Blog: Notes from San Miguel
Buyer's guides, market insights, lifestyle, and honest stories from
10+ years of helping people call this city home.
The One Café I Send Everyone To
For years, when clients ask me where to get coffee in San Miguel, my answer has been the same: Café La Ventana. Twenty-two years in the same corner, organic beans from Chiapas, and a cappuccino so perfect I don't order anything else.
From Texas to Terrace: How a Historic Freeze Almost Ended Their SMA Dream
A couple from Texas. Fifteen months of long-distance work. Days from closing on their dream home in Los Frailes. Then the historic Texas freeze hit. No power. No bank. No way to move the money. The sellers were ready to walk. Here's how they got the house anyway.
Do You Need a Fideicomiso (Bank Trust) to Buy in San Miguel?
If I had a peso for every time I've been asked about the fideicomiso, I'd have made more money answering than selling homes. The short answer: in San Miguel, you certainly don't need one. The longer answer — why the myth won't die, and what you actually use instead — is inside.
Welcome to Notes from San Miguel
A place to slow down and write about what I actually see, day-to-day, in one of Mexico's most talked-about towns. Straight answers on buying in Mexico, honest reads on the SMA market, the everyday side of life here, and the client stories worth telling.