2021 Home Guide
Looking for a Real Estate Agent? Your dream home can be found with the right help By Jerry Jones Probably the biggest investment you’ll make in your life will be in home or condo ownership. Finding the right home for the right price can be a time-consuming process. It’s important to take that journey with someone that you can trust and who has your best interest at heart. O&APV talked with some of the agents that advertise with O&APV and are supportive of our mission to keep the Puerto Vallarta LGBTQ community informed. An underlying theme with all of the agents was to make sure that you work with an AMPI agent. Currently in Mexico there is no licensing required for real estate sales professionals., and AMPI (Asociación Mexicana de Profesionales Inmobiliarios) is the professional association in Mexico that assures realtors are performing in a professional and ethical manner. AMPI has published ethical and fiduciary standards that its members are required 34
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to maintain. In addition, AMPI standards require that their associates be involved in the community they are servicing. Among the requirements for membership in AMPI, there is a need for continuing education and testing, and foreigners working in real estate must be approved to do so by immigration. “Unlike Canada and the USA, Mexico does not have a real estate board or council,” explained Jay Burchell, senior real estate advisor with Timothy Real Estate Group. “In its place the coastal resort town of Mexico has an organization called AMPI. In short, to be a member of AMPI requires all agents to attend 50 hours of annual training, monthly meetings and most importantly AMPI members are expected to hold a high standard of professionalism when working for their clients and with other agents.” Ryan Donner, owner of Ryan Donner & Associates, echoed Burchell and added that AMPI membership includes access to MLS listings. Fa l l 2 0 2 1
