Mexico is not just a haven for retirees. Young people are seeing the benefits of escaping the traditional 9-5 in the US and designing a more fulfilling lifestyle in Mexico. Continue reading for our insightful discussion with a young expat who shares her experiences and thoughts on working remotely in Mexico, escaping the traditional path, [...]

Moving to Mexico can be a scary proposition if you know little about what is like. Often the best way to predict how happy you will be in a different situation is to ask others who have already made the journey. Thanks to the invention of the blog, you have access to hundreds if not [...]

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If you are in the market for a second home or vacation home, let’s face it, the US real estate market is not your best bet. On the other hand Mexico presents one the best international investments for real estate. Mexico was also ranked the World’s Top Retirement Haven by International Living in 2007. However [...]

The Ritz-Carlton, in partnership with Mexican resort developer Ernesto Coppel, is working on a $1.5 Billion dollar luxury development consisting of 200 hotel rooms and 200 residences in Los Cabos. The ambitious development on the southern tip of the Baja Peninsula is just six miles from the Los Cabos international airport and 1 mile [...]

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 [...]

Nothing - in the entire history of the universe - flies faster than awful rumors about private property being “taken” by the Mexican government. Such has recently been the case in the beautiful resort area around Tulum. Yes. Several hotels were closed down and may be demolished. However, the notion that the government of Mexico [...]

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 [...]

One of the major factors preventing married couples from relocating to Mexico is concern for their children’s education. The Gringo Gazette, Baja’s English language newspaper, claims to get “bombarded” with phone calls from people wishing to relocate to Los Cabos but not sure “what to do with their kids”. However, the child dilemma shouldn’t delay [...]

Mexico’s GDP growth is expected to end up between 2-3% for 2008 [1], a positive sign that Mexico’s economy can overcome the effects of a US slowdown and still be productive. Joydeep Mukherji, the team leader for the Latin American soverign ratings at Standard and Poor, praised economic progress in Mexico while urging further reform [...]