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Michael & Hadaya | Making Their Belize Dream a Reality

Michael & Hadaya

Mahogany BayAmbergris Caye

“We did not think that anything like this existed, to be honest.”

— Hadaya

Michael and Hadaya discovered Belize while looking for a place to enjoy with their young family and had always dreamed about owning property outside the United States. During their first trip to Belize, a chance encounter with the RE/MAX team at Mahogany Bay opened their eyes to the possibility of making that dream a reality. With the goal of owning a property that could also generate rental income, they were impressed by the turnkey approach and the support available through the RE/MAX team, including property management. What started as an unexpected conversation over coffee eventually led them to purchase two plots of land in Belize, with plans to begin building soon. Beyond the investment itself, Michael and Haddiah have embraced the sense of community they've found in San Pedro. Through their relationship with their agent, Ruben, they're also exploring ways to give back through free fitness and youth camps, making their Belize experience about more than just owning property—it's about becoming part of the community.

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Hi, I'm [Unclear at 00:00]. What's up everybody? My name is Mike. We're here from Houston, here in Mahogany Bay, showing our family our new plot of land. Yeah, it's a very special moment. We choose Belize, specifically San Pedro, because it's a slice of paradise and we wanted to share that with our family. Honestly, the first discovery of Belize was because my wife blessed us by planning this amazing trip. We wanted to jump around and explore Belize as a whole. Like, obviously, there's so much to offer. We stayed in San Pedro for a few days, and then we went to the mainland, we went to the jungle.

And you know, everything is kind of serendipitous because while being in Mahogany Bay, we're just sitting down having coffee, and we run into the RE/MAX team. Trevor, shout out to Trevor for basically opening our eyes to this amazing opportunity. We had just had an amazing vacation. It was our last day. We were talking about, we always kicked around the idea of having a place outside of the country, but it was more of a dream, like, because how is this possible?

and while at the coffee shop the RE/MAX team was getting coffee and they overheard us just chatting and another couple had actually just bought a plot as well which made it even more of like a reality so after talking to the couple and the RE/MAX team they just really laid it out in terms of it being turnkey they help you every step of the way we wanted to buy something with the intention of renting it and actually it being profitable when we weren't in it. And they have a system for that, like a property management whole system for that as well. So it was everything we were looking for and more. Like we did not think that anything like this existed, to be honest.

It's just been an amazing experience to not only be a part of something super special, but be welcomed by a family out here. It's been really a family experience. And you know, we have a young family ourselves, so it was very important to have that same sort of sensation. So it was a really good experience. Big shout out to Ruben, who's been taking care of us as of late. It's been quite seamless, the experience that has happened within the last three years. We own two plots of land here, Mahogany Bay being one, and we're gonna start building soon. And everything is just turnkey. This is the perfect phrase for our experience, turnkey. It feels good.

We're already referring this team to our friends and people that we know that would love to be here. And we already have a referral coming in and being our neighbors. So it's quite an experience. I don't know how big the RE/MAX team is, but I'm glad that out of all people we ended up with Ruben. He is so enjoyable to work with. He's amazing. His talents go far beyond what he's doing. He knows his stuff too.

like we didn't have the intention of buying a second plot of land Ruben knows how to sell he sells with trust behind it it's not like he's not conning us or anything he's just putting us on to the same things that he's interested in one of the biggest initiatives that we have as a family is to continue to serve outside and beyond sports and athletics and working with Ruben he's put us in touch with different avenues that allow allow us to touch the community. And we're already in works with trying to put on free camps. I'm a fitness trainer, so I love to use that as the main vehicle to give back to the community.

So having a bunch of kids around, showing them how to move and have fun while doing that. And then also being able to show the world who we are as a brand is like the ultimate win-win. So again, Ruben is a man of many talents. He's a connector. He's a connector, and there's special people out there in this world that just know how to get you in the place that you need to be and that's just one of his amazing talents so we definitely use him to help us execute that initiative to anybody that has an inkling and a thought about where do i start and they want to buy property and do the same thing that we did I a million percent recommend the RE/MAX team. Hopefully they end up with Ruben as well.

He's only one guy. So that they can have fun along the journey. And it's not just a dream anymore. They make your dreams come true.

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