Renting Your Beachfront
Property in the Riviera Maya

Renting your beachfront property
the months you are not here

There are months when you will not be here, and renting it out in those months is normal on this coast. You only need to know three things before you buy, because none of them can be changed afterwards.

The same property, run by two different managers, returns two different numbers.

It is not decided by the property’s history and it is not decided by us: it is decided by the manager you hire. Nightly rate, response time, photographs and how the calendar is priced in August are all their calls.

For rentals we always recommend Playa Moments, who handle vacation rental and property management in this area. We sell the property. If you also want to rent it, that starts with choosing the right manager.

1. 01

   Can you rent it nightly? The building rules decide, not the seller

   Some condominiums allow short-term rental and others allow long-term only. Some gated communities ban it outright even though the house is yours. And branded residences often come with a mandatory hotel program and its own commission. We confirm it in the regulations and the assembly minutes, not in the listing copy. A seller saying “everyone rents here” is not a rule.

2. 02

   Vacation rental management: open or mandatory

   With open management you hire whoever you want and pay management plus cleaning and platform commissions. With a mandatory program, typical of branded residences, they usually charge more and give you less control, and what you get in exchange is convenience. We tell you which of the two you are buying into before the offer.

3. 03

   Tax on renting out your property in Mexico

   Short-term rental income in Mexico is taxable and, depending on how you hold the property, may require registration with the tax authority and with the municipality. As a brokerage led by a CPA, we walk you through the structure before you buy, not after the first booking.