Field notes
The operating side of the dream
One useful decision at a time: electricity, location, storms, money, and what changes when the vacation property becomes your responsibility.
July 25, 2026
Your August CFE Bill Is Trying to Tell You Something
The seller's pleasant-month receipt is not an operating history. Ask for twelve months, then separate the electricity bill from the blackout plan.
July 29, 2026
The Riviera Maya Is Not One Market
A regional name cannot choose your daily life. Narrow the coast using access, absence, weather and exit—then rent where you think you want to own.
August 1, 2026
A Quiet Hurricane Forecast Is Not a Property Plan
A seasonal forecast describes a basin. You own an address. Use the quieter outlook to test the systems that must work when you are away.
Coming the week of August 10
The Exchange Rate Is Part of the Property Price
Why the listing can stay still while your real cost moves—and the three-number comparison to make before money crosses a border.