The AMPI Riviera Maya President, Laura Zapata, informs everyone that the Mexico National Real Estate Day was celebrated yesterday. AMPI, Asociacion Mexicana de Profesionales Inmobiliarios de la Riviera Maya, (Mexican Association of Real estate Professionals of the Riviera Maya), is an organization dedicated to the professional development of realtors. At the national level this association has recently obtained through the Secretaria de Educación Publica, (Public Education Secretary), the professional license.  This means that now AMPI has succeeded in having an accredited course that allows real estate agents to take a course and test to receive a professional real estate license in Mexico.

Now there has been an actual course of study for real estate professionals called Técnico Superior Universitario en Comercialización Inmobiliario (Technical Superior College student in Real estate Commercialization).The study program for the career in real estate requires two years of schooling following high school.  It would be very similar to an Associates Degree in the United States.

Aspiring real estate agents will take the test called: Examen General de Conocimientos, (General Examination of Knowledge), the exam is an evaluation to assess the basic knowledge and necessary abilities that are needed for a professional performance and quality in the field of real estate.

"Now more than ever before", indicates Zapata, "is important to have controls and requirements for this profession. When dealing with clients it is the responsibility of the real estate agent to know the legal and tax aspects in order  to protect the client; but a university or associate level degree is not enough. We continued asking for a real estate license at the state level to be able to regulate the people who are dedicated to this profession.
AMPI Riviera Maya is very young in comparison with the 50 years that the National AMPI Association has been in place. This month AMPI Riviera Maya turns nine years old and we have obtained a lot in the region, but the work is far from over."

Zapata has just returned from the XXXVII National Congress of this association which for the first time was held on board a cruise ship that visited the most important zones of the Pacific coast of Mexico: Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlán and Los Cabos; at each location the AMPI affiliates in those areas welcomed them and gave tours of their real estate products. This was a very prestigious event and many VIP's were in attendance including several civil employees of the government of each area, municipal and state level. "The most important result of the congress was that in the General Assembly it was decided that the next location of the National Congress for 2008 will be the Riviera Maya.  It gives everyone with AMPI Riviera Maya great satisfaction knowing we al have been working for this a very long time," stated Zapata.

Zapata added, "we had the support of Javier Aranda, Ana Mari Irabien, Lenin Amaro. It is important that we had the recognition and support of the government since a Real estate Congress at a national level brings so much credibility to what we are doing here. It indicates that we have grown as an organization and we are ready not only to receive professional real estate people in Mexico but also at a global level.  It was very exciting for us when we learned the Riviera Maya was chosen because there was a lot of competition and it was a challenge. We know that this it is the moment for the Riviera Maya, the eyes of the world are looking here now for real estate. The objective of the congress is to make connections with real estate agents in order to attract more investors. I was surprised, how many agents still don’t know very much about the Riviera Maya or that had not ever visited thinking it is still somewhat of a remote 'fishermen's village'. For that reason it was important that we were given the chance to host next year's congress.  Now everyone can visit the Riviera Maya and see what it has become."

In 2007 there was an agreement reached and partnership formed between AMPI and the agents of the United States of America, National Association of Realtors (NAR), which is the most recognized organization of the world in this union. This year also marks the signing of another agreement with the national real esate organization of Spain and we have confirmed that the presidents of both organizations will be attending in the Riviera Maya next year."

If you would like more information about AMPI or becoming a member please contact Laura Zapata at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it or you can find her through the website www.ampirivieramaya.com