Comments on: Mexico Real Estate Horror Stories http://www.yucatanliving.com/real-estate-yucatan/wsj-reports-on-yucatan-land-grab.htm Online magazine about living, working and traveling in Merida and the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:05:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Working Gringos http://www.yucatanliving.com/real-estate-yucatan/wsj-reports-on-yucatan-land-grab.htm/comment-page-2#comment-113107 Working Gringos Fri, 30 Apr 2010 20:24:25 +0000 http://www.yucatanliving.com/real-estate/wsj-reports-on-yucatan-land-grab.htm#comment-113107 There are many reputable real estate agencies here in Merida that can help you. Among them, the ones that we can recommend from personal experience include: www.tierrayucatan.com www.mexintl.com www.meridahomes.com www.realestateyucatan.com Jen Lytle, the owner of Tierra Yucatan, lives outside of Merida and is especially skilled at working with owners of land in those remote areas. There are many reputable real estate agencies here in Merida that can help you. Among them, the ones that we can recommend from personal experience include:

http://www.tierrayucatan.com
http://www.mexintl.com
http://www.meridahomes.com
http://www.realestateyucatan.com

Jen Lytle, the owner of Tierra Yucatan, lives outside of Merida and is especially skilled at working with owners of land in those remote areas.

]]> By: Pnina Sagraves http://www.yucatanliving.com/real-estate-yucatan/wsj-reports-on-yucatan-land-grab.htm/comment-page-2#comment-113074 Pnina Sagraves Fri, 30 Apr 2010 08:36:10 +0000 http://www.yucatanliving.com/real-estate/wsj-reports-on-yucatan-land-grab.htm#comment-113074 I am interested in buying a hector in Santa Rosa, Yucatan, Mexico and building a home on said property. I am interested in buying a hector in Santa Rosa, Yucatan, Mexico and building a home on said property.

]]> By: gil ferri http://www.yucatanliving.com/real-estate-yucatan/wsj-reports-on-yucatan-land-grab.htm/comment-page-2#comment-105004 gil ferri Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:25:24 +0000 http://www.yucatanliving.com/real-estate/wsj-reports-on-yucatan-land-grab.htm#comment-105004 Hello, Your magazine is great. i found it this morning. My wife and I are seriously thinking of relocating to Merida as soon as we sell our home here in Homestead Florida next year. We have been learning as much as we can about the Yucatan nd buying real estate and have gotten in contact with a couple of Real estate agents hrough the internet. Do you know of any you would recommend? So far we have not been dscouraged by what we have read or seen in pictures. We are also planning a vacation to go see for ourselves. Thanks and keep up the great work! Maria Luisa and Gil Hello,
Your magazine is great. i found it this morning. My wife and I are seriously thinking of relocating to Merida as soon as we sell our home here in Homestead Florida next year. We have been learning as much as we can about the Yucatan nd buying real estate and have gotten in contact with a couple of Real estate agents hrough the internet. Do you know of any you would recommend? So far we have not been dscouraged by what we have read or seen in pictures. We are also planning a vacation to go see for ourselves. Thanks and keep up the great work!

Maria Luisa and Gil

]]> By: Carole http://www.yucatanliving.com/real-estate-yucatan/wsj-reports-on-yucatan-land-grab.htm/comment-page-2#comment-82719 Carole Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:23:06 +0000 http://www.yucatanliving.com/real-estate/wsj-reports-on-yucatan-land-grab.htm#comment-82719 Hello, my husband and I purchased or should I say thought we purchased a house on the beach on the riviera maya 3 years ago and have been done by a gringo real estate guy. What a nightmare!!! We are at Mexican lawyer #3 the 2 first ones didn't do anything for us in court. Lawyer #3 seems to take the same path as the 2 first ones. Anybody out there can give us the name of a GOOD and HONNEST lawyer in Playa del Carmen. Hello, my husband and I purchased or should I say thought we purchased a house on the beach on the riviera maya 3 years ago and have been done by a gringo real estate guy. What a nightmare!!! We are at Mexican lawyer #3 the 2 first ones didn’t do anything for us in court. Lawyer #3 seems to take the same path as the 2 first ones. Anybody out there can give us the name of a GOOD and HONNEST lawyer in Playa del Carmen.

]]> By: LOU http://www.yucatanliving.com/real-estate-yucatan/wsj-reports-on-yucatan-land-grab.htm/comment-page-2#comment-59381 LOU Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:07:36 +0000 http://www.yucatanliving.com/real-estate/wsj-reports-on-yucatan-land-grab.htm#comment-59381 hi there, interesting website....thanks..ive been going to baja and mainland for over 40 yrs..retired 6oo miles down the baja on sea of cortez in 2000 and built a house...things went pretty smoothly till i found out the contractor didnt pay the social security for his employees....if you build make sure your contractor gives you reciepts showing he paid the social security.....AFTER the house was built came PROFEPA and another govt agency...oh senor you need permits to bulldoze your land and also an enviornmental report ....i told them that i did not bulldoze the land the ejido owner did before i bought the lot...that didnt matter....had to pay a notario who follows these agencys around $3000 dollars to sort out the fines and get these permits....when i asked the agencys in town where i got my original building permits why they didnt know about PROFEPA (an agency thats been around 20yrs) and their permits..they had no answer....when i asked the PROFEPA agents who scotch taped the fines (paperwork ) to my garage door how much the fines would be they didnt know either.....when i did some research and asked around found that PROFEPA seems to just go to gringo enclaves and starts fining for not having permits...we are all sure we have not seen the last of PROFEPA as they have found a cash cow making up rules as they go along to fine gringos.... hi there, interesting website….thanks..ive been going to baja and mainland for over 40 yrs..retired 6oo miles down the baja on sea of cortez in 2000 and built a house…things went pretty smoothly till i found out the contractor didnt pay the social security for his employees….if you build make sure your contractor gives you reciepts showing he paid the social security…..AFTER the house was built came PROFEPA and another govt agency…oh senor you need permits to bulldoze your land and also an enviornmental report ….i told them that i did not bulldoze the land the ejido owner did before i bought the lot…that didnt matter….had to pay a notario who follows these agencys around $3000 dollars to sort out the fines and get these permits….when i asked the agencys in town where i got my original building permits why they didnt know about PROFEPA (an agency thats been around 20yrs) and their permits..they had no answer….when i asked the PROFEPA agents who scotch taped the fines (paperwork ) to my garage door how much the fines would be they didnt know either…..when i did some research and asked around found that PROFEPA seems to just go to gringo enclaves and starts fining for not having permits…we are all sure we have not seen the last of PROFEPA as they have found a cash cow making up rules as they go along to fine gringos….

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