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Playa del Carmen · Centro
Two-bedroom condominium
Title verified · delivered building · HOA accounts reviewed.
Price on request
Playa del Carmen · Quintana Roo · Riviera Maya
The contract set a delivery date. We hold the developer to it.
ReaLaw is a real estate law firm and buyer's agency in Playa del Carmen. We represent Mexican and foreign purchasers against developers who delivered late, delivered wrong, or never delivered at all — and we vet the next purchase so it does not happen twice.
Bilingual counsel
Proceedings in Spanish, advice and documentation in English.
Litigation-led
Our advisory work is written by the people who argue the cases.
Foreign buyers
Fideicomiso, escrow, remote signing and out-of-country clients.
One desk
Legal representation and buyer brokerage under the same roof.
Developer claims
If any of this is your situation, you have grounds to act.
A signed purchase agreement binds the developer to a date, a unit and a specification. Non-performance is a breach — not a delay to wait out. The clock on your remedies is running.
01
The delivery date passed
Construction stalled, the handover keeps moving, and the developer answers with new dates instead of possession.
02
What was built is not what was sold
Reduced square metres, substituted finishes, amenities never built, a different unit or a different floor.
03
Title never arrived
Payments made in full, but no escritura, no trust, no registration — and no clear explanation of why.
04
Your money is held hostage
Deposits refused, penalties applied against you, or a cancellation clause invoked to keep what you paid.
Send us the contract and the payment record. We will tell you plainly whether the claim is worth bringing.
Legal services
01
Real estate litigation
Breach-of-contract actions against developers and sellers: specific performance, rescission, restitution of payments, damages and penalty enforcement before Quintana Roo courts.
02
Dispute resolution and negotiation
Formal demand, settlement negotiation and mediation with developers, HOAs and co-owners — pursued as the faster route to the same remedy where the file supports it.
03
Professional due diligence
Title search, registry and lien review, ejido and land-use history, permits, construction licences and developer solvency — reported before you commit funds.
04
Contract review and drafting
Promise-to-purchase agreements, presale contracts, trust instruments and leases — redrafted so delivery, penalties and exit rights are enforceable rather than decorative.
05
Closings
Notary coordination, fideicomiso set-up for foreign buyers, escrow instructions, tax and fee calculation, and registration through to the recorded deed.
06
Ongoing advisory
Retained counsel for investors and owners: structure, rental regulation, condominium governance and the legal reading of an opportunity before it is signed.
Buyer representation
The only side of the table we sit on is yours.
Most agents in the Riviera Maya are paid by the seller. We act for the buyer alone: shortlist and inspection, developer background, price and terms negotiation, and the contract read by a litigator before you sign it.
If a project does not survive our diligence, we say so and we walk you away from it.
Work with a buyer's advocate
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How a case starts
Step 01
Book a consultation
Pick a time online for a 60-minute video call with a real estate attorney (MXN 1,800, paid when you book). Then send the contract and receipts.
Step 02
Strategy and quote
Your legal position, the remedies available, the likely timeline and the cost — in writing, in your language.
Step 03
Demand
Formal notice to the developer. Many files resolve here, once the other side sees the claim is real.
Step 04
Court, if needed
We file and argue it. You are updated at every stage, wherever in the world you are.
“Client quotation to be supplied — a sentence naming the outcome, not the service.”
Properties
Available now, and already through our legal review.
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Questions clients ask
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60 minutes on Google Meet, in English or Spanish, Monday to Friday. Pay online by debit or credit card, Mexican or international.
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