What
representation
costs.
The standard commission is already built into every property price. We cap our rate there, and any surplus a seller offers above it comes back to you as a lower price.
Every price you can pay us,
in the order you meet it.
You can stop after any rung. Each one is detailed further down this page.
Orientation
Ten minutes on how we work, what each step covers and what it costs. Not advice on your case. Book it from the contact form.
No charge
Exploration call
Thirty minutes on whether what you want to buy is doable, plus the full buying guide, 58 pages, the same day. Credited toward the USD 300.
USD 100
Representation opens
What it takes to open buyer representation. A USD 100 exploration call already paid comes off it.
USD 300
Purchase Review
One specific property, reviewed independently before you commit. A standalone product, credited toward nothing else.
from USD 800
Commission at closing
Already built into the price of the property. Capped at the published standard for your market, with any surplus returned to you.
≈ 5% / 6%
Prices are plus IVA if you require a Mexican invoice.
One question decides it:
are you already in talks?
Once another agent has shown you the property, that deal is registered under their name with the seller, and there is no commission left for us to charge. You do not need to know whether you are registered — we verify it before we quote you.
Representation opens
USD 300
The USD 100 comes off this · credited to the commission
One search, run for you. Your criteria go in writing before a single property is shown, so they cannot be written backwards from a decision already made.
- —Criteria in writing before any inventory
- —The market screened against them
- —A written reason for every option dropped
- —Negotiation and support through closing
- —Travel absorbed, follow-up for life
Purchase Review
USD 800 – 1,300
Stands alone · credited toward nothing else
No representation and no switching agents. One property, reviewed independently before you commit. Priced in three tiers by age and value.
- —Research, analysis and a judgment on the price
- —Due diligence, in writing
- —Paperwork walked through the government offices
- —Scope agreed in writing before work starts
Representation fee
USD 2,500 – 10,500
Paid directly · travel USD 750 per trip
The whole representation when there is no commission left to charge. Set by the type of deal, not by the hour, and it does not change with who is selling.
- —Everything in Representation
- —Billed to you, not to the seller
- —Travel billed separately
- —Follow-up billed by period
The Purchase Review also stands on its own: it does not require that you be in talks with anyone, and it can be bought inside a representation of ours. The representation fee does not change with who is selling — developer or owner — it changes with whether there is a commission to charge.
What you get,
line by line.
These columns do not compete with each other. They are different moments of the same path, and the last two are the two ways out of the question above.
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| What you get | OrientationNo charge | ExplorationUSD 100 | RepresentationUSD 300 + commission | Purchase ReviewUSD 800 – 1,300 | Representation feeUSD 2,500 – 10,500 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before there is a property | |||||
| How buying works in MexicoWhat the steps are, in what order, and what they ask of you | In broad strokes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| The full buying guide58 pages, 11 chapters: what to ask for, how to read each answer, and the signal to walk away | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Whether what you want is doableAgainst your budget, your nationality and the area | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| On one specific property | |||||
| Independent reviewResearch, analysis, a judgment on the price and due diligence, in writing | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Paperwork walked through the government officesFiling included. The appraisal is separate, at cost, with its receipt | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scope agreed in writing before work startsWhat happens if either side stops is written into that agreement | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| The representation | |||||
| Criteria in writing before any inventoryThe filter exists before the first property does | — | — | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| The market screened against your criteriaWith a written reason for every option dropped | — | — | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Negotiation and support through closing | — | — | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Follow-up during deliveryPre-construction still being built | — | — | Included for life | — | Billed by period |
| The money | |||||
| Credited toward the next step | — | To the USD 300 | To the commission | — | — |
| Travel per tripUSD 750 when someone has to be there in person | — | — | We absorb it | N/A · done remotely | Billed separately |
| Proof of what was charged at closing | — | — | ✓ | — | N/A · no commission |
Credited
What you paid comes off the next step. It is credit upward, not money back.
Refunded
The exploration call comes back in full within 14 days, on one condition: the call has not happened yet. The guide stays with you either way. Refund policy.
Not refunded
Work already delivered: a call already taken, a review already issued, a trip already made. Reviews and representation are quoted and agreed in writing before work starts, and that agreement says what happens if either side stops.
A credit lives 90 days when you arrive with a current mortgage pre-qualification or pre-approval, which is how long that letter normally lasts. If the pre-qualification is filed during the process, your window is whatever validity that approval carries the day it is issued, and we put that date in writing.
The commission is already in the price.
We cap ours at the standard.
In Mexico the commission (about 5% nationally, about 6% in the Riviera Maya) is already built into the price of any property, whoever you buy it through. FEUDO Group holds no prior agreement with any developer. The commission agreement is written when your case reaches a negotiation, and you are shown that agreement whenever one exists, whether it comes from a developer or from an owner. We charge that standard commission and not a point over it, at a rate set and published in advance and the same on every deal, so we have nothing to gain by pointing you toward one property over another. If a property pays less than the standard, that never counts against it: a property earns its place by fitting you. Where a property carries no built-in commission at all, such as buying directly from the owner, there is no commission to cap, so the work is covered by a clear fee agreed up front. At closing you receive proof of what was charged.
FEUDO Group never receives your purchase funds. Your money moves from your account to the seller’s. What we do is verify that the account is what it claims to be. The only thing we are ever paid is the fee and the commission set out on this page.
Set and published
in advance.
Included in the property price. Funded by the seller’s side, the same commission any agent would earn.
≈ 5%
Included in the property price. Funded by the seller’s side, the same commission any agent would earn.
≈ 6%
Included in the property price. Funded by the seller’s side, the same commission any agent would earn.
Included in the property price. Funded by the seller’s side, the same commission any agent would earn.
The guardrail
Where a deal pays above standard, the excess is returned to you as a documented discount, verifiable against the seller's written commission offer. At closing you receive proof of what was charged.
The excess lowers
your price.
Seller offers X%
A seller’s side may offer more than the standard commission to close a deal.
FEUDO Group caps at the published standard
We take the standard commission for your market and not a point over it. The same rate on every deal.
The excess lowers your price
Whatever the seller offered above the standard goes back to you as a documented discount, verifiable against the seller’s written commission offer.
Who pays us.
In buyer representation, our fee comes from the developer's commercial structure, the same commission a seller's agent would earn. The developer's side pays it, not you. There is one case where it works differently: when there is no commission on the table at all, because the sale is private or another agent already registered you. Then we quote you directly, and you see the number before any work starts.
Why that doesn't compromise the filter.
The filter runs before any commercial relationship exists. A project enters your shortlist because it survived the filter, never because of an agreement. We also take separate mandates from owners and developers, different contracts, different clients. Inventory from those mandates never enters a buyer shortlist unless it passes the same filter, and every discard comes with a written reason you keep.
What you pay
beyond the price.
These costs apply regardless of who represents you. Reference ranges for Mexico, useful when you model a purchase.
Closing costs
6–10%
of property value
ISAI acquisition tax
3–4%
set by municipality, not by state · Cancun 3%, Playa del Carmen 4%
Fideicomiso (bank trust)
~USD 1,500–2,000
setup + USD 500–800 / yr
Setup bundles two different things. The federal permit fee is published in the Ley Federal de Derechos and you can look it up yourself. What the bank charges for accepting the trust is set by each bank. Ask for the two of them separated, and ask for the annual fee multiplied by the years you plan to hold: it is charged every year for the life of the trust.
Official appraisal
MXN 8,000–10,000
one-time · paid separately and never taken out of the mortgage · valid for six months
Two documented transactions sit inside that range: around MXN 8,000 plus IVA on one payment receipt, and MXN 9,785 as a line in a full closing breakdown. Budget it apart from the loan and before the deed date.
Exploration Deposit
USD 100
When you are still exploring and have not settled on a property yet, USD 100 buys thirty minutes on whether what you want to buy is doable. I walk you through what the purchase involves, how the process works, and what to watch for. It is credited toward whatever you do next, and if you go on to buyer representation it comes off the USD 300 that opens it. Once you have a specific property on the table, the Purchase Review (from USD 800) is what reviews that property.
Prices are plus IVA if you require a Mexican invoice.
Buyer representation
USD 300
USD 300 opens representation and puts your criteria in writing. If you already paid the USD 100 exploration deposit, it comes off this. From there the compensation is the commission at closing, capped at the published standard for your market, with the agreement shown to you when it exists and proof of what was charged handed to you at closing.
Prices are plus IVA if you require a Mexican invoice.
Purchase Review
from
USD 800
An independent review of one specific property, done remotely, before you commit. Title searches at the public registry, review of the developer’s paperwork, contract review, and a check that the price holds up against the market. Walking the paperwork through the government offices is included. The appraisal is not. It is a standalone product and is not credited toward anything else.
Pre-construction, new build, or delivered less than 5 years ago · or under USD 150,000
USD 800
Resale 5 to 20 years old · or USD 150,000 to 400,000
USD 1,000–1,100
Over 20 years old (long chain of title, probate, ejido or regularization) · or over USD 400,000
USD 1,300
Pre-construction, new build, or delivered less than 5 years ago · or under USD 150,000
Resale 5 to 20 years old · or USD 150,000 to 400,000
Over 20 years old (long chain of title, probate, ejido or regularization) · or over USD 400,000
How it lands
It lands in the highest tier that either axis triggers. A cheap property that is 40 years old is Tier C, because the title history is where the work is.
Prices are plus IVA if you require a Mexican invoice.
One rate, on the table
before you decide.
You get the answer on the call, including a no. The call is with Vinny. Thirty minutes · USD 100, paid upfront and credited toward whatever you do next, and he tells you on the call whether this is work we can take.