RunAway Realty Review
When we told people we were planning to buy a house in Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, Mexico, people were concerned. "Is it safe?", "Can you buy property in Mexico, I heard you could only lease.", "What about the Cartels?", "Mexico can take away your property."
Unfortunately, there is a lot of mis-information about Mexico that people who have never been, believe wholeheartedly. We have been coming to Puerto Morelos since 2013. If we didn't feel safe, we wouldn't have bought here. The people who live in Puerto Morelos are the nicest, friendliest people you will ever meet. We have several friends here that are locals that we have known for years, and we consider them to be part of our family.
We chose Run Away Realty because we had been renting a house across the street from them for several years. When the owner decided to sell the house, they used Run Away Realty. So we knew we could trust them. They are also featured on House Hunters International on HGTV. If they have been vetted by HGTV, you know you can't go wrong.
We worked with Daniela Trava "Dani". She took us to tour several houses, and we found the perfect home for us. It had the Mexican Charm we were so used to, a tree as part of the house, and a wonderful roof top patio with a Plunge Pool.
Our closing was very different than most, because there was a lien on the property. The lien had to be paid off before we could finalize our purchase. This required us to do what was called a "Soft-Closing". Thus, we had to pay off their loan before we could officially buy the property. Talk about needing to really trust your realtor! We had full faith in Dani and Kim that we would make it through this "scary" time, and it all worked out beautifully.
Kim Temple has built a wonderful reputation in this town she has called home for over 14 years. And, the fact that she was an attorney in her previous life in Colorado, added an extra layer of trust. She has a set team of professionals she is connected with and has been growing her Realty Business by adding new folks, like Dani!
Through Dani, we were able to connect with her husband, Jaime, to be our property manager, and Milly Arceo for our residency. Jaime has been a great helper with getting things fixed around our new home, finding people to build things for our home, and taking care of our property when we are not in Puerto Morelos.
Milly was amazing to work with for our residency. She prepared all of the documents, instructed us on what to do and how to do it, and she nailed it! Everything happened exactly like she said!
We are loving our Puerto Morelos home, our new neighborhood, being able to go to the beach whenever we want (it is literally 6 minutes from our house!) And especially enjoy all of the wonderful restaurants in the Colonia as well as the Port Side of Puerto Morelos! And we are so thankful we had Dani to guide us through all of it, and as it turns out, as a Neighbor! read more