Whether you live in Mexico or vacation in the country on a regular basis, if you’ve begun to integrate into the local community eventually you’ll be asked to be a padrino or madrina (godparent) to an ahijado or ahijada (godchild). So you’d better familiarize yourself with “compadrazgo”, or co-godparenthood. In a nutshell, it’s a [...]

Puerto Vallarta has grown from a quiet little fishing village to one of the fastest growing real estate markets in Mexico. Here are our top ten facts about this investment hotspot.
1. Sales of resort real estate in Puerto Vallarta has increased from $50 million in 2000 to $500 million in 2007 (NuWire).
2. Vallarta is home [...]

Nancy Dardarian and her husband Paul Pattee moved to Mazatlán, Mexico in September 2007.  Paul retired in August of 2007 but Nancy would still need to work if they stayed in the US. Only having been married for 10 years, they wanted a lifestyle that would allow them to spend more time together. Nancy also [...]

One often assumes that the years added to your life by leading a much more stress-free existence in Mexico, will be lost by the inferior health care system to which you will be exposed, subjected and restricted. This, then, is an assessment of the extent to which such presuppositions are accurate, together with information and [...]

There is a strong upward trend in the number of Americans traveling abroad to places like Mexico for healthcare. According to Modern Healthcare, there were 750,000 Americans who traveled abroad for healthcare in 2007 and this number is predicted to increase 700% to 6 million by 2010. There are many underlying causes to this increase [...]

As part of its plans to respond to the growing tourism market in the Riviera Maya, the Mexican Federal government has been backing plans to construct and operate a new international airport in the Tulum area. Oscar de Buen, Undersecretary for Infrastructure for the Communications and Transportation Ministry, explained recently that the new airport will [...]

When people think of the Yucatan, they usually think of sunny fun-filled holidays on the beaches. And when they initially entertain the idea of buying real property in the region, for many, the first idea they have is to purchase a beach condo in the same area. But there is so much more. The Yucatan [...]

Isla Mujeres is an island paradise just a few miles off the coast of Cancun’s hotel zone. Isla Mujeres, which means “island of women” was once frequented by the Mayan people to seek favors from Ixchel, the goddess of fertility. Experiencing the aesthetic scenes of the island would quickly help you understand why the Mayans [...]

Cashing in on a Second Home in Mexico, is perhaps the most comprehensive and informative books that you can find on investing in Mexico real estate. It is written by Tom Kelly and Mitch Creekmore. Kelly is the former real estate editor for The Seattle Times and Creekmore was recognized as “one of the foremost [...]

Driving through Cancun’s Hotel Zone these days, you’d never know that this part of Mexico had been struck by Hurricane Wilma only a couple of years ago. All branches of government, along with the private sector, have not only erased the signs of damage, but have taken advantage and have renovated both the Hotel Zone [...]