I decided to buy a house in Queretaro MEXICO | Part 1 

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No matter what happens, you two have each other and bright futures. Don’t stress out too much. If you end up with a place, my advice is to slowly furnish it. Live in it and understand the flow of the space before you fill it up. Also, find a good contractor that is well connected to other tradesmen that you trust. If you don’t end up buying, don’t sweat it.

Buying a property is exciting, but a stressful process. You will go through expectations and disappointments, but it’s worth it!

We are excited for you! Great information for us as well, as we are considering Queretero.

Congratulations! Very exciting for you two!

Your excitement when you saw the courtyard of the 2nd house was too cute! Looking forward to seeing how this ends!

Super excited for you both!!

oh wow is so exciting guys!! I almost cried! I had been following you for two years almost, and what is most exciting to me is the way both of you, as a couple and team work together, support each other to their projects and way of living you desire and in plus you share that with us!! I really admire you so much!!, and hope you can have a good eye and the opportunity to get your match house!! hugs from gdl

This has became my favorite video! I am excited for you and wish you find a great place. I personally learned that it does not matter where I am as long I have my husband with me sharing our own life adventure together and I can perceive you will be happy anywhere having each other. I really wish you the best today and always. You are an inspiring couple!

Ahii que emoción me ha dado verlos en este proceso. Mi esposo y yo nos mudarnos en dos semanas a Querétaro y ver su video me han dado muchas ganas de considerar la compra de una casa. Mucha suerte con todo ❤️

HI Karen and Dave! We are so happy for you guys! We can't wait for your next video. I'm sure your house will be a great find. We look forward to coming back to Queretaro and hopefully connect and have lunch or dinner with you guys. You guys are awesome and we really appreciate your great content!

I am so excited to see what house you purchased!!!! Congratulations and many best wishes- that’s wonderful!

I absolutely loved the real look into buying a home. The emotions and excitement. I am impatiently waiting for your next video !

Good luck, hope you find your dream home! I'll be watching 👀 and waiting 🙃

how exciting ^_^ looking forward to the next video!

Loved this video! My wife and I just bought an investment property last year in the Washington DC area, and it was a fixer upper similar in condition to the houses you looked at. It is a lot of work, but my wife are customizing it to what people like, to maximize rent potential. The idea of you guys Airbnb is awesome, you guys can get your renovation money back if that’s something that you guys want to do! Queretaro is getting super trendy and nice (I have a house in San Juan Del Rio and my family always tells me how nice QRO is). Regardless of the house you buy, I’m sure it will be a great investment in those areas. Not only that, but the wonderful memories you will make during the renovation process AND after it is all said and done. Best of luck in the home buying process, we can’t wait for the updates! 😊

Wish the very best in finding the perfect home in your budget. How exciting for you two. I remember looking too buy with my husband back in 1996 and finally settled into a new home. I was pregnant at the time. That was stressful and exciting at the same time. We finally own it. It’s worth the trouble because when you can look around your home all you see are the beautiful memories of yesterday. Good luck in finding a house. ❤️🤗🤞

Very exciting to buy a home…reminds me of our experience in the USA…good luck I have visited queretaro and it’s beautiful

Hi Karen! Great to see you and Dave are purchasing a property in Querétaro. When we purchased in Cdmx I had a bad time getting permission (so we are both owners) due to the pandemic and services slowing down so we went another route. It can be stressful but so so worth it!

Me gustó mucho este video y las casas que mostraron eran preciosas. Creo que en todo el mundo es estresante comprar una casa. Yo ya no quiero mudarme para no repetir la experiencia! Mucha suerte y que sus sueños se cumplan!

Greetings La Karencita, I wish you and your husband the very best going forward in the purchase of your new home. I have friends who live in Juarez Mexico and I am aware that you both live in Mexico City from your content. I have subscribed to your channel and looks forward to your next episode. Thanks for sharing.

Congrats! That's awesome

House party at Karen and Dave’s house! Everyone bring tools and paint! 😂

Very exciting and stressful at the same time! We bought our house in Chicago 2 years ago and the emotions and stress were a roller coaster!! Can’t wait to follow along. Good luck 🍀!

What an exciting (and stressful) journey! Thanks so much for showing us the process of buying a house. This was soo good it felt like reality TV but with much better editing lol

Sending good vibes for you to find the perfect home for you 💜

I am going to Mexico next month, like your video~

thanks...that I can see the reality of the house how it look ...

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!

wonderful video, thank you.

very good idea, good luck

Even though I was a "cash buyer" as you say, I had the same experience finding a house READY TO SELL! Quite frankly I was shocked how NOT READY most houses were, given the price they were asking. It's a fun process, and yet so aggravating!

Love your Videos, I don’t watch tv anymore .. I’m am American researching the possibility of leaving the US . You videos are very well produced and I enjoy them very much .

Very nice. This is excellent information, and you two are so nice, pleasant and engaging. We are also looking at Queretaro and Merida. I visited Queretaro several times, back in 2009 and have held it as a sort of dream, 'what-if' location. Life events are shaping up to allow at least extended rental in places like that. Great to see multiple perspectives, especially from a realistic viewpoint and not the fake Instagram world of make believe millionaires.

We are excited for you both !….you will find something you like, just keep looking. We are also excited because we retire in 12-16 months and move initially to Queretaro. We plan on being there for at least a year. We have 4 senior dogs, but after they leave us, we hope to travel around Mexico, a couple stops in Guatemala, visit family in Nicaragua….maybe South America and maybe SE Asia. But, during our 12-18 months in Queretaro we’ll live in our daughters vacation home which is about 30 minutes North of centro historico, out highway 57. We are counting the days !

Muchas felicidades 🎉 por su nuevo proyecto, claro que sería interesante ver cómo es el proceso entre un extranjero y un trabajador independiente, como es el proceso de compra seria información útil e interesante

Very exciting times, wish you luck in finding your new home. Quick question: do you have to get a property inspection before buying?

Great footage! Love the production value. Buying a little place in Mexico seems intriguing, but I heard there are some potential pitfalls when buying real estate there, for example unpaid taxes or debt on the property. What's the best way to rule these out?

I am so excited for your house hunting process. We have bought houses here in QRO in worse shape than you've been looking at. When I first saw them, I couldn't imagine what we were going to do with it, let alone, how we were going to live in it. My husband, is Mexican, but has been working in construction in the U.S. for decades now and he is a man with a vision. He can see things and what he wanted to do with those "houses". And so we invested in those houses and the work began--and he created (and changed many times along the way, the vision) but we live in a very comfortable home (outside of centro) on a street that is wide (which is rare as most streets are narrow). It looks nothing like when I first saw it. Don't let the "rough look" deter you--envision what you want to do with it and you can redesign as you are able. Keep in mind in el centro, if in the centro histórico, you must follow their guidelines for reconstruction or they suspend the work. Also, be on the look out for "salitre" along the walls which needs to be taken care of or it keeps "growing" and water damage that centro is known for in certain locations. If the foundation is good, you can create something wonderful. If you need an opinion on foundation vs. cosmetic and how much it might cost to change/improve something, please feel free to reach out--my husband would be happy to assist. Email at cmedina56@aol.com. We wish you all good things in this process.

Mexico 🇲🇽 is pretty EPIC 😎👍🏻. I was in Queretaro for a week last October 2021 and it was fabulous. It's awesome that your hubby is helping out with this vlog 👍🏻. I highly recommend it to any foreigners interested in a very nice city and close to CDMX like you're saying La Karencita. It's also close to Guanajuato City, San Miguel de Allende and Morelia among other cool 😎 cities. Funny 🤣 pronunciation of mortgage. Regarding your husband getting the loan from a bank in Mexico 🇲🇽 can be more difficult and expensive unless he is working for a Mexican corporation.

great video!

You may consider the area near Ezequiel Montes St.; there are often houses and condos for sale there. If you are willing to drive your car a little, you may consider the area near the road to Tlacote where new housing developments are available within your budget, and they are just 5 km away from downtown Querétaro.

Very interesting.

Wishing you two the most beautiful sanctuary in Querétaro 🥰🥰🥰🥰

Lovely moderators…sensible and sensitive

Great job

I'm relocating to Monterrey temporarily in two weeks. I may stick around for awhile though. 🙂 Best of luck in SQ

Good for you Karen--- many things to consider when buying a house---- not too far from an elementary school noise at night-- talk to neighbours around the house you want to buy--- Good luck

Congratulations 👏

So many things to look at. Water pressure, toilet drain, electrical box. And for an Airbnb, more light and place to sit outside means higher rent. Exciting project

House hunting is never an easy task. Best wishes and hope you find something.

Water filter is cheaper :) and you dont pollute moving water in trucks

Are there inspections in Mexico? In the US, unless you are buying the house "as Is" you typically make an offer and once that offer is accepted, you get an inspector to make sure there aren't any hidden surprises. Such as the roof is about to fall, the heat doesn't work, the electricity is not up to code or something like that. If your inspector finds something like that, you can rescind your offer completely, negotiate a lower price or the seller will repair the problem. It is not as always as straight forward as that. I have heard of rare cases where the inspector was the cousin of the seller and didn't point out that the roof was not structurally sound, etc.

Its better not to rely on a RE agent to find or sell a house, RE agents in Mexico usually are both seller and buyer agents at the same time, and they will not show you houses they are not also selling, this also is also a conflict of interest but they dont care for your best interest. Its better to look for houses in Facebook Marketplace or othe pages and if the house is sold by owner you can negotiate a discount for at least what the seller would pay to an agent in fees.

Queretaro is a more expensive place to live and own a home when compared to many other cities in central Mexico, outside of Mexico City. Estoy con los dedos cruzados, mucha suerte!!

Hahaha you guys a re nice and cute , I like that your housban is British .

Looking for an buying a house is always stressful. One of the MOST important things for buying a house in Mexico is ensuring you have a Notario (not the same as a notary for those in the US). The Notario makes sure that the estritura (or title/deed for those in the US) is clear and really in the name of the sellers. Wishing you the best of luck to find the perfect place :)

This is an exciting time for you both , go slowly , enjoy the experience , may you find happiness , Peace

After my relocation I will check out your Spanish Class 💙

Hola KAren, podrias poner el link del soporte del laptop de tu esposo?

What is the web you use to find a home in Querétaro or any other part of Mexico please ?

how to withdraw large amount of cash in mexico, an amount of 2k USD equivalent to an ATM ?

Hi question, you say your husband is British/UK, he sounds pretty Dutch to me with a school based UK accent but still the Dutch very thick coming through. Fair question, no shade, but is he not Dutch (from Netherlands)?🤗

Seems like Querétaro is booming.

😎👍

Add in the fact that not all properties for sale are listed with realtors, and many also lack a Se Vende sign. Also looking.

Just curious how much a house like that costs?

Hello Karencita, I have been watching your videos and I really like them! Thank you for them. I recently lost my beautiful wife Flora, she was from Coacalco Estado de Mexico, we both came to visit Queretaro and I loved it, I am still in contact with her family, and I wish to sell my home in Texas and move to Qeretaro or somewhere close to where my wife is burried. I am anxious to return and live in Mexico permanently, is there a way to contact you for info? on a way for me to obtain Mexican citizenship because of my marriage to her of 14 years, all my family is in Mexico, and I want to be with them, can you help me?

I have struggled to learn these words, and today I learned all of them: Opportunity - Plazo / Challenge - Desafio / Budget - Presupuesto. THANK YOU!

es Santiago Qro?

houses everywhere has gotten so expensive

"It's in a bad state but I imagine its just cosmetic"....famous last words, my friend. ja ja

Hi, are you already prequalified for the mortgage ?

Sadly, when popular RU-vidrs throw a spotlight on Querétaro, It actually ruins it for many others who never had a chance to see a place before it’s discovered.. True, it’s a beautiful town but they are going to be part of the change that makes it not a desirable or affordable place to live. We’ve seen it happen to Sayulita, San Miguel de Allende, Ajijic, and many other places. I’m curious why they think it’s OK to expose these great travel and living secrets to thousands or millions of people on RU-vid. It’s the equivalent of a major travel magazine doing a cover feature story titled “the secret hidden beaches of Mexico!“ Wow, really? How “secret“ do these beaches remain after such exposure? In the bigger picture: the average Mexican would have to work a lifetime to pay off a $2 million peso casa. I really like this couple, but I hope that they can become enlightened and realize that all they really need is a tiny house and they need to refrain from over-publicizing places, it just drives prices up and ruins it for future visitors and residents. Comments?

you can be my new friend when i move their with my es spousa i think?

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You really should think this thru before even attempting. According to almost every expert, this is a real bad move! If you do manage to beat the odds and secure a loan, interest rates will be sky high. Better to attempt a loan from your husbands native country if he owns property and use it to pay cash. The wife and I will be retiring there and thank god we will be able to pay cash!

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in Mexico you cant pay more than 500 mil pesos in cash to buy a house .

wow only my opinion both of them still need to fix a lots ...

Si eres mexicana porque no pronuncias bien los nombres de los pueblos o nombres de las personas??

Show nice apartments, please. Not everybody needs a house. Some people are older, do not have small kids, and do not want to do any repairs.

$87k US? BUY IT!!!!!!!!!

Please pronounce Querétaro correctly. You pronounce it with an Anglo accent. You do Spanish an injustice. I’m bilingual and all Spanish words and names I pronounce correctly when speaking English. Please, please do the same.

Hello La Karincitra! I’m interested in coming to Queretaro this 22. But I want to start Spanish classes with you, how do I enroll and let me know if you have a rental also. Just send your email in your reply Thanks