Closing & due diligence
Ejido-origin land due diligence catch
Pre-closing audit revealed undisclosed ejido origin. Buyer walked away with full deposit and zero exposure.
Recovered
$45K
Duration
2 months
Outcome
Favorable settlement
What the client was facing.
Buyer was 20 days from closing on a 2-hectare beachfront parcel in northern Quintana Roo. Title showed clean private ownership going back 11 years. Our deeper title chain review traced ownership back to a 2009 ejido conversion that lacked the required SEDATU documentation — a fatal defect that could trigger a federal nullity action at any time.
The strategy we deployed.
We documented the defect in writing, served formal notice to the seller invoking the contract's title-warranty clause, and demanded full deposit return.
How it ended.
Seller refunded the full $45,000 deposit within 30 days. Buyer avoided what would have been a complete loss of the $1.2M purchase price had the federal nullity action ever been filed.
Your situation deserves the same rigor.
Every case is different, but the methodology holds: strategic pressure, credible escalation, recovery.