5 steps to avoiding HIDDEN pitfalls when buying property in Puerto Rico

The buyers who have the most trouble in Puerto Rico are almost always the most experienced ones — not because they’re careless, but because they know exactly how the process is supposed to work. They know what their buyer’s agent handles. They know the MLS covers the market. They’ve done deals, closed transactions, and navigated the same process enough times that it became automatic. The problem is that the automatic parts don’t transfer. Maiki holds a realtor’s license in three states and has years of background in multifamily development finance. Between the two of us, we came to Puerto Rico with a decade-plus of transaction experience and a Georgetown master’s in real estate finance. We still had to unlearn things. And we’ve watched buyers who were smart, who’d done deals before, get caught by the same gaps we almost got caught by — including people we knew well who sat down for a closing celebration the night before they signed, completely confident that everything had been checked. We built this video around five things that work differently in Puerto Rico than what the mainland system trains you to expect. Every item on the list is something the market here will not flag for you automatically — and every one of them is something you can own before your next offer goes in. The question worth sitting with is which of the five you’d already have covered. ---- 🔔 SUBSCRIBE: We’re Travis and Maiki — a Caribbean-American couple with 10+ years in real estate development and a Masters in Real Estate Finance from Georgetown. We take you inside the real deals, real raises, and real decisions we actually live — so you can see what building wealth through real estate looks like from the inside. New videos every week. --- STAY CONNECTED: 📸 Instagram: @coupledinvestments 📘 Facebook: [link] 🎵 TikTok: [link] 🌐 Website: axiosventures.co 📧 Newsletter: axiosventures.co --- EPISODE SECTIONS: 0:00 Introduction 0:30 What Mainland Buyers Expect 2:20 #1: Who Is Your Realtor Actually Representing? 3:45 #2: The MLS Is Not the Full Puerto Rico Market 5:10 #3: Read Every Governing Document Yourself 7:00 #4: Verbal Assurances Are Not Contract Terms 7:50 #5: Hire an Advisory Attorney Before You Close 9:20 Title Insurance: The Last Layer of Protection 10:15 Trust But Verify: The Full Framework