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Family of 4 living in San Diego looking to move to Mexico in the next year. We're both in our late 20s and our kids are both under 5. We we're looking to spend around $600-900 for a 2 or 3 bedroom within walking distance to the city and the beach. Not sure if we will buy a cheap vehicle or drive, so we definitely need to be near a hospital. Our main priorities are
safety,
walkability,
bilingual/ schools,
mix of locals and foreigners,
how close we are to the San Diego border or nearest airport
to fly back.
Coincidentally, I read this book recently and can recommend it. It's fun and interesting for history and background. I apologize I can't give the specifics you asked for; but if you have time, you might enjoy this account.
Almost an Island: Travels in Baja California
by Bruce Berger (Author)
Long frequented by pirates and haunted by pariahs, Baja California has become a favorite destination for whale watchers, hikers, and scuba divers. For Bruce Berger it has been more. In Almost an Island, he takes readers beyond the Baja of guidebooks and offers a wildly entertaining look at the real Baja California. Eight hundred miles long, Baja California is the remotest region of the Sonoran desert, a land of volcanic cliffs, glistening beaches, fantastical boojum trees, and some of the greatest primitive murals in the Western Hemisphere. In Almost an Island, Berger recounts tales from his three decades in this extraordinary place, enriching his account with the peninsula's history, its politics, and its probable future—rendering a striking panorama of this land so close to the United States, so famous, and so little known. Readers will meet a cast of characters as eccentric as the place itself: Brandy, who ranges the desert in a sand buggy while breathing from an oxygen tank; Katie, the chanteuse; nuns illegally raising pigs. They will encounter the tourist madness of a total eclipse, the story of the heir to an oasis, a musical Mata Hari, rare pronghorn antelope, and a pet tarantula. In prose as glittering as this desert engulfed by the sea, Almost an Island is a fascinating journey into the human heart of a spectacular land..."
I am also studying this area. Apparently us *gringos* are not able to own land within 50 miles of the coast. Which makes the Baja pretty tough. When you sell your dwelling, you get to keep 10% of the proceeds.
There may be ways around all that of course. That is what I am exploring.
I am also studying this area. Apparently us *gringos* are not able to own land within 50 miles of the coast. Which makes the Baja pretty tough. When you sell your dwelling, you get to keep 10% of the proceeds.
There may be ways around all that of course. That is what I am exploring.
*....non natives
Wow you really got some bad info there. You can't legally own land 50km from the coast or 100km from the borders, but there is a booming business in bank trusts that give you full control of a property like you own it. There are some fees to set it up, keep it operating, and when you sell, but they are far from leaving you just 10% of the proceeds. In any case you should probably rent for a period of time during which you can decide if you want to stay and also get all the details on the fideicomiso. I've owned property that required one and also owned a condo away from the restricted land, both of which I eventually sold and the costs and time/effort needed to dissolve the trust were hardly noticeable compared to the outright sale.
Yes I'm going for 2 months to start and from there we will see if we can the lifestyle. If not Mexico our 2nd choice is Canada but we can't really save and the lifestyle seems more American. Thanks for that information I definitely will look to butt after 3 to 6 months in a great area
Wow you really got some bad info there. You can't legally own land 50km from the coast or 100km from the borders, but there is a booming business in bank trusts that give you full control of a property like you own it. There are some fees to set it up, keep it operating, and when you sell, but they are far from leaving you just 10% of the proceeds. In any case you should probably rent for a period of time during which you can decide if you want to stay and also get all the details on the fideicomiso. I've owned property that required one and also owned a condo away from the restricted land, both of which I eventually sold and the costs and time/effort needed to dissolve the trust were hardly noticeable compared to the outright sale.
Thanks for that information. I think I got the bad data from an intelligence operative....judging by his glitzy locations and attitude. Seems the only thing that gets them in trouble is telling the truth. Sorry for the rant.
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