Puerto Rico Realtor

Anyone can show you a house. The question is who tells you what it is worth.

Puerto Rico has no shortage of people who will open a door and email you a listing. What is scarce is someone who can tell you what has actually closed in that building or on that street, what the title looks like, what the insurance will really cost, and when to walk away.

That is the work. The showing is the easy part.

Who you are actually hiring

Antonio Cartagena is a licensed real estate broker, license C-13471, and has been closing in Puerto Rico since 2005. Twenty years of transactions in the same market, through several cycles.

Lizvette Robles is a licensed real estate broker, license C-23765, and co-founder. She handles relocation, Act 60 buyers and clients coming from the mainland.

You get both of us on every transaction, not a name on a sign and a junior who does the work. Our clients have rated us 5.0 across 35 reviews.

Why we price on closed sales

Island-wide numbers are almost useless for a specific decision. To give one example with a real source: the Puerto Rico Housing Index published by the Statistical Institute of Puerto Rico stood at 264.64 in the second quarter of 2026, down from 272.77 in the first quarter. An island index moving a few points tells you nothing about what a house in Garden Hills or a unit in Condado did over the same period. Those can move in opposite directions in the same quarter.

So we do not quote you an island average. We pull what has closed in your community, with price per square foot, and we price from that. It is slower and it is the only method that survives an appraisal.

Where we work

We cover the luxury market across Puerto Rico. Dorado, Condado and San Juan, Guaynabo, Rio Grande and Bahia Beach, Carolina and Isla Verde, and the west coast, plus Palmas del Mar in Humacao, Las Casitas Village at El Conquistador in Fajardo and Royal Isabela on the northwest coast.

Tell us the address or the community and we will pull what has closed there.

We work in English and Spanish, with the same standard in both. Esta pagina en espanol.

What we actually do for a buyer

• Tell you what closed, not what is asked. Price per square foot in the specific building or street, in writing.
• Get the documents. For a condominium that means the regulations, the reserve study, the HOA financials and the board minutes. Since Act 13-2026 the managing agent has to deliver the regulations within five business days to a licensed broker with a documented assignment or to a buyer who asks with legitimate interest. Knowing how to invoke that is part of the job.
• Get the insurance quoted for real before you remove contingencies, not after.
• Run the title and the CRIM account early, because both take longer here than mainland buyers expect.
• Show you what is not on the portals. A meaningful share of the upper market never reaches a public listing.
• Tell you when to walk. The advice you remember is the deal we talked you out of.

What we do for a seller

• Price from closed comparables in your community, then defend that number at appraisal.
• Editorial photography and video, because at this level the marketing is the first showing.
• Reach the buyers who are already here: Act 60 relocations, mainland buyers and our own network.
• Tell you what your net will be, with the costs written down before you list.

More on the selling side: selling a luxury home in Puerto Rico, and in Spanish, vender su propiedad.

Buying from the mainland

Puerto Rico is a United States jurisdiction. For a US citizen there is no foreign buyer process, no currency conversion and no immigration question. What differs is the mechanics: the deed is executed before a notary attorney with a distinct legal role, title and registry work run on their own timeline, and property tax is administered by CRIM.

If you are relocating under a tax decree, start with our Act 60 real estate guide. It covers where decree families actually buy and the property requirement.

Questions we get asked most

Do I need a realtor to buy in Puerto Rico? No law requires it. What a broker gives you is closed-sale data, access to the documents, and someone whose duty is to you rather than to the seller.

Do you work with buyers from the mainland? Most of our buyers come from the mainland. We run the process remotely and you travel when it is worth travelling for.

Do you only handle luxury? Our work is concentrated in the upper market because that is where our experience is worth paying for. Call us anyway and we will tell you honestly whether we are the right fit.

English or Spanish? Both, to the same standard.

What does it cost a buyer? We will explain how the commission works in your specific transaction, in writing, before you commit to anything.

Start with a real number

Tell us the area and the budget, or the address you already have your eye on. We come back with what has actually closed there, what is available including off market, and a straight opinion on whether it is worth your money.

Antonio Cartagena, Broker Lic. C-13471, closing in Puerto Rico since 2005. Lizvette Robles, Broker Lic. C-23765, relocation and Act 60. Rated 5.0 across 35 client reviews.

Call (787) 717-6443, or use the contact page.