This Ol' Casa - Building in Baja 101 is a step-by-step guide to building a dream home in Baja, Mexico. Covering everything from criteria to be used when evaluating a lot for purchase, to deciding what style of home to build, to selecting a design team, to learning to read and understand your blueprint, to selecting a builder, and all the way through construction, this primer is intended to de-mystify the process so that even a layman can manage it and emerge a winner.

Eschewing jargon and technical detail, it is written in a nuts-and-bolts manner that laymen can easily follow. Each chapter...