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Mexicomatters
A team OF Bi lingual and Bicultural PROFESSIONALS SERVING THE FOREIGN INVESTOR IN MEXICO since 1984:
We are recommended by the U.S. consulate in Tijuana as leaders in foreign investor assistance.
Moving to baja or planning a trip to baja and need:
A dentist, doctor, mechanic, body shop, lawyer, plumber, inexpensive hotels, great restaurants out of the tourist zone, etc. Etc.
Who can you trust for a referral? Quali-casa (a mexicomatters seal of approval)
Service/product providers you can count on, speak English and will charge you Mexican (not gringo) prices.
We (mexicomatters) know the providers personally or our English speaking clients and friends speak highly of them.
Quali-Casa is not just another directory but a buyer approved reference service that tells you who and why they are approved by Mexicomatters. Like a “Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval” for Mexico.
SAFE AND SECURE REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS
We safeguard your investment by applying the same escrow process, due diligence and Title insurance that protects your purchase in the U.S. . Escrow monies are held by First American Title of the United States.
As agents for First American Title in Baja, we “ease your mind” by granting same policy coverage as your stateside home . Indemnification is subject to the U.S. legal system and not Mexico’s courts.
Our reputation with major banks provides our clients with a preferred status in establishing Bank Trusts (fideicomisos). We can have your trust completed within – six to ten weeks.
Legal and management consulting for 100% foreign owned Mexican corporations can be an expensive and complicated process. Our relationship with government officials and experience in “cutting red tape” creates a stress free process at affordable rates. Your Mexican corporation will be operational within two weeks.
Mexicomatters is committed to helping you identify dependable Developers, Realtors, Contractors, Architects, Accountants, Engineers and a whole host of other service providers.
Professionals who are dependable and competitive in their pricing. Service providers that have a successful track record with foreign clients.
CALL US BEFORE YOU BUY: WE CAN EVALUATE A PROPERTY, A DEVELOPER OR CONTRACTOR PRIOR TO INVESTING. $50 - $250 WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH AN EVALUATION THAT COULD SAVE YOU HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS AND A LOT OF ANGUISH.
Featured articles
| Mexico reducing autocracy while U.S. becomes more autocratic - NEW! Mexico still has a long way to go before being free of “federal centralist control”. I’m fearful that federalism in the United States is going the direction of Mexico’s sometimes ungovernable centralized system of decision making |
| Baja California Real Estate, a Retrospective - 1984 to 2008 A retrospective of the evolucion of real estate market in Baja California, stories and details of what taked real estate to the current point. |
| Mexican real estate, Is it safe? In addition to home value, Baja real estate and Sonora real estate is appreciating as much or more as property in Phoenix and San Diego. For the first time, significant foreign investment (as an investment), not vacation or retirement property, is being made in Mexico real estate. |
| How to establish a mexican corporation The expense and complexity of creating a corporation in Mexico is far greater than in the states. The time it takes to complete all of the governmental hurdles is approximately... |
| Fideicomiso / Bank Trust in Mexico Fideicomiso that is made when a foreigner is going to acquire a property that i son the restricted zone, according the article 27 of the Mexican United States Politic Constitution (Constitución Politica de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos), witch says “In the area along 100km from the borders and 50km from beaches, by any circumstance a foreigner could get direct domain over land and water” |
| Retire Ensenada The list of reasons given for retiring here are: lower cost of living, a higher quality of life style when compared to the U.S., a slower pace, greater tranquility, a more pristine environment, proximity to the border (family and medical services), high speed internet access, quality medical and dental care, good fishing and surfing, less terror threat, lower violent crime rate and finally the love of Mexican culture and her people. |
| Respecting Mexican culture, The cortesia Professional consultants to foreign entrepreneurs in Mexico agree that a major cause of business failure is an inability to adapt to the culture. Aside from business failures, retirees often move back to the U.S. for the same reasons of incompatibility. What is it that makes the culture so difficult to transcend for some and not for others? |
| Getting the Sentri Pass - By John Flemming The name of the program is SENTRI (Secure Electronic Network for Travelers Rapid Inspection). This is a guide on getting the sentri pass, just following the steps descrived on this page you will apply for it, sentri pass costs and requirements. |
| Financing real estate in mexico The stable peso and the introduction of title insurance has spawned new confidence in providing affordable long term loans. |
| Title Insurance The same title insurance coverage you purchased on your home in the U.S. is available in Mexico. First American and Stewart Title Insurance companies, are two of the largest title insurance underwriters in the world and they welcome your business in Mexico. |
| Baja property titles confusing foreign buyers In this article, we define the different classifications of Mexican.property "titles". An attempt to inform investors in how to differentiate properties that can legally be held by foreigners in a bank trust or foreign owned Mexican corporation as opposed to properties that cannot be purchased by foreigners without changing the property's classification. |
| Punta Banda My U.S. friends and family members ask: "Did you lose your property in Punta Banda?" Hell no, is my response. Do you think I have been spending the last seventeen years of buying and selling property for foreigners in Mexico to lose my own property due to legal problems? Most of the Punta Banda buyers knew the property was in litigation when they bought it. |
| What can go wrong with a mexican gringo real estate deal? The primary cause of Mexican real estate transactions going bad is that the legal process is not followed or all of the steps in the process not adhered to. This "loose" approach to property title transfer is not exclusive to foreign buyers. Mexicanos also get stung by private contracts that go wrong when property is purchased in a careless fashion. |
| Holding Baja property in a foreign owned mexican corporation Watch out for realtors and attorneys who suggest you establish a Mexican corporation to hold title on your vacation/retirement home. They are giving you bad counsel and it could cost you your title down the road. |
| Mexican Taxes for purchasing property US and Canadians are surprised with the closing cost in Mexico at the moment of the title transfer. To reduce the tax burden... |
| Notarios not infallable Notarios in Baja generally have more work than they can handle. Long waits in their offices are the rule rather than the exception. As a result, the amount of paperwork detail is enormous and errors are frequent: misspelled names, not providing proper translation for foreign buyers or overlooking the lack of proper immigration documentation for foreigners to legally validate a completed transaction. |
| New politics started in Ensenada Decentralize government for more local control, expand privatization and globalization, insure citizen's civil rights, eliminate government interference in the media and curb governmental and judicial corruption |
| Beware of baja real estate professionals How to deal with Baja Realtors. A smart guide and recomendations of how to buy secure real estate in mexico and Baja real estate. |
| Small Business Small "mom & pop" foreign owned businesses in Baja are often a result of the phenomenon I call - RAPTURE OF BAJA. The same phenomenon that drives the foreigner to purchase Baja real estate without due diligence. |
| Fronteriza culture and the market place The statistics are awesome regarding the growth of the Hispanic population in the U.S. and by the end of this century we will be the largest "ethnic minority" in the country. More importantly Hispanics are by and large a more successful entrepreneurial group than the average Gringo |
| Pat Butler and El Dorado-ranch changing San Felipe We received numerous calls and e mails from client lessees at Rancho El Dorado. Worried and confused by the change in their baja property investment status. The following were the concerns expressed. |
| How to buy ejido land Buying a parcel can be difficult enough but purchasing the entire ejido requires “mucho” effort, time and money.Whether an individual parcel or the privatization of the entire ejido, a government survey team from Reforma Agraria (Agrarian Reform) is necessary to assure and certify boundaries and subsurface areas |
| Jose Amate response to Funk's defamation |
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