Prudential Vallarta Blog

Carlos Osuna of Sierra del Mar, Tere-Kimball of Prudential and Saul Groman of Sierra del Mar los arcos

The incredibly beautiful Sierra del Mar Los Arcos development was the host site for the November 4 breakfast meeting of all three regional A.M.P.I. chapters (Mexican Association of Professional Realtors). Attendance included 45 representatives from all three A.M.P.I. chapters active in the Bay of Banderas area.

Tere Kimball, president of the Riviera Nayarita chapter, made the following points:

• Members must attend at least 50% of the monthly meetings or be subject to suspension.
• The current board of directors was confirmed for one final year (2009) in order to complete several important projects including: Developers Review Certification, Cedula Professional and the MLS contract (urgent).
• Uniform use of the MLS contract for all agencies in PDF file
• Volunteers for the board of 2010. The new President and Vice President will need to start working with the current board one year in advance of their terms.
• New dates for the Real Estate Course I. English: December 1st to the 5th. Spanish: November 24th to the 28th, 2008.
• Next and last meeting for 2008 on Thursday December 4 at 9am in Punta Pelicanos, No. 45. All of the listings for Punta Pelicanos, regardless of which agency has the listing, will be open that day for viewing.

For more information on A.M.P.I  Riviera – Nayarita, call Elena at El Grupo de Bienes Raices (329) 298-1790 or for A.M.P.I. Vallarta call Tom Carota at (322) 223.5511.

Real estate developers in the Bay of Banderas region may soon be able to feature the A.M.P.I. logo in their advertising – if they comply with A.M.P.I. requirements for project documentation and commission payments to professional real estate agents.

Tere Kimball, president of the A.M.P.I Riviera – Nayarita chapter, and Saul Groman, Vice President of the same chapter, explained that the new developer membership program will require that developers allow the review of their project documentation by A.M.P.I. board members. They must also agree to pay standard commission rates to A.M.P.I. member realtors.

Kimball said, “The A.M.P.I. developer membership program will be good for developers and especially good for buyers. Under current market conditions, we need to do everything possible to make certain that new developments are open and transparent about their documentation. We owe that to our clients.”

The new Partial Urban Development Plan of the Bahia de Banderas was presented by Sergio Barajas and Sergio Castro of Sauri y Asociados. A second and more complete presentation will be scheduled by the end of this month. A.M.P.I. members and affiliates as well as the public will be invited.

A.M.P.I. is the National Association of Real Estate Professionals. The three local A.M.P.I. chapters met on August 7 at the new Hotel des Artistes at Punta de Mita. More than 70 real estate professionals toured this innovative project located in Anclote.

For more information on A.M.P.I Riviera – Nayarita, call Elena at El Grupo de Bienes Raices (329) 298-1790 or for AMPI Vallarta call Tom Carota at (322) 223-5511.