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By Brian Flock (Mexidata.info)Mexican President Felipe Calderon, while visiting Baja California on March 9, pledged incentives to attract international filmmakers and productions to Rosarito Beach (Playas de Rosarito).  The president implemented the "Program to Support the High-Impact Cinematographic and Audiovisual Industry," which ...

Clocks change in unison for the first time since 2007 by Brian Flock Two years after the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Mexico adopted the daylight savings time of its northern neighbors, the United States and Canada. After years of tangled schedules and manufacturing challenges posed by differing schedules, the occurrence of ...

Mexico Real EstateCell Phone Fees Drop for Binational Users near the BorderBy Brian Flock·      New Verizon plan fills convenience and affordability hole left vacant for over two yearsIn April 2008, MexiData.info covered the general affordability of Mexico, with the notable exceptions of telephony, electronics and ...

On Sunday, May 3, Verizon Wireless launched its new "Nationwide Plus Mexico" program designed for those who frequent both sides of the US/Mexico border. This is a particularly useful program for frequent visitors and residents in the northern Baja California region (Tijuana-Rosarito-Ensenada). The crux of the value of the program is ...

BusinessWeek in April showed how US business is still sending billions of dollars towards investments in Mexico despite the negative news coming out in the jaundiced coverage of cash-strapped media outlets who are clawing for advertising dollars. What do US businesses know about Mexico that residential home buyers have temporarily forgotten? That ...

By Brian Flock·   The decree would allow foreigners direct ownership of "residential use" property in the so-called prohibited zone.·   Amendment could simplify and accelerate investment in tourist communities and beach areas.A new constitutional amendment, proposed by Mexican Senator Mario López ...

By Brian Flock·   Security measures too often neglected within tourist communitiesThe unthinkable happened. I was recently a victim of burglary – twice within a one week period, the second time before I finished all the security measures that I had planned after the first incident.  Both events were perpetrated by the ...

A new project has been raised by the local water company (CESPT) to remove 100% of a wastewater discharges to both the Tijuana River basin (affecting San Diego County) and the Pacific Ocean. The sum of $400M pesos is allocated to the project (almost $30M dollars) and the stated object is simply “ZERO DISCHARGE.” In a related project, ...

Prior counsel now especially apparent in the light of the global financial crisis In February 2008, I wrote in Mexidata.info an article analyzing the Baja phenomenon of what I called “virtual real estate inventory.” I defined this as real estate that existed only in builders’ minds and within the miniature models in their sales ...

By Brian Flock·   Buyer Tips to Clarify Conventional Wisdom about Distressed PropertiesBuyers today have been regularly trained by the United States (US) media to be on the lookout for foreclosures as one of the staples of getting a great deal in the current real estate market. Yet buyers taking that conventional wisdom south of ...