Yucatan Gringos

No trip is a trip without a day of seeing the ’sights’. .and taking it easy. . . so on Sunday of our stay in Merida, we took the day off from viewing homes. . and gave Omar a much needed day of rest. .The city is gorgeous, every bit as beautiful, peaceful, and scenic [...]

Day two of our stay in Merida sent us to the coast. . . . We were anxious to view one particular home which from all aspects that we could see in the description and pictures of it posted on the realty site on the internet - was the one that we ‘thought’ we wanted. [...]

March 15th through the 21st of this year (2007) we made the trip to Merida  - armed with the stack of printouts of the homes we wanted to look at and thinking the five full days that gave us would be adequate to conduct our search. . And as we were arriving late in the day [...]

Realtors and the realty market in Mexico differ from those in the states. . . Our search was done via the internet, and various - no - ‘numerous’ realty sites popped up when googled. . . Weeks were spent searching these sites - pouring over the listings, squinting at details on the pictures, checking the amenities [...]