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New Jalisco 2023 Law Regulating Real Estate Professionals Up until now there has been no government regulation of real estate professionals in Jalisco. It was simply a matter of printing a business card, hanging out a shingle and bam! you are in business. No licensing, no regulation and little to no recourse against bad agents and companies except time consuming and expensive criminal or civil legal actions. Today, on August 5, 2023 the State of Jalisco published a law to establish the State Registry of Providers of Real Estate Services (Registro Estatal de Prestadores de Servicios Inmobiliarios). The law will take effect in 200 days and the Regulations for said law must be issued within 180 days. Real estate professionals and agencies will have one year from now to start all applications and procedures necessary to be registered, with penalties and fees to be collected starting next year. Accredited Real Estate Agencies will have the following obligations: 1) To comply with and make their agents that are part of their company comply with the requirements and obligations established by the Law; 2) Inform the Secretary of all changes or modifications to the information contained in their accreditation, as well as and changes of agent employment. 3) To have in a visible place their proof of accreditation as well as those of their agents that work there. 4) To only use contracts of adhesion approved by PROFECO (the vast majority of the real estate companies and agents have been using illegal contracts for years that favor them and not the consumer). In order for real estate professionals to be accredited, they will need the following (abbreviated list here): 1) Proof of real estate classes authorized by the commission (foreigners better start brushing up on your Spanish!) 2) Prove that the contracts they use are legal and approved by PROFECO. 3) Agree to comply with the continuing educational requirements which are mandatory for renewal of their accreditation. 4) Pass a criminal record background check. 5) For foreigners be legally in the country with work permission authorized by Immigration. Accreditations will be valid for 3 years from the date of issuance. Price to be determined. A database will be created to check status and to see if there has been any disciplinary action taken. People falsely saying they are accredited are subject to fines of 50 to 150 UMAs and those who are working without the accreditation may be subject to criminal charges. Those working with an expired one, fail to post visibly their accreditation and registration or advertise in violation of the rules are subject to punishment. This is a good start but there are still things that need to be addressed such as ethic, ethics violations, agency and dual agency, and its disclosure and the existence of any fiduciary duty, if any, as well as any disclosures of conflicts of interest as well as teaching agents how to determine these circumstances and duties. Full original government publication of the law in Spanish here: https://apiperiodico.jalisco.gob.mx/api/newspaper/getAsset?q=newspaper/21021/newspaper230804092205.pdf By Lic. Spencer Richard Mc Mullen, litigating attorney and official state and federal court translator, who has postgraduate degrees in Contract Law, Condominium Law and Notarial law, among others and who has prepared, reviewed and translated hundreds of property deeds. Office Chapala 376-765-7553 / 376-765-6900 / US 805-683-4848 – Guadalajara 33-1592-3801 / 33-1592-3792 / USD 805-563-3300

Things closing, moving, disappearing Lakeside, especially in the summer, is a long standing tradition.

You don't remember the assassination (food fair area) that was quickly hushed up earlier this year? Or the lawsuit being brought to bear against oroginal guy by widow of the guy who was killed? Betting that has a LOT to do with it............

Well if you have a cardiac emergency and go to a good hospital and get 3 stents and are there about 5 days which is a quick recovery the bill usually runs $1,000,000 pesos, if you need cardiac ablation and are there 2 days the bill runs $2,000,000 pesos.

Go to LCS and talk with Alvaro Becerra Thursdays 10:30-12:30. Even if you don't use him as an immigration attorney, he can probably answer your questions. He helped us 10 years ago, but the requirements were different then than they are now.

Yep, the caddies from Chula Vista constructed, as the water receded, a nine hole "course" that was mainly used by themselves. Cattle and horses grazed far out and the rumor was that the administration in Mexico DF wanted the lake to disappear and for a new airport to be built there. Landowners at the former lake's edge built many improvements that they figured would be permanent including many fences. Everything ended up underwater as the lake rebounded a couple of years later under a deluge of rain that year. Many of those fences are still there and are a threat to navigation.

I basically don't trust some retailers and online service providers to keep my data secure. I only load the prepaid cards with enough money required for the transaction.

... and a make-do golf course!

Huh. It seems like that was a great location. Leave your car and grab a bite to eat and get your clean car. Maybe the rent went up??

Just a thought. Have you given them a copy of your Constancia which is generated from your RFC number? Here is a link explaining CFDI: https://tipalti.com/cfdi-compliance/

Having worked all my life in the cardiac field I can testify to that. That is the reason patients flock to cardiac centers in Houston, Mayo Clinic, etc. Skill and expertise are gained through repetitive behavior and that’s true also for cardiac care.

I just found something interesting. When I bought my house in a fracc here,, I had to apply to be a member of the Association and be accepted. It has to follow, that if I had to apply for membership, then I could resign/withdraw as a member. Of course if I withdraw, I am not entitled to water delivery or trash pickup. I can still use the roads to get to my privada. So apparently there is no law that requires a person to be a member of the Association, just as there is no law requiring the Association to provide a non-member anything other than water. There is no common area, no pool or clubhouse, etc. Research is one of the things I love, challenging and educating. NOTE: I am not saying anything more than what the words mean. I am not advising anything. I am simply passing alone information that may, or may not, be of interest to members of an Association. If I am wrong, I welcome you to tell me and cite some authority.

Generally speaking, folks around here who complain about costs going up are in a bit of a bubble. Costs are going up everywhere...simple as that. You can now sell your home in anyplace in the US or Canada for probably four times what you paid for it just a few years ago. That's good but the home you could have bought in this area five years ago now costs double that amount. As to the costs for basics here , it is the same as anyplace else in Mexico. Less that at beach resorts and more than less desirable places. Just like in our home state of Colorado. You can sell your home in Boulder for over a million and buy a similar place in Sterling for about 1/3rd of that...but then what do you have? A home in a town that has very little appeal for the average person from Boulder. Same around here. Even a town like Jocotepec, which is only thirty minutes from Chapala, has very few rentals and very few amenities compared to Ajijic, San Antonio, or Chapala. As a result some things are a little cheaper. Workers, if you can find them, will work for less. A home to buy in Joco proper will be a little less if you can find one. But things like utilities, gas, taxes, clothes, restaurants, building materials, etc. are the same cost and choices are fewer. What we consider to be the biggest impact on quality of life is the increase in traffic. Some (maybe most) of the increase in traffic is being driven by folks from Guadalajara who have begun to buy weekend homes, just visit for weekends, or have moved here permanently. Bad traffic here is nothing like the real city traffic and since Guadalajara is spreading south at an amazing rate, folks can live here and get to many places in the city easier than driving across town in Guad. And like everywhere, folks can now work from home in many cases so many are doing just that...even gringos, who are not the traditional retirees, are coming here because of that ability. Still an amazing place and you'll find people here who have lived in San Miguel de Allende, coastal resorts, Panama, Costa Rica, Ecuador, on boats, etc. There must be a reason. Alan