| Mexican Real Estate on the Internet - Keep on Surfing | | | | approx. 1000 and very relaxed unlike its metropolitan |
| !! | | | | neighbors. I took the turn off headed into the little |
| "A piece of paradise for the price of an SUV" Did | | | | town to the landmark - Leo's Pizza - to cool off with |
| that get your attention? | | | | some beer and pizza. I was searching for a small |
| It sure caught mine and the on-line ad was lure enough | | | | community called Chan Chemuyil and soon found out it |
| for me to head down and take a look. With over 10 | | | | was located 2 minutes down a dirt road. |
| years of vacationing in this lovely spot my roots were | | | | There are no other signs of economic growth or |
| about to take hold. The idea of Chemuyil bay with its | | | | tourism and the homes are exactly as depicted on the |
| shallow turquoise water washing the soft white sand | | | | internet. I was pleasantly surprised and very much |
| backed by the lush green jungle within an 8 minute | | | | relieved. My brother-in-law first sent me the ad to this |
| walking distance from my new beach house sounded | | | | special community while surfing the internet and I read |
| to good to be true. And you know what they say | | | | a realty ad and the story behind the homes. In 2002 |
| about that - if it sounds to good then it must be. | | | | Chan Chemuyil began as a private subdivision of 234 |
| After many emails to a patient realtor I summoned the | | | | homes built by the Mexican Government to be sold to |
| courage to make the trip. Not only did I want to see | | | | Mexican people under the stipulations of job tenure, |
| what this internet ad was all about but I also needed a | | | | Mexican social security payment for the prescribed job |
| nice warm get away from Saskatchewan's cold | | | | tenure and $60,000 pesos down payment. These |
| blizzardy winter. Feb. 2008 I booked a last minute | | | | measurements were too high for most nationals and |
| flight to Cancun and wasted no time by heading out | | | | the closest work was 30 minutes away in Playa del |
| the following weekend. Even just the flight was a | | | | Carmen so only 46 homes had sold in the 5 years of |
| welcomed change. I spent the first day unwinding by | | | | the project. This left most of the homes empty to |
| the hotel pool and walking on the beach until sunset | | | | defend themselves against natures blast of 3 |
| brought out the usual party crowd. I knew from the | | | | hurricanes over the next 5 years. In the spring of 2007, |
| internet blog writings that Chemuyil was much | | | | two business partner / realtors came snooping along |
| relaxed It took a breezy 1.5 hour drive from Cancun | | | | Hwy 307 and spotted the road that leads to Chan |
| and just 30 minutes past Playa del Carmen to reach | | | | Chemuyil. |
| Chemuyil, a small Mayan Village with a population of | | | | |