for the effects to be felt in the sales of real property in our area …