Maintaining an Isla Mujeres rental home is far easy, and it's certainly not like as some imagine, maintaining a home in the States, so what is the difference between maintaining an Isla Mujeres property and a property in the States? What makes the difference is the weather; Isla Mujeres is a lovely place the live and vacation, but when it comes to weather it's definitely not San Diego. We have ninety degrees humidity, very high temperatures for most of the year and extremely

Without doubt it driving on Isla Mujeres can be hazardous . Not hazardous perhaps when compared with driving in India and China, or Russia for that matter, but accidents are very commonplace, and many relate to golf carts. Our Isla Mujeres rental properties always have one or two golf carts on the driveway, The renters prefer the freedom it affords them, and perhaps could be seen as essential, where our rental properties on Isla Mujeres are located, which is at South Point,

We are biased when it comes to which side of the island to choose, because our Isla Mujeres rental properties and our sales properties have always been on the side of Isla Mujeres, overlooking the bay to Cancun, the sheltered side of the island. The first properties we built and sold were on the Curva de Diablo; the properties they call Los Castillos. Due to our inexperience in those days, we bought land and then discovered part of what we thought we had bought was federal la

The killing of Mexico's, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as "El Mencho", head of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, has caused some short-term repercussions by the group's members. This has involved them setting fire to petrol stations and cars, but is it as widespread and as dangerous as the press would have us believe? When is anything you read in the press true? They lost touch with the truth a long time ago, they want to scare and control us, and unfortunately there are

The Isla Mujeres weather is perfect in the winter. There is however, a noticeable drop in bookings for our Isla Mujeres rental homes in the summer months, as it tends to get rather too hot at times, at least for some people. We have bookings right through the summer months, often for families, during the school holidays. Many retirees and nomadic workers have immigrated to Isla Mujeres and now live permanently on Isla Mujeres. This is easy to understand when you consider te

Pre-construction sales really are a case of buyer beware. That is not to say those offering pre-construction apartments for sale are all out to fleece you, but some unfortunately are, and they don't have crook stamped on their forehead. In fact, they can appear very credible. There is a particular partnership that has been causing havoc on the island for some years with their bad construction methods and dishonest ways. How do they get away with it? By not being Mexican, diss

Are there too many apartments on Isla Mujeres? There certainly are far too many; it was clear some years ago that this type of building without gauging future demand, would result in an unbalanced property market, causing problems for those who had already bought apartments, and particularly for those who bought an apartment as an investment, in order to have an Isla Mujeres rental property. After all, why would you build more apartments, when there are already so many standi

Well you wouldn't think so by the way some people behave. When we sell a home to someone from the States, the first thing they do is change the locks and put in more cameras, and other security measures. We have cameras in our Isla Mujeres rental homes, mainly because it makes the guests feel more secure. Guests come to Isla Mujeres from different parts of the States and in some regions security is a concern. It then becomes difficult to adjust to living somewhere where every

Well, you would think so if talking to some people, they feel it's the end of the world. Isla Mujeres rentals have dropped as have property sales. Many blame Trump, and why not? They blame him for everything else. Isla Mujeres Property sales are few and far between at the moment, the drop-off started during the Biden administration and didn't, as many hoped, improve with Trump. It's worth noting that this is not something that is limited to Isla Mujeres. It is pretty much w

There was a headline in the press recently which read, Multi Million Robbery, Police Chase and Shoot Out on Isla Mujeres. This was accompanied by a picture of a police car with bullet holes in the side. Without any mention of where this really took place, because it certainly wasn’t Isla Mujeres. This is disingenuous reporting, often carried out by those with a interest in promoting other areas in the region. This robbery was carried out in what is known as the Zona Contine