| As in any type of market, real estate investment | | | | Mexico's most popular tourist destination Cancun |
| is a delicate dance of supply and demand. With | | | | and the investment hotspot Playa del Carmen |
| investment real estate in Mexico, the supply side | | | | where thousands of foreign real estate investors |
| of the equation is simple as there is only a finite | | | | made big profits over the last 10 years. Tourism |
| amount of land. However, there is a complicated | | | | is one of Mexico's top revenue streams, much of |
| network of factors that determine the demand. | | | | which is derived from this area of the country. |
| Factors such as physical landscape and the size of | | | | Availability of Water and Electricity: |
| the lot play an obvious role in sizing up the | | | | As part of the revitalization project, the Caribbean |
| potential demand of a piece of investment real | | | | beachfront lots in the Costa Maya have been set |
| estate in Mexico. Other factors like the tourist | | | | up for water, electricity, and fiber optics. The |
| popularity of the location, the availability of water | | | | highway that runs south through the Costa Maya |
| and electricity, the amount of work that must be | | | | has recently been renovated, drawing even more |
| done to the land in order to get it ready to live | | | | attention to the area. While most of the land is still |
| upon all enter into the equation. | | | | raw and inexpensive, the area shows signs of |
| The ideal combination of factors when hunting for | | | | serious growth. There are 3 airports nearby, |
| investment real estate in Mexico is an | | | | marinas, a cruise ship dock, beachfront shopping |
| undeveloped lot, prepared enough to include a | | | | and a professional golf course. |
| water and electricity solution, in an area that is | | | | Building on the land: |
| classically beautiful and budding in interest. This is | | | | Like all investment real estate, those who can see |
| precisely why the Costa Maya has become a big | | | | the potential of an area and then build upon it |
| name in investor circles. | | | | stand to make much more than those who look |
| Landscape of the Costa Maya: | | | | for prepackage solutions. While the land in the |
| The area known as the Costa Maya is a 57 mile | | | | Costa Maya must be paid for in full, many US |
| strip of Caribbean coastline along the southern tip | | | | banks are now offering home loans for investors |
| of the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. The | | | | to build homes in Mexico. Many investors will |
| coastline of the Costa Maya is the classic | | | | choose not to build on the properties and instead |
| Caribbean image, boasting hypnotizing blue oceans, | | | | hold onto the land and sell it as the demand for |
| white smooth sandy beaches, and luscious green | | | | the area rises. In a blossoming area like the Costa |
| tropical foliage. Real estate in the Costa Maya is in | | | | Maya, either option is lucrative. |
| the form of gorgeous unspoiled lots that are | | | | There are numerous opportunities for investment |
| guaranteed buildable. The area has recently been | | | | real estate in Mexico, but not many as exciting as |
| the focus of a massive government revitalization | | | | that in the Costa Maya. Demand factors in the |
| project for the purpose of making it attractive to | | | | area mimic that of Cancun in its early years of |
| foreign investors. | | | | development not that long ago. Today beachfront |
| Tourist Popularity in the area: | | | | homes in Cancun sell for upward or $1million US |
| If you've heard of the Mexican state of Quintana | | | | compared with lots in the Costa Maya selling for |
| Roo before it's because this is the home of | | | | as low as $65,000. |