Use it to buy, own, rent out or sell property in Colombia. It has a calendar, checklists and bilingual templates. Take them to your lawyer and your certified public accountant (contador público).
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Real pages from the kit, in chapter order. Tap any page to enlarge it.
Real pages from the kit, in chapter order. Tap any page to enlarge it.
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Everything under “In your files” comes as one download right after checkout, sold as it is on the date you buy it. Each file shows when its sources were checked.
1 bound binder + 21 chapters
Contents page and bookmarks, in English and Spanish.
6 editable copies
Chapters 8, 15, 17, 18 and 19, and the letters as Spanish-only text.
3 spreadsheets
The chapter 5 self-audit, plus these two. They open in Excel or Google Sheets.
(Excel, opens in Google Sheets) for property tax, RNT, DIAN and home-country filings and receipts.
(Excel): illustrative arithmetic on your own inputs, with editable default rates, a source next to each result, and the date the rates were checked (October 16, 2026) on the Rates tab; the total covers the listed items only. It is not a calculation of your tax or of any amount you owe: the notary’s and registry’s own final calculation is the amount that controls at closing, and a certified public accountant (contador público) can confirm the figures.
2027 calendar
One file for the year, plus one for each tax-ID (NIT) ending. Works with Google, Apple and Outlook.
0Start
how the kit is organized and which file to open first for your situation.
the first 90 days after a purchase, step by step.
personal ownership or an SAS (a Colombian simplified stock company), BanRep registration and rental obligations, as questions to take to your lawyer and accountant.
1Buy
the documents and checks to request before you sign, on one page.
40 checks on a purchase you already made; 37 link to an official source.
the flags to recognize in a title certificate; each one ends with “ask your lawyer”.
a fictitious certificate, annotated line by line.
(Word + PDF): example wording in a promise contract (promesa), public deed (escritura) or power of attorney (poder) to discuss with your lawyer, and example wording that is a red flag.
the steps on signing day, with 2026 closing costs at the official SNR (the notary and registry superintendency) and departmental rates.
what to ask your bank, how to read an exchange declaration, what to raise with a specialist if records are missing, and opening a Colombian bank account (optional): what banks may ask for and how to check a bank is supervised.
2Own
(.ics + PDF): DIAN, RNT and FBAR windows, plus a slot for your city’s property-tax date. Reminders 30 and 7 days ahead, each linked to the official portal.
the legal range for property tax, the building administration fee and mandatory insurance.
an illustrative property-tax bill, annotated field by field.
FBAR (over US$10,000 in foreign accounts at any time, even for one day), Form 8938 (not for directly held real estate), rental income (Schedule E, Schedule C or an entity return), entity forms, the foreign tax credit, and the fact that there is no US–Colombia income-tax treaty.
3Rent out
does the RNT apply, how to register and renew, building rules, guest reporting, information returns (información exógena), and a long-term lease checklist.
4Sell
from six months before listing to bringing the money home.
5Toolbox
for buying, renting and selling, plus a “keep forever” list.
for your lawyer, notary, accountant and home-country tax professional.
letters in Spanish (with English notes) to your bank, building administration (administración), notary’s office (notaría) and accountant.
who may be involved, what each one covers, how to check credentials and what to bring.
which authority oversees what, what you may have to report and where to complain.
Open a chapter to see what it covers.
Chapter 11 comes with a calendar file for Google, Apple or Outlook. Reminders 30 and 7 days ahead, each linked to the official portal.
The dates in the kit’s 2027 calendar file. Your own DIAN date depends on the last digits of your tax ID (NIT); the kit has a file for each.
Amounts below are legal maximums or bases, not typical bills; what applies depends on your facts.
If the money for your purchase wasn’t channeled and registered as foreign investment, sending sale proceeds home through formal channels can be delayed until the records are corrected.
What owners often do Check their exchange declaration and registration early, while the purchase records are easy to find.
Rental income from a Colombian property is Colombian-source income, even if you live abroad. If a required income tax return is never filed, DIAN’s sanction can reach 20% of the bank deposits or gross income DIAN determines, or of the gross income in your last return, whichever is higher, and it may be reduced (Estatuto Tributario arts. 643 and 640). Filing late but before a DIAN summons (emplazamiento) adds, when tax is due, 5% of the tax per month or part of a month, up to 100% of the tax; other bases apply when no tax is due (art. 641; checked October 18, 2026).
What owners often do Ask a certified public accountant each year whether they must file, then put the deadline in their calendar.
Property tax comes due every year whether or not you’re in the country. Late balances accrue daily interest at the usury rate minus 2 points, reset monthly. Request a current assessment from your municipality. Bogotá's official rate table is linked below.
What owners often do Learn their municipality’s schedule, pay on it and keep the receipts.
If the RNT applies to your rental and its yearly renewal is missed, the registration is suspended automatically. Reactivating it costs one monthly minimum wage (SMMLV), paid to the Fondo Nacional de Turismo.
What owners often do First check whether the RNT applies to them; if it does, they register and set a yearly renewal reminder.
If your foreign accounts together exceeded $10,000 at any point in the year, a US person files an FBAR with FinCEN. Penalties for not filing can be serious, even when the account itself owes no tax.
What owners often do US persons who meet the threshold generally file FinCEN Form 114 online by April 15, with an automatic extension to October 15; a CPA, enrolled agent or tax attorney licensed in the US confirms what applies.
The statute sets a maximum penalty for a non-willful FBAR violation per annual report, adjusted for inflation each year: $10,000 in the statute, currently $16,536 after adjustment (31 USC 5321(a)(5)(B)(i); 31 CFR 1010.821; Bittner v. United States, 2023; checked October 18, 2026). Whether it may apply to you is a question for a US tax professional. The kit shows the form and a general calendar.
If the purchase, registration, property-tax and other tax records are missing when you sell, closing and repatriation slow down while the paper trail is rebuilt.
What owners often do Keep these records together from the start.
The Owner Kit covers buying, owning, renting out and selling. Deep dives go further on one topic and are optional.
From your answers or the guide you read, the Buying deep dive may be relevant. The Owner Kit order page offers it as an optional add-on at US$39; it is not added unless you choose it.
From your answers or the guide you read, the Rental deep dive may be relevant. The Owner Kit order page offers it as an optional add-on at US$29; it is not added unless you choose it.
From your answers or the guide you read, the Remodel & build deep dive may be relevant. The Owner Kit order page offers it as an optional add-on at US$49; it is not added unless you choose it.
Your answers touch more than one area. Owner Kit + all deep dives (US$149) includes the kit and all three deep dives; bought separately they come to US$196.
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No professional relationship is created; confirm your situation with a licensed professional.
The rule above applies to every file product, and the remedy applies per item. Inside Owner Kit + all deep dives (US$149): Owner Kit US$79, Buying deep dive US$23, Rental deep dive US$17, Remodel & build deep dive US$30. Inside “all three deep dives” (US$70): the same three shares. A deep dive bought on its own is refunded at the price paid. In Owner Kit + all deep dives + 30-min session, the session share is US$50 and follows the session terms.
US$79
The core kit for owning property in Colombia, in English and Spanish.
US$149US$196 if bought separately
The kit and the three deep dives: buying, renting out, remodel and build.
US$199US$149 + session US$50
Everything in the middle option, plus a 30-minute video session.
You’ll review your order and the terms before you pay.
Also in the Owner Kit (edition 3.0):
Brokers, how to check value and area, how purchases are structured, practices you may encounter, and land shares.
Property management, common renting issues and annual adjustments.
Licences, land use, architects, engineers and builders, works contracts, invoices and IVA, and the work calendar.
Each deep dive is sold on its own at the same price shown here. A deep dive does not include the Owner Kit.
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Buying deep dive, US$39General education, not legal, tax, accounting or financial advice.
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Rental deep dive, US$29General education, not legal, tax, accounting or financial advice.
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Remodel & build deep dive, US$49General education, not legal, tax, accounting or financial advice.
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Everything listed under “In your files”: the owner calendar, document checklists, self-audit workbook, tracker, question lists and letters, BanRep records pack, title-certificate red-flags guide, rental pack, sell-and-exit roadmap, the US sheet, the closing-cost calculator and the other guides listed there, as one zip download. Each product is a dated edition, and the files you download do not change. Information is as of the edition date shown; we do not provide updates after purchase. A later edition or a new product is not part of an earlier purchase. See “Editions; no updates after purchase” in the Terms, section 2.
No. It's general educational material built from official sources, dated to when each source was checked. It helps you understand what may apply and what to ask. It is not advice for your situation, and buying it creates no lawyer-client, accountant-client or advisory relationship. A licensed Colombian lawyer or certified public accountant, and a licensed tax professional in your country of residence and, where relevant, a licensed lawyer in that country, decide what applies to you.
Colombia Ready, published by Skystone Properties LLC. Rules cite their official source (Banco de la República, DIAN, SNR, MinCIT, FinCEN, IRS and municipal sites), and most link to it so you can check it yourself.
The guides explain the rules. The kit turns them into things you use: a calendar in your phone, checklists, a tracker, letters in Spanish and a self-audit. It helps you organize papers and questions for a licensed professional. It doesn’t replace one, and we don’t claim it shortens meetings or lowers fees.
Yes for the Colombian chapters, which describe Colombian rules that may matter to a foreign owner whatever their nationality; they do not decide your case. Treaties, residence and entity ownership can change the result, so confirm Colombian tax with a certified public accountant. The kit’s home-country sheet is for the United States. For your own country’s rules, take the kit’s home-country questions to a licensed tax professional where you live.
Refunds. The Owner Kit (US$79), each deep dive, the Owner Kit + all deep dives (US$149) and all three deep dives for kit owners (US$70) are digital downloads sold by Skystone Properties LLC, a Texas (USA) company, and made available immediately after payment. Because they are delivered instantly, sales are final once the download is made available to you, except in these cases: a product is not delivered; its files are corrupt or cannot be opened; a component listed on the kit page for it is missing; or the files are not the product listed. To claim, email hello@colombiaready.com with your order number within 14 days of your purchase and tell us what is wrong. This deadline does not shorten any statutory conformity or guarantee period. We will first fix or re-send the files within a reasonable time and no later than any maximum a mandatory law sets; if we can't, we refund the price of the item concerned to your original payment method, in the currency you paid. The remedy applies per item. Inside the Owner Kit + all deep dives (US$149), the shares are: Owner Kit US$79, Buying deep dive US$23, Rental deep dive US$17, Remodel & build deep dive US$30. Inside all three deep dives (US$70), the shares are: Buying deep dive US$23, Rental deep dive US$17, Remodel & build deep dive US$30. A deep dive bought on its own: the price paid. In the Owner Kit + all deep dives + 30-min session (US$199), the files' share is US$149, split as above, and the session's share is US$50: a file refund does not cancel the session, which the session terms (Terms, section 5) govern. This split does not limit any statutory right to cancel or withdraw. These are not grounds for a refund: disagreeing with the content, finding the information elsewhere, changing your mind (this does not limit any statutory right to cancel or withdraw, whether or not restated here), a law, fee or deadline changing after your purchase, or a product not fitting your specific situation. Nothing in this policy limits rights that applicable law gives you and that cannot be waived.
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Skystone Properties LLC, a Texas (USA) limited liability company, the publisher of Colombia Ready. Prices are in USD. Payments are processed by Stripe. Questions: hello@colombiaready.com.
A 30- or 60-minute video call about how owning property in Colombia usually works: general education from official sources, not advice.
We don’t review your documents or say whether a rule applies to you. Questions about your own situation go on your list for a licensed professional.
Bought the kit? US$59 / US$119 within 14 days.
You pay at checkout, then we contact you by email to agree a time; if we can’t agree one within 30 days of your purchase, we refund the session fee. One free reschedule, at least 24 hours ahead. Session terms
A video session with Colombia Ready (Skystone Properties LLC): a general educational conversation about how owning property in Colombia usually works, based on public official sources and the material in our guides and kit. We can explain general topics, point you to the official sources, and help you build a list of questions and the kind of licensed professional to ask: a Colombian lawyer for legal questions, a Colombian certified public accountant (contador público) for Colombian tax and accounting, a notary for signing-day steps, and a licensed tax professional in your home country (for example, a US CPA or enrolled agent). What it is not: we don’t review your documents, apply any law or tax rule to your facts, tell you what you should do, or say whether you owe anything. If the conversation turns to your specific situation, we pause, note the question for your professional and move on. Please don’t send deeds, certificates, tax returns or ID documents. Colombia Ready is not a lawyer, accountant or tax adviser, and the session is not legal, tax or financial advice.
The Colombia Owner Kit is sold by Skystone Properties LLC, a Texas (USA) limited liability company, publisher of Colombia Ready. Prices are in USD. We are an educational publisher: not a law firm, accounting firm, brokerage or government agency. Payments are processed by Stripe. Questions before or after buying: hello@colombiaready.com. Sale, delivery and refund terms: Terms.
Introductions, when we offer them, are a courtesy, not a recommendation; check the professional’s licence yourself. If we ever have a paid or other business relationship with a professional, we’ll tell you before any introduction. The kit’s question lists work with any licensed professional you choose.
Colombian closing charges set by official tariff; lawyer and broker fees are agreed separately and are not shown (2026 rates, explained in the kit’s Chapter 9 · Closing day; checked October 16, 2026). The notary’s and registry’s own final calculation is the amount that controls at closing; confirm the amounts with your notary.
| Item | Published figure | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Notary fees (derechos notariales) | COP 30,900 for amounts up to COP 259,300, plus 3 per thousand on the excess, plus per-page charges and IVA (Colombia's VAT) at 19%. The base is the price or, if higher, the cadastral value, self-assessed value or auction value. | SNR Resolución RES-2026-000964-6 (tariff; base rule art. 51); Estatuto Tributario art. 468 (VAT rate) |
| Departmental registration tax | 0.5% to 1% of the value of the act, set by each department. For real estate the base cannot be below the cadastral value, self-assessed value, auction or adjudication value. | Ley 223 de 1995 arts. 229–230 (art. 230 mod. Ley 2069 de 2020 art. 3) |
| Registration fees (derechos de registro) | By bracket, from COP 53,100 up to 13.33 per thousand of the value, plus 2% of that fee for systematization and document conservation. On a transfer, the cadastral value is used if higher than the price. | SNR Resolución RES-2026-001726-6, art. 1 |
| Seller withholding (retención en la fuente) | 1% of the sale value when the seller is an individual (persona natural) selling a fixed asset. | Estatuto Tributario art. 398 |
| Colombia Owner Kit | US$79 one-time. It helps you organize papers and questions for a licensed professional; it does not replace a lawyer, notary or accountant. |
We don’t list professional fees; ask each lawyer, certified public accountant (contador público) or notary for their rate.
Every file under “In your files”, in one download.
US$79one-time · instant download
The Colombian chapters cover rules that may matter to foreign owners wherever they live. The only home-country sheet is for the US.
Before you buy
No professional relationship is created; confirm your situation with a licensed professional.
The rule above applies to every file product, and the remedy applies per item. Inside Owner Kit + all deep dives (US$149): Owner Kit US$79, Buying deep dive US$23, Rental deep dive US$17, Remodel & build deep dive US$30. Inside “all three deep dives” (US$70): the same three shares. A deep dive bought on its own is refunded at the price paid. In Owner Kit + all deep dives + 30-min session, the session share is US$50 and follows the session terms.
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