Question about working remotely in Mexico.

Okay,here goes. What you are considering is going to be difficult because of the visa requirements. So you at first will not be able to live just anywhere you want. Unless of course you find a visa you qualify for.
However if you work in California and want to live in Baja California they do have a visa for that where they do consider your earnings. Also many expats if not most who live here and work in California do so without a visa or with a tourist visa. So if your manuf. job is in SanDiego I would not quit it but would keep it until I was satisfied with the remote job.
So you can check this out by going to the Mexican consulate in San Diego. There they will give you the requirements.But you must tell them that you are after the visa for people living in Baja and working in Ca. Also you will want to check out their web page you may find the info there also.
Good luck.

Thanks so  much.

Have you considered just going on a tourist visa for the first 6 months? That would give you time to get your new job, health insurance etc. all organized so that by the time you apply for a temporal visa you will have everything in place.

Move to Mexico, work remotely and enjoy life. I work online and I have lived in Mexico for 3 years. No one asks questions and you don't go around telling anyone.  Work remotely, blend in, have a drink and enjoy life.

I would not open a bank account in Mexico, though.  Supposedly, if you have a Mexican bank account, you need to file a Mexican tax return, although not necessarily pay taxes. 
We've tried repeatedly to open a bank account in San Miguel de Allende and ran into bankers who were either stupid or just didn't want to deal with us, or both, so we gave up.  We have our old bank account in the States and just withdraw amounts from the ATM as we need them.  Caution:  not all ATMs are created equal.  Some charge relatively high fees and let you withdraw relatively few pesos.  But we found one where you can withdraw up to $9,000 MX for about 60 pesos service charge.

Well, Steve and Marty,

I don't know how long you have lived here or what your visa status is, but I have had a Mexican account for many years.
The trick with taxes is what is your balance. There are balances that will trigger an automatic tax evaluation. So if you have your retirement deposited in Mexico you will get immediate attention.

You may have also been discounted because some visitors opened accounts then left the country which tends to annoy banks.
There is also the fact that many of the popular banks do not have their headquarters in Mexico and act as American, Canadian, British or Spanish branches, not Mexican banks. You might want to research that and see who those banks are in your area. Of course, they follow the Mexican bank rules, but on top of that they have all of their own twists and turns.