After retiring from Arco after 22 years, Nancy Edwards moved to Cozumel, Mexico from Dallas, Texas. In 2001 she founded Cozumel Living and it has grown into the largest and most experienced real estate office on the island. In the 13 years she has sold real estate in Mexico, she has always passed free and clear title to every property that has been sold. Cozumel Living takes pride in having strong ethics and continue to work toward being the best real estate company on the island.

What sets Cozumel apart …

The State of Campeche, Mexico, has walked onto the 21st century world stage already a star, ready to do business and provide a good life for retirees. Publicity has recently come with the addition of two sites on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list: the Historic Fortified Town of Campeche and the Ancient Maya City of Calakmul, but there is much more to this state that makes it so attractive to both large and small investors.
There is no need to worry about how hard it might be to go …

When the name of the State of Tabasco is mentioned, the first response is often related to the tremendous floods that occurred there in 2007. Those were due to human error and, given a little time, the problem should soon be rectified. Once past that issue, what is it that would cause anyone to want to invest in real estate in Tabasco?
Villahermosa is the largest city in the State of Tabasco. It is an old colonial city, billed as the Emerald of the Southeast. Here is where tourists can enjoy …

The possibility of the Trump Organization building a mega-resort in Cozumel, Mexico surfaced again last week.

In response to local press reports about the development, Donald Trump Jr, Executive Vice President at the Trump Organization, said they “would still be interested in doing a deal”.

The Trump Organization said last May that the plans were not being pursued at that particular time, but 8 months later it seems they have still not been dropped altogether.

Although Mr. Trump said “nothing has changed” since last May, he left the door open for a project …

If you have considered retiring in Mexico, you should prepare yourself to become accustomed to a very different culture and way of life. There are several things about living in Mexico that may come as a culture shock. Author Rosanne Knorr encourages those who are interested in retiring to a foreign land to give it a test run. She advocates that retirees spend time in the area of interest, immersing themselves in the local culture while they research things that will impact their future such as Mexican tax laws, the …

One of Mexico’s most valuable resources is its thousands of miles of tropical coastline which will likely become increasingly more valuable in the future. Here are some of the top locations for beachfront property in Mexico.

5. Cabo San Lucas

At the southernmost tip of the Baja Pennisula, Cabo has become on the top beachfront destinations in Mexico. It has great accessibility from the mainland US, where it can take as little as two hours to get here by air. It also has a strong rental market where visitors are willing to …

The New York Times recently featured Mexico real estate in San Miguel de Allende, a Spanish colonial town northwest of Mexico City. The article describes the influx of Americans who are taking up residence in San Miguel and how this has affected the quaint town with deep roots in Spanish colonialism. In twenty years the population has doubled to 140,000, with American expatriates now making up about 10% of residents. Real estate prices in some areas have tripled. The cobblestone and Spanish architectural structures clash with the modernization and …

Alvin Starkman, M.A., LL.B.
They say that Mexicans really know how to party. Here in Oaxaca we do it in spades, because it’s part of a longstanding cultural tradition. Also because it’s affordable, certainly relative to what it would cost in the US or Canada. What you would love to do at home but can’t because it would cost $50,000, or more, you can do here in Oaxaca for $10,000, or less, with a large glossy photo album of memories to boot.
First of all, both you and your partner …

Puerto Penasco, also known as Rocky Point, will be the site of a new massive port that will accommodate cruise ships and give a boost to tourism to the area. According to Epifanio Salido Pavlovich, the director of the Sonora Office of Tourism, the completed port could offer 200 cruises a year from the Puerto Peñasco cruise ship terminal. Holland America has agreed to have cruises originate and end at the new port in Puerto Peñasco. Construction is scheduled to begin next year and finish in about five years.

Puerto Penasco …

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 …