Field Guide
Notes from the coast.
Field notes, dispatches, and the occasional long read — on choosing a place, owning, building, and what it takes to belong in Mexico. We publish when there's something worth saying.
Field Guide / 14 min read
The Quiet Manual: A Buyer's Field Guide to Land in the Mexican Caribbean
What to check, what to ignore, and the seven questions every parcel has to answer.
Geography / 8 min read
Akumal or Tulum? Where buyers are actually looking
A side-by-side reading of the two best-known corridors.
Build / 11 min read
The True Cost of Building a Caribbean Home
A frank accounting of architecture, build, and infrastructure.
Field Guide / 9 min read
The Fideicomiso, Explained: How Foreigners Legally Own Coastal Land in Mexico
What the fideicomiso is, what it costs, and why it's nothing to fear.
Geography / 10 min read
Buying Beachfront Land in Quintana Roo: What's Actually Available
Where real beachfront still exists in Quintana Roo, and how to buy it cleanly.
Geography / 8 min read
Bacalar or Tulum? Choosing Between the Lagoon and the Coast
Fresh water or salt, quiet or known — how to tell which one is yours.
What's coming
On the writing desk.
Why Mahahual may be the next great Caribbean coastline
Lagoon living in Bacalar
Why families are buying in Playa del Carmen
The rise of wellness-focused ownership
Building a legacy property in Mexico
Why Mexicans abroad are investing back home
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