I had been going to Mexico for years ( on vacation ) about 5 years ago I bought a vacation home outside of Tulum ( between Akumal and Tulum ) beautiful place 5 min walk to the best beach in the world ! Always dreamed about living there , so when the real estate market went soft, and my wife of 34 years decided to call it quits ...
I moved from Jersey to Mexico , started a little house care biz ( a lot of Ex- Pats who owned vacation homes or rental property's there had no one to take care of them or take care of the renters ) I LOVED it however the bad economy in the states really hurt the tourist trade , and some home owners as well.
During that time , a client of mine who was also going threw a divorce from Richmond and I became friends , when she was down we went out , I gave her tours of the Mayan ruins , little off the beaten trips to the jungle and so on , and well after a few years ...........Fell in LOVE and moved back to the states to Richmond and here I am
I really like it here , and we both sold our homes in Mexico and enjoy our new home in Richmond , we are a short walk to the James , and a 5 min drive to down town Richmond .