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I tried starting a discussion forum above on the topic of the market activity, but I guess that you guys missed it. Using a forum, the comments don't get lost in the bottomless column below this message, and we don't have to go search for them to re…
OK, relative to the rest of the world I can tell you how my company is doing. How are other LOCAL people doing is the question. How is Mexico doing? Why doesn't AMPI coordinate an index for Mexico? What are they going to do with my $242.00 Dollars f…
I will send more later on this. Meanwhile some good news from NAR ...
Nine Consecutive Gains for Pending Home Sales
Washington, December 01, 2009
Pending home sales have risen for nine months in a row, a first for the series of the index since its…
Thank you for the honest discussion. Though I do not have much experience to add, it is interesting to hear what is happening in more established areas of the country. We are both new brokers/agents and in an area with only a few expats. It has been…
I just saw an old friend from here who is now in Playa del Carmen who reports they are adding salespeople. Imagine that. I have had tours three to four days out of five, but the few offers are so bad that we just wrote them up. Now I am refusing, so…
Good discussion, Doug, don't know why everyone isn't jumping in. Yes, the buyers we're seeing here in Los Cabos are a different breed of bottom feeder... You and I had that experience earlier this year. As memory serves your buyer offered about 40%…
Is anyone willing to discuss the market activity in their area? I am curious at how the rest of the country is faring in these times.
If I just read blogs and advertisements, I discover that we have become really creative in finding silver linings t…
Put the paddle back, Carol. we're going to need it.
By all means- STAY AWAY from HSBC- They are the worst and were damaged goods since the takeover of Banco del Atlantico by Bital back in 1993 when all their paperwork was shipped in cardboard boxes to Mexico City. They are still dealing on old cardbo…
Banks generally change local trust officers with fair regularity. The worst is HSBC, the best is Bancomer, in our area. When the banks went through privatization in 1994, and the changing of hands and names several times in some cases, many trusts s…
Had Vonage, now use Magic Jack. We have Telmex DSL in downtown Cabo and Hughesnet satelite at our ranch. Nothing owrks on the satelite; you have to speak in single syllables. And when the Telmex system is under heavy use such as every day during the…
Cabo's Mile-long Airstrip Goes International!
On November 5th, State Secretary of Tourism Alberto Trevino announced that the airstrip north of Cabo San Lucas has finally acheived status as an International aerodrome. This will make "Cabo San Lucas I…
This morning on Cabo Mil radio 96.3 FM, State Secretary of Tourism Alberto Trevino announced that the airstrip north of Cabo San Lucas, owned by the Romo family and paved by foreign private pilots back in the early 1980's, has finally acheived statu…
Most of my Mexican Sellers have received their proceeds into Monex or another former "Money Exchange house- now bank", but even at Bancomer or others I have never heard of any restrictions on deposit amounts. I have deposited commissions of well ove…
Contact Heidi Wosak, broker of Century 21 Sun & Sand, she is the one who lead the team to make it happen, her e mail address is heidiwosak@century21penasco.com and good luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It is rumored in Baja that the Puerto Penasco AMPI organization has absorbed/merged with a local MLS or brokers alliance.
Los cabos is in the middle of, or close to the decision point of, such a move.
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- Do you live in the Mexico, the US or Canada
- Mexico
- What city and state
- Cabo san Lucas, baja california Sur
- If in Mexico, how long have you resided there?
- 20+ Years
- Tell us about yourself, type of business, last employment
- Fully assimilated into Cabo life.
serve on local Chamber of Commerce Council, Planning and Urban Development Advisory Commission, Urban Image Commission, and MLS Executive Committee.
- Do you have any websites for your business or websites you wouldlike to refer someone to?
- http://www.caperealtyassociates.com
- Website Address?
- http://www.loscabosestates.com
- How did you hear about Mexico-My Space?
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Cabo San Lucas Airport gets "International" terminal status
This morning on Cabo Mil radio 96.3 FM, State Secretary of Tourism Alberto Trevino announced that the airstrip north of Cabo San Lucas has finally acheived status as an International aerodrome. This will make "Cabo San Lucas International" the fourth official international airport in Baja California Sur, giving the state the distinction of having two more than any other of Mexico's 31 states.
Part of the first year restriction will be that the airstrip can only receive charter flights, not regul… Continue
Part of the first year restriction will be that the airstrip can only receive charter flights, not regul… Continue
Posted on November 5, 2009 at 2:00pm —
Merging AMPI and the Puerto Penasco MLS or real estate asscoaition
I am a 24 year veteran RE Broker in Cabo. I have heard that the Puerto Penasco AMPI group has absorbed a grass roots MLS type organization there and I wonder how that happened, what the logictics were, etc. I'd like to talk to a veteran there.
I helped start our local MLS and now the members who joined AMPI as well are interested in us merging. We are well along the negaotiating path, but I'd like input from any who have accomplished this and will gladly share our experience.
I helped start our local MLS and now the members who joined AMPI as well are interested in us merging. We are well along the negaotiating path, but I'd like input from any who have accomplished this and will gladly share our experience.
Posted on October 28, 2009 at 12:51pm — 1 Comment
Comment Wall (2 comments)
- At 11:24am on August 4, 2009,
Doug Christensen said…
- Thanks. Most of the time it doesn't feel like 58! I'm awaiting my sweetheart who has a 12:30 "don't plan anything for two hours" surprise.
- At 2:49pm on August 3, 2009,
Carol Billups said…
- Happy Birthday Dooglas!
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I was happy to see your note regarding Señor Buchsbaum. Can you give me an idea how big his shop is? I just want to know if I'd have to wait or if I'd need an appointment. I'm restoring an older car and I want quality.
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