Buy Smart In MexicoReal-estate due diligence
The complete due-diligence course and honest calculators that walk U.S. and Canadian buyers through every step — title, the fideicomiso, the Notario, contracts, and taxes — so you never sign something you don't understand.
It feels familiar — same listings, same handshakes, an agent who speaks your language. That familiarity is exactly what gets foreign buyers hurt. Foreigners buy through a bank trust in the restricted zone. A government-appointed Notario — not your agent — closes the deal. The costly mistakes are quiet ones: a deposit wired to the wrong hands, land that can never legally be yours, a “can't-miss” yield that evaporates once the real costs show up. By the time you notice, the money's gone.
Ejido land is communal land, created by land reform and often marketed as if it were private property. It frequently cannot legally be sold — to a foreigner or anyone — until it has been formally converted to private title. The price looks like the bargain of a lifetime precisely because what you're being shown often can't legally become yours.
Good faith doesn't fix it. A signed “contract” doesn't fix it. Only verified title does. This course shows you exactly how to tell ejido from private title, which document to demand (the escritura), and who confirms it at the public registry — before you wire a single peso.
I earned my real estate license in Maine in 2013 and spent the years after that owning, renovating, and operating properties of my own. In 2018 I moved my focus to Mexico and started doing the same in Progreso and Mérida — buying, building, renovating, and learning how this market truly works, one project at a time.
This is the guide I wish someone had handed me in 2018, when I took what felt like a leap into a country whose rules I didn't yet understand. I learned them the hard way, and sometimes the expensive way. You don't have to.
The exact due-diligence process I use on my own projects, built into eight stages. Every module ends with a Confidence Checkpoint — a quick self-test, so you know it landed before you move on.
Every step of a safe purchase, from first offer to final deed, in plain English.
Live, explained closing-cost and rental-reality calculators — adjust every rate to your own quotes. (Toolkit & VIP)
Real-estate terms for the closing table, and 100+ construction terms for the job site — English and Spanish.
Define your purchase, budget the true costs, and score any property or contract objectively.
Know exactly what your attorney, Notario, and CPA each confirm — and what stops a deal cold.
A short self-test in every module, so you know it landed before you move on.
Here's the whole course, laid out. Nothing hidden — you can see exactly what you're getting before you buy.
Every level is backed by a 30-day money-back guarantee. Prices match checkout exactly.
Not sure? Most buyers choose the Buyer's Toolkit — the course plus the calculators that make your own numbers real.
It costs less than a nice dinner in Playa — and it's the cheapest insurance you'll ever buy on the biggest purchase you'll make abroad.
Work through it. If it doesn't make you a sharper, safer buyer, email me within 30 days and I'll refund every peso. The only way I win is if you buy smart — so the risk is mine, not yours.
No. The course is in English, and the two bilingual dictionaries translate every term you'll meet — at the notary and on the job site — so nothing in the paperwork catches you off guard.
No. It's education that makes you a sharper client, so the professionals you hire work better for you. It tells you exactly which professionals to hire and what to make them prove — and every number is an honest guideline you confirm with your own Notario, attorney, and cross-border CPA.
Especially then. Your realtor is paid when the deal closes. This course is on your side of the table — it shows you what to verify independently, before you wire a peso.
Yes. It covers restricted-zone purchases (the fideicomiso) and direct-title purchases, plus state-by-state differences — whether you're buying in Tulum, Mérida, or Lake Chapala.
Instant download after purchase through Gumroad's secure checkout — yours to keep, re-read, and use as a working checklist through your entire buy.
Get The Five Golden Rules of Buying in Mexico — the five checks that stop the most expensive mistakes, in a short PDF you can read tonight.
Spend one evening with this first. It's the easiest decision you'll make on a $200,000–$500,000 one.
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