Comments on: English Comes to Mexico http://www.mexicorealestateinvestment.org/english-comes-to-mexico/00608 Information about living in Mexico and investing in Mexico real estate. Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:00:07 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Khaki Scott http://www.mexicorealestateinvestment.org/english-comes-to-mexico/00608/comment-page-1#comment-22445 Khaki Scott Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:02:20 +0000 http://www.mexicorealestateinvestment.org/?p=608#comment-22445 Oh John - if only being an American who is a qualified professional could be a guarantee of honesty. I have been at this for many years and have come to the point of recommending that no potential investor in Mexico should do business with ANYone (Mexican or gringo) unless they ask about that person in a local expat forum. That is such a shame, but is probably the best resource a potential investor can have in Mexico. There is a reason that Mexicans only do business with people they know or whom their friends know... and that goes double for gringos. We want everyone who comes to Mexico to have a wonderful investment experience - and they absolutely can if they just don't leave their common sense at the border. Oh John – if only being an American who is a qualified professional could be a guarantee of honesty. I have been at this for many years and have come to the point of recommending that no potential investor in Mexico should do business with ANYone (Mexican or gringo) unless they ask about that person in a local expat forum. That is such a shame, but is probably the best resource a potential investor can have in Mexico. There is a reason that Mexicans only do business with people they know or whom their friends know… and that goes double for gringos. We want everyone who comes to Mexico to have a wonderful investment experience – and they absolutely can if they just don’t leave their common sense at the border.

]]> By: John Schick http://www.mexicorealestateinvestment.org/english-comes-to-mexico/00608/comment-page-1#comment-14477 John Schick Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:53:02 +0000 http://www.mexicorealestateinvestment.org/?p=608#comment-14477 English language skills are no guarantee, of course, of honesty anywhere in the world. And that's not the key issue. The key issue is culture. Americans in Mexico have a general failure to understand that they are in a thoroughly foreign culture. An honest Mexican, for instance, may lie simply because he is too polite to tell the truth. Americans bent on business in Mexico should seek the advice of other Americans who are qualified professionals. There may be a fee involved, but the result is more likely to be successful. English language skills are no guarantee, of course, of honesty anywhere in the world. And that’s not the key issue.

The key issue is culture. Americans in Mexico have a general failure to understand that they are in a thoroughly foreign culture. An honest Mexican, for instance, may lie simply because he is too polite to tell the truth.

Americans bent on business in Mexico should seek the advice of other Americans who are qualified professionals. There may be a fee involved, but the result is more likely to be successful.

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