Vallarta’s leading boutique real estate sales and vacation rentals agency. Our team of specialized real estate agents delivers a personalized and attentive service to help find you the perfect property whether you are looking to invest in your retirement condo or rent a vacation villa.
Puerto Vallarta is one of Mexico’s leading beach destinations which has seen increased tourism and a booming real estate market in recent years thanks to the innovative new condominium and residential developments up and down the coast of Bahia de Banderas.
Additionally, Puerto Vallarta is considered one of the best places in Mexico for retirement living. It is an ideal refuge for foreigners thanks to a great quality of life, the warmth of its people, and the wide variety of amenities available in the area. Despite the high demand for properties, Puerto Vallarta still offers accessible property prices when compared to cities across Canada and the United States.
Contact us today so we can help you find the perfect property so you can live the life you’ve worked so hard for.
Michael was named as one of Puerto Vallarta’s top 30 selling agents by A.M.P.I and MLS/FLEX (Vallarta/Nayarit) in 2019.Michael’s attention to detail, persistence, and genuine love of Puerto Vallarta and its surrounding areas makes selling real estate an on-going pleasure for him. Buyers are rewarded with personal and individualized service that utilizes Michael’s vast experience in finding and knowing about the best properties to link his clients to. Sellers can be assured that a business plan will be created and put in place to advertise, network, and promote their properties using Michael’s connections developed during his 25 years of doing business here in Mexico. In addition to running Puerto Vallarta Villas, Michael Holland is the co-owner (along with his partner, Ray Carême) of Holland Travel, LLC. Michael began his travel adventures with his father during their flight chartering years. Since his first flight when he was an infant, then as a student pilot, and now as a vast world traveler (he has visited more than 68 countries), Michael has the experience and know-how to help you plan your next trip, vacation, or adventure. Michael moved from air to sea when he started a career in the cruise industry in 1984 with Royal Caribbean International. Today, Holland Travel is affiliated with Virtuoso Travel and MTravel, offering clients unique, luxury vacations throughout the world. Michael and Ray have hosted small groups on several Virtuoso Voyages in the past decade. Sailing worldwide on various cruise lines, Michael enjoys ensuring that each guest has the “trip of a lifetime.” The next hosted voyage with Michael and Ray is to Antarctica on the Seabourn Line in December of 2020. Consider joining them on this voyage or other voyages planned for 2021 and beyond. michael@puertovallartavillas.com In addition to running Puerto Vallarta Villas, Michael Holland is the co-owner (along with his partner, Ray Carême) of Holland Travel, LLC. Michael began his travel adventures with his father during their flight chartering years. Since his first flight when he was an infant, then as a student pilot, and now as a vast world traveler (he has visited more than 68 countries), Michael has the experience and know-how to help you plan your next trip, vacation, or adventure. Michael moved from air to sea when he started a career in the cruise industry in 1984 with Royal Caribbean International. Today, Holland Travel is affiliated with Virtuoso Travel and MTravel, offering clients unique, luxury vacations throughout the world. Michael and Ray have hosted small groups on several Virtuoso Voyages in the past decade. Sailing worldwide on various cruise lines, Michael enjoys ensuring that each guest has the “trip of a lifetime.” The next hosted voyage with Michael and Ray is to Antarctica on the Seabourn Line in December of 2020. Consider joining them on this voyage or other voyages planned for 2021 and beyond. michael@puertovallartavillas.com
Ray Carême, who specializes in private property rentals, real estate sales at Puerto Vallarta Villas and helping people plan their next travel adventure at Holland Travel, is a native of France. He hails from the champagne capital of the world – Epernay. Ray’s education and experience - in hotel and restaurant management and ownership - is just a small part of his working for more than 26 years world-wide. Most notable is Ray’s work with Gerard Boyer of “Chateaux les Crayères” in Reims, France. Conde Nast Traveler, Travel & Leisure, and Zagat Survey magazines awarded Boyer with the “Best Small Hotel and Restaurant in the World” award in 1987. His time in the restaurant industry included working on a cruise ship (for 7 years) as Assistant Food & Beverage Manager, and then Maitre’d with Royal Caribbean International. Ray was also General Manager for “Celebrity Chef” Joachim Splichal of the Patina Pinot Group for 8 years, serving the Hollywood Elite in California. He was also General Manager for John Hurley with Garibaldi’s restaurants in San Francisco and a partner in “G’ Bar in Presidio Heights. Ray then worked in Corsica and England where he volunteered as a French tutor at an English public school for underprivileged children in his free time. Ray initially joined Holland Travel as a Partner to offer his shipboard experience and expertise combined with his great love of food and wines to customers wishing to book luxury travel experiences with a focus on fine dining. With his extensive travel background - Ray has traveled to 55 countries in the world and 36 states in the United States – he continues to promote travel for Holland Travel (affiliated with Virtuoso Travel and Montrose Travel) and to host cruises for Virtuoso Voyages. His next “hosted” tour with his partner Michael Holland, is to Antarctica (cruise was cancelled), then the Norwegian Fjords to North Cape for Copenhagen, July 2022. For more information about this spectacular (once in a lifetime cruise) and other voyages through Virtuoso, please contact Ray. Ray was part of a television feature with the NBC Today in 2005 as Puerto Vallarta Villas and Holland Travel embraced using a virtual assistant based in Colorado that they had never met. With today’s world of social media, instant messaging, and Facebook Ray continues to communicate with clients all over the world who initially obtain information from our website. 2020 marks the 25th year of working in real estate and travel for Ray at Puerto Vallarta Villas and Holland Travel. Ray continues to focus on listing and selling real estate world-wide, as well as securing villa and condo rentals for “snow birds” in the Puerto Vallarta, Mexico area. Through Holland Travel – Ray’s expertise will guide you as you plan a vacation, a trip of a lifetime, or your next “bucket list” adventure. ray@puertovallartavillas.com
Puerto Vallarta Villas welcomed Kirk Graf to our sales staff in May, 2020. Kirk joins us as an agent and is available to help you with all your real estate selling, buying, and rental needs in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico and beyond. Fully bilingual, Kirk was born and raised in Puerto Vallarta. His dad is from Ohio and his mom was born and raised in Mexico. His parents are well established and well known (for many, many years) in the catering field and resort sales business in PV. Kirk’s mom Mavi is a highly respected Chef/Caterer who has built up a stellar reputation during her many years in the area. Kirk attended school in Puerto Vallarta and finished high school in Ashland, Ohio. Kirk graduated from Baldwin College University in Berea (which is a suburb of Cleveland) Ohio, where he majored in International Business and Chemistry. After university (in 2013) Kirk settled in Victoria, Canada for a year and in 2014 – joined Zillow in Seattle, Washington as a Senior Business Analyst. At Zillow he helped sales agents across the United States develop their business plans, solicit clients, and create strategies to increase their individual sales. In 2017 Kirk traveled throughout the world for a year and returned to Puerto Vallarta in 2018. He has been working in resort sales and real estate sales in the area since 2019. During this time, he also helped his sister with her VIP concierge business in Mexico City. An avid soccer player (playing in several city leagues) Kirk loves to surf in Banderas Bay whenever he can and enjoys hiking the mountains. The expertise that Kirk brings from his work at Zillow and his sales background will be extremely useful to all of us at Puerto Vallarta Villas. His vision for Puerto Vallarta Villas is to help clients find their dream homes and enjoy living in Puerto Vallarta as much as he does. We welcome Kirk to our team! Kirk Graf can be reached at: kirk@puertovallartavillas.com Office: 322-221-5495 Cell: 552-758-4681
Puerto Vallarta Villas welcomed Steve Aguirre to our team with a focus on “sales” in April of 2021. Steve joins us as an agent and is available to help our clients with all their real estate selling, buying, and rental needs in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico and beyond. Fully bilingual, Steve was born in Mexico and immigrated with his family to the USA when he was 9 months old. All his schooling took place in the USA and he graduated in 1988 from the University of Texas. After university, Steve worked for UPS doing a variety of jobs including Client Services, Logistics, and Accounting. He stayed in this field until he moved to Mexico in 2015. Steve met his husband Jose in 2000 and together they purchased, renovated, and flipped two houses - one in Texas and one in California. Having visited Puerto Vallarta many times for vacations, Steve and Jose bought their first property here in 2015 and a second property in 2018. They live here full time with their three dogs, Ron, Mescal, and Sebastian. In 2019 Steve and Jose opened an upscale and delightful home design and décor store in Puerto Vallarta called Orquideas de Oro which translates to Orchids of Gold. Please see their website: https://orquideas-de-oro.business.site/ ORQUIDEAS DE ORO - Furniture Accessories in Puerto vallarta (business.site). The store keeps Jose quite busy while Steve focuses on real estate sales and managing a dozen rental properties. In his free time – Steve and Jose enjoy meeting up with friends, dining out, going to the gym, and being out on the water in a friend’s boat, as much as possible. The expertise that Steve brings to us will be extremely valuable to the Puerto Vallarta Villas team. His vision for Puerto Vallarta Villas is to help his clients find their dream homes and enjoy living in Puerto Vallarta as much as he does. We welcome Esteban (Steve) Aguirre to our team! https://orquideas-de-oro.business.site/ steve@puertovallartavillas.com
Juan Carlos Rodriguez joined the Puerto Vallarta Villas team as a sales agent in July of 2021. Born in Mexico City to a Mexican dad and a Venezuelan mom, he moved to Venezuela when he was 10 months old. Except for two years spent in Madrid, Spain, Venezuela was his home during his younger years. He attended college in Venezuela then moved to Florida and obtained a master’s degree (an MBA) from the University of South Florida. Juan Carlos (JC) then spent 11 years in Florida doing software development and moved back to Venezuela to help care for his mom. While back in his home country, JC worked in wholesale sales at a company that was very similar to the USA’s Home Depot. He loved sales so much he formed his own company and sold refrigeration units to restaurants and businesses. When the political climate changed in his home country – Juan Carlos moved to the island of Aruba where he managed a chain of Cuban Cigar stores. However, the political climate in this Dutch Colony made it hard for him to immigrate permanently and he decided to relocate to Puerto Vallarta four years ago. JC has family in PV and during his time here he has focused on Rentals (short and long term.) His rental clients were always asking him about buying houses and this in turn led JC to approach Puerto Vallarta Villas. He has helped over five hundred people find apartments and homes to rent during his time in Vallarta and looks forward to meeting new clients and helping them find the homes, villas, condos, and properties of their dreams. Juan Carlos is enjoying being in Puerto Vallarta with his girlfriend and two dogs and anticipates a happy transition to selling real estate with Puerto Vallarta Villas. We welcome JC to our staff!
