Legal Resources for Foreign Buyers

Residency alone will not exempt your Mexican property sale from ISR. What actually unlocks the casa habitación exemption, the 700,000 UDI cap, and the option most sellers miss.

The developer names the administrator, sets the fees, and writes the budget. Yucatán and Quintana Roo condominium law give owners specific tools to take that back.

Foreign buyers in Mexico usually read their purchase contract closely only after the dispute starts. A contract review before signing is the cheaper, stronger move.

You own a home in Mexico through a bank trust but no Mexican will. Here is what your heirs actually face, and how an estate plan for foreign owners fixes it.

A PROFECO dictamen quantifies what a stalled Mexican developer owes you, the refund plus a legal bonification of twenty to thirty percent, as an enforceable title.

Foreign buyers who signed for a Tulum presale and watched the developer miss deadline after deadline do not have to fight alone. Here is how a group complaint works.

Our purpose is to defend foreign buyers in the Riviera Maya. That defense is not against Mexico. It is how a market tilted toward developers starts to rebalance.

You paid a developer in the Riviera Maya, the project slipped, and now you must negotiate. Five lessons from a Harvard negotiation program on doing it from strength.

A stalled deal with a Riviera Maya developer rarely starts in court. Here is the three-stage approach we use to resolve it, and why our partner trained in mediation at Harvard.

You signed a presale contract, the delivery date passed, and the developer has gone quiet. Here is what Mexican law lets foreign buyers claim for a late handover.

You don't have to sue to win. A serious settlement demand, sent before litigation or PROFECO conciliation, is often what moves a stalled developer to pay.

You signed years ago. Now the developer hands you a closing quote worth 8% of the price, padded with fees you never agreed to. Here is which line items you can fight.