Ownership & Structure
Foreign Ownership of Real Estate in Mexico
What Mexican law actually permits — and why the structure you choose, not the property you choose, determines whether your ownership is secure.
Read more →Holding Property Through a Mexican Corporation
When a corporation is the right vehicle — and the continuing obligations that come with it, long after the closing.
Read more →Understanding the Fideicomiso Structure
How the bank trust lets a foreign investor hold restricted-zone property — as beneficiary, with the rights of an owner, but not as titleholder.
Read more →How Realistic Is Acquiring Ejido Land in Mexico?
For investors, ejido land is both opportunity and structural legal complexity. If the land remains under the ejido regime, ownership is not being acquired — agrarian rights are.
Read more →Fractional Ownership in Mexico: What You Are Actually Buying
Fractional ownership promises a share of a coastal property for a fraction of the price. Whether that share is a legal ownership interest — or merely a right…
Read more →Coast & Development
Federal Maritime Zone Concessions (ZOFEMAT)
On the Mexican coast, the land between a property and the sea is rarely owned. It is federal — and its use depends on a concession.
Read more →Land Gained from the Sea (Terrenos Ganados al Mar)
The strip between the federal zone and a beachfront lot has its own legal nature — and its own, narrow, path to private ownership.
Read more →Real Estate Development Compliance in Mexico
A coastal development answers to several authorities at once — and endures only if it is compliant from the first permit to the last sale.
Read more →Condominium Ownership and Homeowners’ Association Governance
In a coastal development, what you buy is not only a unit — it is a share in how the whole is governed.
Read more →Coastal Development and Environmental Authorization in Mexico
On the Mexican coast, the right to build is not granted by the land title. It is granted — or withheld — by environmental law, and the most…
Read more →PROFECO and Pre-Construction Contracts
Much coastal real estate is sold before it exists. Whether that promise is enforceable depends on the contract — read before the deposit, not after.
Read more →Counsel, Tax & Protection
Broker Practices and Independent Legal Advice
A broker can sell you a property. Only independent counsel — with no stake in the closing — can tell you what you are actually buying.
Read more →The Notary’s Role in a Property Transaction
The Mexican notary gives a transaction public faith — but represents neither party. That impartiality is exactly why the buyer needs counsel of their own.
Read more →Capital Gains Tax on Property Sales
The tax on a sale is decided long before the sale — by residency, documented value, and the records that do or do not exist.
Read more →Succession and Estate Planning for Mexican Property
How property held in Mexico passes at death depends on the structure — and on whether a plan was made before it was needed.
Read more →Renting Your Mexican Property: What the Platform Does Not Handle
Listing a coastal home on a booking platform feels effortless, and the platform now withholds tax at source. What it does not do is make the owner compliant.
Read more →When the Owner Becomes an Employer: Labour Obligations in Mexico
A caretaker for the house, a gardener for the grounds, a crew for the build. Each is an informal arrangement until the law decides otherwise — and in…
Read more →Protecting Your Real Estate Investment in Mexico
Opportunity is real. So is exposure. Protection is built before a dispute — in the structure, the diligence, and the records.
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