La Veleta
The busiest building zone in Tulum — and where most of our listings are.
Find the Right Place.
Feel at Home.
Real estate in Tulum and Playa del Carmen — with a licensed broker who actually lives here.
Destinations
Where we actually work
Tulum neighborhoods, plus Playa del Carmen — about fifty minutes up the coast. None of them are interchangeable: the crowd, the price per square meter and the rental story change street by street. Start where you already know you want to wake up.
Aldea Zama
The established, walkable, master-planned district between town and the beach.
Region 15
Also called Kukulcán — newer, greener, and further from the center.
Playa del Carmen
A bigger, older, more established town an hour up the coast. We are expanding here.
Tulum
Where Front Door Realty is based, and where most of our inventory is.
Featured listings
A few worth looking at
Not the whole list — the ones we would send to a friend. Recent price reductions first, then whatever has just come on.
For sale or rent Price drop
$130,000 USD $50,000 USD · also $975 USD/month
Rama Penthouse
La Veleta, Tulum
- 1 bed
- 2 baths + 1 half
- 80.3 m²
- Penthouse
Private plunge pool
For sale or rent Price drop
$99,000 USD $88,500 USD · also $590 USD/month
305 MUUK Tulum
Region 15, Tulum
- Studio
- 1 bath
- Studio
Fully furnished
For sale or rent Price drop
$195,000 USD $175,000 USD · also $1,050 USD/month
Mareas #1C
Aldea Zama, Tulum
- 2 beds
- 2 baths
- 153 m²
- Condo
Private plunge pool
For sale New listing
$97,000 USD
Lot 21H – Kuyabeh Phase II
Tulum
- Land
Gym
For rent New listing
$600 USD/month
Unit 1, Xamira II
La Veleta, Tulum
- Studio
- 1 bath
- 109 m²
- Studio
Private plunge pool
For sale
$66,000 USD
Kuruva Land
Tulum
- Land
For sale
$810,535 USD
La Veleta Building
La Veleta, Tulum
- 9 beds
- 9 baths
- 567.1 m²
- Commercial
Swimming pool
For sale or rent
$165,000 USD · also $880 USD/month
Menesse Tulum
Tulum Centro, Tulum
- Studio
- 1 bath
- 40 m²
- Studio
Rooftop pool
Vacation rentals
Short-term stays
Places available for a few weeks or a few months — for people testing whether they want to live here, and for visitors who would rather have a kitchen and a pool than a hotel corridor.
For sale or rent
$2,300 USD/month · also $490,000 USD
Tuluna 19
Aldea Zama, Tulum
- 3 beds
- 3 baths
- 134 m²
- Condo
Private pool
For sale or rent
$2,045 USD/month · also $320,000 USD
Wayak Tulum
La Veleta, Tulum
- 2 beds
- 2 baths
- 150 m²
- Condo
Fully furnished
For rent
$2,000 USD/month
Amira District B101
Selva Zama, Tulum
- 2 beds
- 2 baths
- 120 m²
- Condo
Ocean view
For rent
$1,500 USD/month
Casa Camila
Tumben Kaa, Tulum
- 2 beds
- 2 baths
- 133.4 m²
- Villa
Fully furnished
For sale or rent Price drop
$195,000 USD $1,050 USD/month · also $175,000 USD
Mareas #1C
Aldea Zama, Tulum
- 2 beds
- 2 baths
- 153 m²
- Condo
Private plunge pool
For sale or rent
$1,000 USD/month · also $220,000 USD
Los Agaves 06
La Veleta, Tulum
- 2 beds
- 2 baths
- 82.6 m²
- Condo
Fully furnished
For rent
$800 USD/month
Aldea Tulum Plus Pineda
Tulum
- 2 beds
- 1 bath
- 90 m²
- Condo
Fully furnished
For sale or rent
$705 USD/month · also $130,000 USD
Quinto Sol #23
Aldea Zama, Tulum
- 1 bed
- 2 baths
- 55 m²
- Penthouse
Private rooftop
Rates shown are monthly, which is how these are currently let. Nightly rates and direct booking are being set up — until then, message us on WhatsApp for real availability on any of them.
Buy a home
Condos, villas, penthouses and land across Tulum and Playa del Carmen. Explore the listings and get support at every step, from first search to closing — with someone who will tell you which buildings she would avoid.
Browse homes 30 for saleRent a home
Long-term homes for people moving here, and short-term places for people finding out whether they want to. Renting first is usually the smarter order.
Browse rentals 23 availableList your property
Sell it, rent it out, or hand the whole thing over. We handle listings, tenants, management and HOA recovery — and we live in the same town as your property.
Get started Sell · rent · manageFeatured developments
Buildings we know from the inside
Where we hold more than one unit in the same building you get the comparison a single listing cannot give you: same fees, same rules, different floor, different price. A building appears here only while we actually have units in it.
Meet your broker
You get Tonya. Not a call center.
“I am a licensed broker in the US and Mexico. I have been doing this since 2001, and I live in Tulum. When I tell you a building has a problem, it is because I have been inside it.”
- Georgia Real Estate Broker License #235058
- Broker since 2001 — over 20 years in metro Atlanta before Mexico
- Certified Mexico Real Estate Advisor
- Based at Azara, Aldea Zama #203, Tulum
- US phone number — +1 (404) 597-5543
That last line matters more than it looks. A nervous first-time buyer abroad is trusting somebody with a life-changing amount of money. “I am a licensed broker in the US and Mexico, and I live here” answers the question underneath every other question.
The market today
Tulum in 2026, in three numbers
Every figure on this site is checked against its source and dated. Ask us where any number comes from and we will show you.
1,711
Homes sold in Tulum in 2025, down from 3,487 in 2023. Buyers have more choice and more room to negotiate.
What that means →29–47%
Average yearly short-term rental occupancy, as the three best-known trackers publish it. They count listings differently, so ask us about a specific building.
The real numbers →1.24 million
Passengers through Tulum's airport in 2025. It was built for 5.5 million, so there is room to grow.
Tulum or Playa? →Sources: El Economista (InfoHabitat analysis of Softec data) · AirROI · AirDNA · Airbtics · El Universal · AFAC figures via El Economista — each checked on 22 September 2026. Ask us for any of them.
Buying in Mexico
The questions people ask at 11pm
Plain English, short answers, and what to do next.
Why Front Door
A more personal way to find property in Mexico
01
Licensed in the US and Mexico, living here
Tonya has held a US real estate broker license since 2001, is licensed in Mexico too, and lives in Tulum. You get US-style disclosure habits and a US phone number, from someone who is actually on the ground.
02
We tell you the hard part
Every property has a weakness. You will hear ours before you hear the sales pitch, because a buyer who finds out later renegotiates or walks.
03
Buy it, and we run it
In-house property management and tenant placement. Most agencies sell you a property and disappear. If you are 2,000 miles away, that difference is the whole thing.
04
From first search to closing
Notary introductions, due diligence, negotiation, paperwork, and a translation of what any of it means. We do not charge for the introductions.
For owners
Your property, seen in more places
A listing that only exists in one place only reaches the people who already found that place. Yours goes on this website, into the MLS through our brokerage, onto the international portals foreign buyers actually search, out to our own client and referral network, and across social and WhatsApp.
We name our distribution channels rather than showing a row of logos, because listing through a platform is a distribution relationship — not a membership — and we are not going to imply otherwise.
Testimonials
“Tonya is exceptional, profesional and kind. One can immediately understand she's been on the market for too long , her experience speak for itself. Very responsive too, don't hesitate to select her as your main broker in the Quintana Roo area !” “Tonya went above and beyond helping me. Highly recommend her services to anyone looking for a new home” “I enjoyed working with Tonya for years. She is a broker who is professional, VERY knowledgeable about Real Estate, uses common sense and is down-to-earth. I recommend Front Door Realty to everyone!” Tell us what you are actually looking for
Budget, area, timing, and what would make it a no. Tonya answers her own WhatsApp — you are not being routed to a call center.