Consider these facts: Most transactions are all cash. In Mexico, real estate transactions are handled in a way you may have never experienced before. The legal system here is very different, you likely don’t speak Spanish fluently and your deed is only written in Spanish. If you were in your home country, you would never consider completing a transaction with a value of hundreds of thousand if not millions of dollars under these circumstances without being represented by legal counsel. Unless you are represented by competent, honest attorneys in a real estate transaction in Mexico, you are at a big disadvantage, and no one is protecting your interest.

This protection is not just needed by buyers, sellers need to be protected too.

It is a widely held myth that the Public Notaries in San Miguel de Allende (and nationally) are protecting the interests of the buyers and sellers. The truth is, Public Notaries do not represent either the seller or the buyer. Public Notaries are special lawyers, with special additional legal education, that are politically appointed by the State government to represent the State making sure that certain projects (like real estate transactions) are handled uniformly and are property recorded with the States public registry.