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Im looking to buy/build another house, possibly in Mexico somewhere and just wondered if any of you folks had ever done or considered this yourselves?
Right now, from what i have seen new home prices for a decent looking 2/3 bed, house range from abnout $100k+.
Anyone got any advice or sites i should check out to get more information on this?
Regards,
Lee
That price looks like you are looking around Mexico City or Baja
Maybe Buck will pop in and give a little "what we did"
I too, have been looking at getting some land in Mexico so the advice would be Awesome.
Yeah Baja is where ive been looking so far but im told there are some other places that are pleasing to the eye a little further down the coast too and the prices are a little cheaper too :)
Regards,
Lee
PV is very gay...
Where are you seeing places for 100k?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lee
I do not think you will find anything on the cost with an airport close for that. If you know of somewhere please let us know
Going there in October :DQuote:
Originally Posted by A_DeAngelo
We were just in Cancun this past May. The Yucatan Peninsula is beautiful but it wasn't very gay-friendly.
Puerto Vallarha ? (or however it's spelled...)Quote:
Originally Posted by A_DeAngelo
Puerto Vallarta, yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bec
Interesting ... I'm not one that gets to travel much, but Puerto Vallartra was/is one of those places that I would like to see.
Bump for infoQuote:
Originally Posted by BBweb
Foriegners are not allowed to own title to anything they buy within a certain distance of the ocean...I think it is like 100 miles inland. You can still buy a house or condo, but you do not truly own it if that makes sense.
Actually, thats just Americans, i have that covered ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by TropixxxStudios
Its the same with Cuba id have no problems buying a property there either :)
Regards,
Lee
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Originally Posted by Lee
Nothing to do with just americans it just requires a fideicomisos
I think Stewart Title now handles closing and title insurance in Mexico. Make SURE you have your closing and title insured.
I am saying that as a lawyer -- take it as valuable legal advice.
my sis enjoys her beach front property in PV - she's gay too and meets up with many of you "easterners" during those nasty, cold months
we don't go down there - only TJ every once in a while
now that we're following the Chez Panise example of boycotting high class imported waters, there's nothing safe to drink accept for beers....
you gotta go to France to enjoy Evian I guess....
I feel dumb. Had been under the impression that Americans couldn't own property in Mexico.
Yeah, I know ...
you can own whatever you want - its the land it sits on that you can't own... that's all - but that's kind of important - its like indian reservations here in the states - you can own the structure but not the land that it sits on...Quote:
Originally Posted by SPACE GLIDER
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Originally Posted by A_DeAngelo
Isn't it similar in Canada? The queen owns all the land, you can only lease it or something like that?
the queen? which queen? the leather queen?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bec
always loved that queen Beatrice or whomever that owns Shell oil and runs HOLLAND too - saw her once at the christening of a Holland America ocean liner... she seemed nice enough
do you think they ever have any fun? I mean get away and have some rip roaring fun...
I mean she must be cool - look at all those hot leather men that are dutch and run around Amsterdam - she's got to be cool...
Is she Queen for life? Was there a KING of Amsterdam at one point? All that stuff confuses me. Like why didn't Queen Elizabeth's mom become queen when her husband died? From what I saw, she was his COUSIN and had just as much royal blood flowing in her veins.Quote:
Originally Posted by A_DeAngelo
Nope, not true - but funny!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bec
Thanks, Bec. That was the best laugh I'll have all day! (and I don't mean that rudely, it really cracked me up)
The queen of England doesn't own Canada. Canadians buy land outright.
And, to answer the question originally asked.
Yes, I do have a friends who purchased near Baja.
They'd been there six months when some anti-American guerilla group (ironic, since they were Canadian) broke into their homes and attacked them. He ended up in the hospital with a fractured skull, multiple broken bones and she was stabbed in the lungs with a screwdriver.
The both survived the attacks, but needless to say, they have sold up and returned home.
Be careful, Lee. Get some investigation done on you areas and security before you buy. Mexico is a beautiful country (I do love it), but extremely poor and the cartels have a stronghold on the country - it makes for desperate people, who can be convinced to do desperate things.