Buying a Resort in Belize: What Foreign Buyers Need to Know (2026)

Foreign ownership is allowed

Belize does not require a local partner in order for a foreign national to hold freehold property. A buyer can take title in their own name or through a company. Inheritance and resale are questions for counsel in Belize and in the buyer’s home country. This page describes the purchase path. It is not tax advice, and it does not state a tax outcome.

Two ways to close

IBC share transfer

Lina Point can transfer as shares in the Belize International Business Company that holds it. The company continues. A Belize attorney reviews the corporate records, the shareholders, and what the company actually owns.

Asset sale

The other published path is an asset sale and a deed transfer. That path has its own registry steps and closing costs. Some buyers prefer the deed in hand. The choice is the buyer’s, after legal advice. The asking price does not change because of that choice, and the cabana deeds and the three lots stay separate unless they are purchased on their own.

Facts that are not a tax opinion

• Currency: the Belize dollar is pegged 2:1 to the US dollar. The list price is in US dollars.
• Language: English is an official language, and the public sale documents on this site are in English.
• Legal system: Belize follows English common law.
• Your taxes: ask your own advisor. Do not treat a marketing page as a statement of how a later sale will be taxed.

The sequence

1. Intro: a short call to confirm the asset and the structure questions.
2. NDA and records: profit-and-loss statements, operating records, the survey, IBC documents, management contracts, and the equipment list.
3. Showing: San Pedro, typically within two to four weeks of that intro. Fly into SPR. The resort is a golf-cart ride north of the bridge.
4. Offer and close: a letter of intent, then the path your attorney recommends. The published close window on the listing is 60–90 days.

Paying for it

• Cash: about $1,995,000, the published cash price.
• Seller financing: 50% down, 9% per annum, 15-year amortization, 3-year balloon.
• A broker: the seller pays a 3% co-broke. The buyer’s price is not marked up to fund it.

The Lina Point offer

Lina Point is a freehold turnkey overwater resort in San Pedro, on Ambergris Caye, Belize. It was built in 2017 and is listed at $2,100,000 USD (about $1,995,000 cash). Seller financing is 50%. The resort is offered with zero debt. Projected gross revenue is $907,000, and that figure is a projection, not trailing actuals.

The resort package includes 9 hotel keys, The Mayan restaurant, docks, a pool bar, a sandbar, and 30% management rights on 5 glass-floor cabanas. Cabana deeds and 3 lots are sold separately. The seller pays a 3% co-broke. Marketed by Point Realtor LLC (Florida).

The primary listing is overwater.com/resort. Realtors register a buyer at overwater.com/realtors. Write to sales@overwater.com or WhatsApp +1 (813) 850-5899.

Where to go next

Start on the listing if you want the foreign-buyer path applied to this resort, not to a generic island. The inquiry form is on overwater.com/resort. Brokers register before a showing at overwater.com/realtors. Direct questions go to sales@overwater.com.