To my knowledge, there are no city ordinances prohibiting domesticated animals but you can always contact the City.

Let me steer you in the right direction.Imagine you buy a list with the address of vegans, that are also animal rights activists.Your company sells baby-cow burgers.

From talking to locals, there's a couple of issues than need to be addressed, some are the non-ecological practices that some of those developers have, unfortunately, our government profits from this investors and allows them to destroy manglers (which are the natural water purifying system of that area) dismantling hectares of mangroves and degraded the habitat of resident and migratory species burying animals alive.There's proof of fecal material floating beneath the city of Tulum, only 20% of the water is sent to the water treatment plant, there's no infrastructure for the exponential growth.The landfills in the middle of the jungle that is leaking hazardous pollutants into the freshwater system and that something that developers won't tell you.I love my country and it would be a disaster for everybody if this place ends up like some other great beaches around the world, that are completely ruined by greedy investors not following the rules.There's no urban or comprehensive master plan, and one of the risks is that Tulum will be like Playa del Carmen is today, overgrown and with environmental devastation.I will advise doing a lot of research before getting something in Tulum, different country, different rules, and practices.

.: I don't charge deposits for animals because deposits are fully refundable.

Multifamily (5+ units) is a different animal than SFR, but there agents (or brokers, as they uniformly call themselves) clearly add value, in my opinion.

What property characteristics lend to a highly desirable (high occupancy & high nightly rate) rental property in Tulum? 

It's real money vs stuff animals.

We gutted the house and then started building all the tiny homes, extra septic and power, parking lots, animal corrals, etc.

It also sits on 2 acres with separate buildings for animals and a nice storage shed.

Better materials such as stronger  lumber were used when the earlier vintage properties were built and many  contained design characteristics such as stone or brick work and intricate millwork that are too costly to replicate today meaning many buildings are significantly below todays replacement cost.