Selling Villa Bamboo

Villa Bamboo

Karen has been my friend long before she was “my real estate agent”.
We built our house in 2010. We, my Mexican husband and me a Dutch woman who has been living in Mexico for over 26 years. This was going to be our home forever.
But an opportunity came up to buy a bigger lot so we did. My dream is to build a big enough space to give courses and retreats.
In order to be able to build we had to sell our home. So who else to turn than my own friends Karen?!
To be honest, it took a little while.
Maybe our own emotions of not really wanting our house to let go was part of that.
But Karen staid positive and encouraging. So when suddenly the right enough offer came we took it. And the rest was actually a piece of cake.

Karen made it so simple and smooth, just getting each time the papers ready which were asked on that time, that’s all. It was extra simple because you feel that it’s not just Karen ( although she could do it all) but it’s the whole team with each of them their expertise.

It started with trust and ended with a happy 😊

Author of the review: Saskia and Nicolas

Selling the Retreat in Corpus Cristi

Karen was a breath of fresh air for me after a bad experience with another realtor. Before I met her I bought land and built a home with three units one block from the ocean. I lived in paradise for 9 years and learned that there is a wide variety in the quality of professionals. When a parent was ailing I needed to rent out everything and go to Europe to be the dutiful daughter. In such a stressful time Karen found clients to rent some of the units. I have now been away 8 years and in that time she has continued to be a reliable source to find suitable renters and ultimately assist me with getting the property ready to put on the market. She is easy to contact and gives me regular updates on the viewings she does at my property.
I would highly recommend her as a trustworthy, hard-working and successful professional in Cozumel.

Author of the review: Clare from Great Britain

Buying a 2 bedroom home in Corpus Cristi

A friend of mine came from the USA to work for a couple of days and rented Casa Sandy. A few month later we were talking, I mentioned to him that I was looking for a house for my parents, he then recommended it to me because it was just one floor. no steps. anything that could challenge elderly people.
I called Karen to ask her if she knew about the house, she told me that she did, but did not have it in her listings. She when out of her way to show it to me and my husband. Right away we saw the potential of it and asked her to negotiate a price for us. We didnt want to buy it trough the real state company that had the house listing, we wanted to buy it trough Karen because we felt in complete confidence and in trust with her. After taking the decision to buy, because of the difficult situation in which this house was, a not so common one, a lot of paper work needed to be done, and Karen took care of everything gracefully.

To this day, we remain good friends, and we can only recommend Karen greatly to anyone looking to purchase a home or business in Cozumel.
Thanks Karen!

Author of the review: Sandra and Philippe Dupuit (from Mexico and France)

A Christmas story

Buying a "for sale by owner" and after a handshake on the price - NOW WHAT TO DO?

My husband and I have always known we would retire on “some beach, some where” and in fact when life hit rough patches that was our tag line to encourage each other to fight through it.
Over the past several years many of our friends have retired to Cozumel, Mexico so this is where we chose to spend any of our vacation time. We fell in love with the island and the people and decided to begin looking for that “forever home” on the island. After a few years of visiting and looking we finally found it and then we were told that was the easy part. Many stories of broken hearts and broken dreams from people who had deals fall through or go bad were told to us and then there were those who got closed the deal but it took forever.
My best girl friend introduced us to Karen Bloemhoff through text on Wednesday, Friday Karen met us in person and on Saturday she was calling us back to sign papers on our forever home.
Which is still just an empty lot, but it’s ours and it’s on the island we love.
The purchase was amazingly easy and that is because Karen and her team are amazing. We live in Texas so there was a big disconnect between us and the process but Karen and the team kept us informed everyday and we always felt like we were a part of what was happening.
We closed on our property in about 8 weeks, it was the best Christmas gift ever.
We were so at ease with Karen that we gave her a POA to close on our behalf because the process went so quickly we could not be there to sign in person. If you want to buy or sell, I would not go anywhere else.

Author of the review: Kimberly and Guy from Texas, USA

Buying an ocean view property in Cozumel

I first met Karen online in the fall of 2015 when I was looking for a place to rent in Cozumel, I did some Google searches to find rentals and sent out emails to a few people requesting information about their rentals. Karen was the first one to respond and was the most helpful. Even though she didn’t have a rental that fit what I was looking for she helped me find one that did, an oceanfront condo that was managed by a different company. I knew then that she was a good person and someone that I would want to work with. I’m a real estate Broker in the US and have been doing real estate now for just over 20 years, so I have a lot of experience dealing with real estate Agents and Brokers.

I’ve done general brokerage real estate helping buyers and sellers, I’ve done land development and built spec houses, which is what I mostly due now. So I have a very broad understanding of the real estate business and have dealt with a wide variety of people. When I went to Cozumel in February of 2016 for two weeks I met with Karen in person and looked at some various types of real estate with her to get a better understanding of the market there. Karen was very knowledgeable and able to answer any questions that I had about the properties we looked at, and also any questions that I had about the island. After I left we stayed in contact and she helped me rent another property in the fall of 2016, a house that she manages in the Corpus Cristi area. I rented that house for the month of February 2017 and while I was there I met with Karen on multiple occasions to look at more properties and also to socialize with her and her husband over dinner at a new restaurant that she suggested. Although I still haven’t purchased anything yet I will definitely work with Karen when I make that decision to buy. I wouldn’t recommend anyone else other than Karen to those looking to own property in Cozumel, she is a great agent and person, someone you can trust to always be honest and to always put her clients needs first, which is not the case with many other agents. I consider her and husband both to be good friends now and look forward to spending time with them on all my future visits, especially when I buy something and start spending a lot more time in Cozumel.

Author of the review: Clay from the USA