Not too bad :)

My mother-in-law told us to take plenty of cash for bribes and stuff. I told her that Mexico now has 4 lane PAVED super-highways and even big jets can land in Guadalajara :)

Interesting. Have you researched financing down there?

It's beautiful...like a dream almost.

Guadalajara is still horrible for bribes from the police. I'm in Mexico atleast one week per month and try to avoid Guadalajara as much as possible, I try too stick too Mexico City and Monterrey, but sometimes the client needs trips to Guad....not fun...but man I'd love to own that house

That sounds pretty secure, what could go wrong with that set up?

No. Not yet. We plan to and/or maybe rent for a year and find the right house to buy.

I assume it would be similar to US financing ? Don't know. We're going down to look around some.

Nah. I think I would be comfortable after finding out more about exactly how to do it.

I think the bank's name is on the trust. People do it all the time from what I've gathered.

Monterrey is an option we're looking at as well as Cabo, Vallarta and Cancun.

The area we're looking at in Guadalajara is Rancho Contendo several miles out which is a gated community out by Lake Chapala.

I say go for it as well...

dude, check this out

not just that, but if I understand it right, they just started lifting those laws about gringos buying land by the ocean, so look into it more...

I'd highly recommend Monterrey - I love it there

Hmmm... I'm going to have to look into Mexico more.

We've been looking towards Panama - but the drawback there is it puts us a little farther away from the kid than we'd like to be. And I'm sure when she hits college she'll want the bank of Mom and Dad as accessible as possible.

I had concerns about Mexico re: gringo kidnappings and the like. But that data may be old, and at the time I read it, it concerned Mexico City primarily.

Nice find. Yes I wasn't exactly clear on the formula but I've learned a lot surfing from http://mexweb.com links.

I have sort of a friend who owns an adult affiliate program who lives in Monterrey who I talk to some about this plan.

He said he's never moving back :)

NO SHIT! I've been looking around and I'm frustrated to all hell. You can't find anything good for under 400k and for that you get a shack.

Yes, I think Mexico is a lot safer than it used to be years back. I still would advise against going there looking for trouble, but if you behave yourself then no-one really has any reason to give you any trouble.

Us, we're a family with our youngest daughter just short of 16 and not much high-school left. We're not even 40 yet, so time to quit the busy world and kick it quietly. Not really too much into the tourist scene, more mellow local type and I speak enough Mexican to do OK.

Health care.. I'd think you would want to come back to US for anything very important so that's a consideration how far you're willing to travel to get there.

Yea. Same with the resort town where we live now.

A 200/k (equivelant) house in Mexico would run you about 1.8 milion here.

From those pics and with that price... hell ya

Wow - you're like our mirror image. :) Our daughter is 16, we're both under 40. We have been planning to get her through High School and then go someplace where we can relax a little more while we work - as well as stretching the almighty dollar a bit more.

My wife's big 'must' is that we have to be within an hour of an ocean. She loves the ocean, and won't budge on that. So we've been checking out Panama, Costa Rica - maybe now Mexico.

Exactly Cody, my wife feels the same. Guadalajara is a little farther than that, but not too far.

Now schools: "The American School" costs about 5 grand to enroll and $700.00/month (not bad for private school) and it's supposed to be one of the most diverse in the world with Mexican, American, canadian and european (French, German, Italian etc) students.

Friend went to high school there and has his own daughter enrolled and can't begin to say just how great he thinks it is.

The school is gated also.

Looks beautiful! I wish we had places around here for that price!

LOL, ya. That first pic I posted makes it look like "you live in THAT hole", LOL. Just the way I intended :)

I like it like that :)

Unfortunately, school there isn't on the table. We have to stick around until our daughter graduates here. Mona and I both moved around a lot middle - high school, and we were pretty determined to give her a straight shot all the way from Middle School - graduation, which we've managed to do (and are almost done with!)

You still have my email? Do me a favor and shoot me any interesting links/info if you get some. I'm mainly interested in delving into financing possibilities. Really don't want to rent. I'll return the favor if I find something I think you might find helpful.

Gotta run - my stomach is growling.

Yup. I'm sure I have it somewhere Cody. I'll sure do it :)

Man, those pics are just gorgeous. Best of luck to you for sure!!!

What's the story on high speed internet in this place? That's a real hang up for me moving to Mexico.

Also...do you know if there are any other US expats living in that area?

looks pretty solid, pretty cheap too...

Great looking place! I thought Americanos couldn't own property in Mex. Or, I heard they could just take it back if they want. Am I full of shit?

http://adult-site-traffic.com/mexico/1.jpg

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What's the story on high speed internet in this place? That's a real hang up for me moving to Mexico.

Anyone have specific details or experience with high speed ISPs in Mexico?

sweet crib. I say go for it.

Nice house!

Go for it!

Awesome view!

the first pic looks kind of shabby... but at 2nd look it's B-A-D A-S-S !!

good idea :thumbsup