PARTNERS
Wally Lopez
Born in Los Angeles, California Wally grew up bi-culturally spending his time between Los Angles and Mazatlan and later studied at the Technology Institute of Superior Studies in Monterrey, Mexico where he studied Sales and Marketing and earned his degree. For almost 9 years Wally was involved in the sales and marketing operations of Punta Mita, working at the Punta Mita Properties office for the entire time. Wally earned a reputation while at Punta Mita Properties for his excellence and professionalism. His extensive knowledge of the Punta Mita development and the surrounding area makes him a valued consultant and closing specialist. Wally played an important part in the success of Punta Mita Properties to his departure in January 2009. Wally is certified by the Mexican real estate professionals association, and is an active members of AMPI (the Mexican Professional Real Estate Association) and has an extensive knowledge of all legal and technical aspects of the real estate industry in Mexico. Wally has been involved in the design and development of several high end residential luxury Real Estate communities and has hands on experience in design, development and contruction offering a more complete knowledge base to our clients. Wally is an avid surfer and enjoys extreme mountain biking. Wally lives with his family in the Bay of Banderas.
Jonathon Smart
Born, raised and educated (Portsmouth University) in Sussex, England. Jonathon was an integral part of the Punta Mita Properties executive sales & management team for over 6 years where he was an important human component in the success of the Punta Mita Properties office, Dine and the other Punta Mita developers until to his departure in January 2009. Jonathon has taken Mexican Real Estate Certification courses and is an active member of AMPI (The Mexican National Professional Real Estate Associate) and currently serves on the board of the Honors and Justice Committee of Nayarit. Prior to joining the Punta Mita Properties team Jonathon was managing vacation ownership and fractional sales for one of the market leaders in Mexico, managing more than 50 sales people at any given time. Having recently completed his first commercial development “Plaza Ollin” (along with his development partner Wally Lopez) located in the Village of Punta de Mita where the Riviera Partners Realty offices are located. Having developed an extensive knowledge and understanding of the construction and architecture processes and having participated in several master planned communities evolutional processes Jonathon is able to bring much more than just being a “broker” but his understanding of the development process from A to Z for both residential, master planned and commercial developments. He has on the ground knowledge and experience with both high end residential communities and commercial developments. Jonathon has been a competitor in two different sports (Windsurfing & Karate-do) and was a National Champion in both disciplines. Jonathon currently serves as a member of the Executive Committee and on the Board of Directors of an International Martial Arts Organization (with active “dojos” in more than 12 countries around the World) where he is currently the Chairman of the Board (Since 2007). Additionally Jonathon currently sits on the Board of Directors of the American School of Puerto Vallarta. Jonathon speaks English, Spanish and basic French and lives with his family in the Bay of Banderas.
Sales Executive
Mauricio Romandia
Born, raised and educated in Mexico City, DF (Mauricio also studied in England and the US as a teenager). Mauricio is an Architect by trade and has working experience with residential, master planned communities and commercial developments. Most recently Mauricio transitioned into Sales with success as a part of the initial team selling the Los Veneros Luxury Condominum development in Costa Banderas, Nayarit. Mauricio is working with his listing clients, as a buyers agent and as a luxury rental agent for our listed properties with Riviera Partners Realty. Mauricio speaks Spanish and English and lives in the Bay of Banderas with his wife.
SUPPORT TEAM
Nancy Bravo, born in Alaska and raised in Tepic, Nayarit. Nancy is our Riviera Partners Realty office manger and speaks Spanish and English fluently.
Marketing & Web design:
Lynne Bairstow formally Marketing Director for Dine/Punta Mita Properties work with Riviera Partners Realty in all aspects of our marketing, deisgn and promotion with her new company “Marakeme Marketing”.
Web Site Search Optimization Marketing and design consultant:
Private Villa Marketing.com is a group of SEO experts with which Riviera Partners Realty have an exclusivity agreement. Private Villa Marketing.com specializes in niche REAL ESTATE Internet marketing. The company owns hundreds of unique Geo-targeted URL's targeting the Real Estate, Villa and Condo markets for our industry. As a result of their efforts Riviera Partners Mx enjoys the benefits of #1 and front page listings on a vast number of search terms FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR PREFERRED CLIENTS on Google, Yahoo and Bing. www.PrivateVillaMarketing.com
