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Tips to buy a property

  1. It is very important that you look for the biggest number of properties that exist for sale, so that you can have this way a true comparison point. You must remember that in Yucatan Homes you can find the property that you want to buy in Yucatan and in near areas.
  2. Don't discard the possibility to see different types of properties according to your budget, you can take yourself a surprise. But give a vote of trust to your advisor, let them look for other options with other agencies according to your necessities.
  3. Organize the days to visit the properties and check the information of each one of those that interest you.
  4. Take a paper and pen, this way you can take notes of the observations and identify each one of the visited properties.
  5. Verify the electric power and the water, as well as the electric contacts so they are not damaged and don't have escapes of water (this can help you to get a better negotiation).
  6. Put attention in the illumination of the property and qualify the interior and external view.
  7. Consider the size of the kitchen, chambers, dining room and living room, due to the important investment the furniture is.
  8. Evaluate the security and/or if the street is very dark solitary.
  9. Remember that this decision is translated in years of effort and it implies the realization of an expense that is the consolidation of your patrimony.
  10. As soon as you take a decision, make a proposal in writing to your real state advisor of what you can pay. He/she will give it to the owner and he/she will make the negotiation.
  11. If the proposal is accepted, the next step is to contact a notary. You, as a buyer, are free of being able to choose one, although if you are not in the city, please listen to your advisor's suggestions.
  12. Make sure that the salesperson has the necessary documentation as law instruments to his name, use of the property paid, water, light, marriage certificate, official identification, etc. (when buying from a real state professional, he should have a copy of this whole documentation)
  13. If the salesperson has law instruments to another person's name with a notarial permission, you must verify with your notary the legality of the documents.
  14. Buy by means of public law instruments, because you will have this way the security that the Notary will verify that the property belongs really to the salesperson and that obligations like mortgages or seizures don't exist, likewise to verify that the payment of taxes are up to date.


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