Michael Murphy's Blog

Well the day has arrived and we fly out this evening to Cuba which is currently being lashed again by a Category 4 hurricane which thankfully is at the east end of the island and should break up into a tropical depression due to the mountainous geography of that part of the country. This is the 3...

Every Every year, about this time of year, we go to Cuba for a visit and a holiday. My in-laws live in Cuba and this is the annual ritual to visit, socialize, laugh, share some of our good fortune and blessings with a truly great group of ordinary people. It has been particularly hard in Cuba thi...

The Parksville and Qualicum Beach market is settling in to its laid back fall season. One now has time on sunny weekend afternoons with no appointments or open houses scheduled, to drive up to Mount Arrowsmith to view the flood of fall colors and pick pine and chantrelle mushrooms while getting a...

With the current strength of the US dollar there has never been a better time to buy in Mexico especially if the price is in pesos. The Mexican peso has been hit hard recently and currently is trading at 13.98 pesos which means that those people who are looking to get their place in the sun and s...

I think it would be very interesting if people would consider posting the property taxes on their principal residences, approximate value  and the city and state or province of where they reside. It would give us and who ever sees the results some kind of idea of the huge differences in some of t...

How is everyone being affected by the criminal activity that has occurred in the US? It just amazes me that a country as great as the US and its people, can permit this kind of criminal activity to go on. When are the people going to take back their country? The elections are coming to a close an...

If you ask any professional  real estate agent in the Puerto Vallarta area, who carried the market the past year, you will invariably hear that it was the Canadians. Americans stayed home in such numbers that you had a hard time finding one. In one project alone in Bucerias, which was originally ...

Looking to get out of the ratrace? All the stuff going on the the US got you fed up? Consider moving to Mexico where the cost of living is cheaper. Things like gas, medical and food  will cost you a lot less  in Mexico. Exercise your brain by learning another language, stretch your life experienc...

If you would like information or are just curious about the opportunities to own real estate in Mexico and more specifically the Puerto Vallarta and Bucerias area go to my Mexican website at www.bienvenidosrealestate.com where you will find lots of informative articles and links to everything you...