• For foreign buyers in Los Cabos
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  • Updated this quarter

Here's 99% of what you need to know before buying in Los Cabos.

The 12 documents we wish we had before buying in Cabo San Lucas. What each zone costs, what it earns when the boats are running, how long it sits before it sells. Plus the things nobody writes down: which fees to refuse, which community charges only appear at closing, and what a brochure is not telling you.

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The 12 documents to make a good real estate investment in Los Cabos in 2026

Prices here are set in dollars by sellers who can afford to wait, and a listing that has sat two seasons is not worth what it says. Most of these documents exist to close that gap. They are put together with realtors, notaría staff and owners we work with across Los Cabos.

Questions

Do you list your sources?
Yes, on every table. Each one says where the figures came from and the month they were collected: the public property registry, published notaría fee schedules, listing and nightly rate histories we track ourselves, community accounts shared with us by owners, and what the agents we work with in each zone are seeing week to week. Anything that is an estimate rather than a recorded number is labelled as one.
Can a foreigner actually own property here?
Yes, but not the way you would at home. Los Cabos sits inside the coastal strip where foreigners hold property through a bank trust rather than in their own name. It is routine and it is safe, it just costs money to set up and every year afterwards. Document 07 covers what it adds to your bill and how it works when you sell.
How long are the documents?
One to four pages each. They are tables and checklists rather than reports, so any one of them takes about ten minutes to read.
Which areas do you cover?
Sixteen zones: Cabo San Lucas town and the marina, Pedregal, El Tezal, Cerro Colorado, the Pacific side, the Corridor from Cabo Bello to Palmilla, San José del Cabo and its old town, the estuary, Puerto Los Cabos and the East Cape road. If you need somewhere or a specific development that is not in there, write to us and we will put it together for you at no extra cost.
Does this cover the big gated communities?
Yes, and that is where most of the money hides. Several of them take a capital contribution out of every resale, charge dues that keep climbing, and attach a club membership that you may or may not be able to pass on. Those numbers are in the closing cost document rather than buried in a brochure.
I have a question about my own situation.
Ask us. If the answer is in the research we already have, we will send it. If it needs a call to someone in that zone or a look at a specific building, we will do that too and come back to you, at no extra cost.
Is $49 a lot for a set of documents?
You are about to spend a few hundred thousand dollars on a property, in a country whose paperwork you did not grow up with. A community charge nobody mentioned, a developer who never delivers, fees you were not supposed to pay: there are plenty of ways this gets expensive. We have done the homework so that you do not have to.
What format are they in?
PDF, so you can read them on your phone, tablet or computer.
When do I get them?
Straight after payment. The download link appears on screen and a copy arrives by email.
How often are they updated?
Every quarter. Our contacts in Los Cabos re-check the numbers before each release, so the version you download today is the one updated this quarter.
I have another question.
Ask us on the contact page and we will get back to you.

Three packs

The first pack has 4 documents, the second has 6, and the third has all 12 of our Los Cabos research.

All the data and information in these documents was checked this year with agents, notaría staff and owners working across Los Cabos.