Frequently Asked Questions about Mexico Rental Contracts:

Question: Are these contracts detailed enough to protect me and my property?
Answer: Yes. These contracts are very up to date with the latests laws, especially those laws meant to battle drug and arms traffickers, kidnappers, and car theives.

Question: How well do I have to read and understand Spanish to be able to fill out these contracts?
Answer: If you have just basic Spanish skills and can write the months of the year, property address (found on your electric bill), numbers, they you should be able to fill out these contracts on your own if Spanish is your second language. If you need, we can fill it out for you for an extra fee.

Question: Are you lawyers?
Answer: No. We are business people. We have had lawyers write and review our contracts. We have used these contracts for years for many of the properties we manage and rent for our clients, and we also use the contracts for the properties we own.

Question: Are these contracts tested and proven?
Answer: Yes. We have rented more homes in more states in Mexico then most anyone. We have used these contracts to evict renters, and we have used these rental contracts to establish excellent long term relationships with tenants by setting the rules up front in writing.

Question: What if I need legal advice?
Answer: We don't offer legal advice.

Question: What else do we need or should we do to feel safe after we sign the rental contracts with our tenants?
Answer: After you sign contracts with your tenant, we strongly recommend you maintain good communication with your tenant. But before you sign contracts, get scanned copies of your tenant's identifications, and check out all the information provided on the rental application, and if you have a weak applicant and still want to rent to them, consider having the tenant bring in a co-signer.

Question: Can I have you review the rental application for us?
Answer: Yes. We can do this for a small fee.

Question: Do residential contracts have to be recorded in the local register?
Answer: In 2010, my attorneys have indicated that Mexico is trying to gather a data base of tenants and landlords for multiple reasons. This infrastructure to accumulate this information is not in place at the time of this writing. So yes, tenant and landlords are to provide the information, but there is no budget in place yet to establish this.

Question: Is is recommendable to rent on a month to month basis in Mexico?
Answer: No. It is recommendable to have a start date and an end date. Our attorneys have advised that a month to month lease doesn't establish when the contract is supposed to end and that could add to the amount of time needed if an eviction needs to take place.

Question: What if I get the rental contract package and then I determine that I don't feel comfortable finishing filling out the rental contract?
Answer: Then we can help you finish preparing the rental contract and you only pay the difference in price between the package price and the custom price.

Question: Are you located in Mexico yourselves?
Answer: Absolutely. I have been property managing and renting propery in Mexico for over 15 years. I have handled hundreds of rental contracts, and have thousands of days working with tenants here in Mexico.

Question: What is the one piece of advice you can give a novice landlord in Mexico?
Answer: Get a complete rental application filled out by your potential tenant, get all identifications scanned in high quality and color for printing in the future, and get a full security deposit from the get go.

Question: Is it safer to rent to a Mexican or a non-Mexican?
Answer: It is safest to rent to someone of good character. And then it is best to heighten the relationship with good communication, and a solid rental application. Our attorneys have advised us that non-Mexican national tenants have the same rights as Mexican nationals.

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