From Desert Racing
to Real Estate

When I moved to Cabo San Lucas in 2016, the plan wasn't to race motorcycles across the desert or sell luxury real estate. The plan was simpler than that — I just needed to feel alive again.

I'd built a manufacturing company in the States. Secured contracts with two of the world's largest home improvement retailers. Led teams in the hurricane protection industry — General Manager at Storm Catcher, executive roles at Hurricane Fabric, board positions on the International Hurricane Protection Association. I knew how to build things. I knew how to sell. What I didn't know was what to do when the familiar stopped being enough.

So I did what most people only talk about. I left.

The Racing Journey

A month after arriving in Baja, I bought a KTM off a guy in Cabo. I started riding the desert trails that wind through the mountains behind town. Something clicked. The focus required to navigate this terrain at speed — the way it demands everything from your body and your mind at the same time — it was the purest form of being present I'd ever experienced.

I entered my first race. Then another. By 2023, I was competing solo in the Baja 1000 Ironman class — 800 miles of desert, alone on a motorcycle, no team, no chase truck. Just the roadbook and whatever you've got left at mile 600.

2024 was the year it all came together. I won my class at the San Felipe 250. Podiumed at the Baja 500, Baja 400, and the Baja 1000 — finishing 3rd in the Pro Moto Adventure class at all three. Four races, four podiums. At 57 years old.

As NORRA's race coverage put it: "You don't stay fast as a rider into your 50s and 60s if you don't have smarts and skills." I'll take that.

Racing isn't a hobby for me. It's a practice. Purposeful stress — the deliberate exposure to extreme challenge so your body and mind adapt, get stronger, stay sharp. Seventeen to fifty hours of continuous riding. No GPS, no course markings. Just a roadbook, the desert, and the decisions you make at 80 miles per hour in the dark.

The same instincts that keep me fast on the bike keep me sharp in real estate. Reading terrain. Assessing risk. Knowing when to push and when to hold. The skills transfer more than you'd think.

Sun. Salt. Movement.

I live at sea level. I swim in the Sea of Cortez most mornings. I train for races that would break most people half my age. And I pay attention to what I put in my body, how I recover, and how I manage stress — not because I'm obsessed with health, but because this lifestyle demands it.

My approach comes down to six things: sun, salt, movement, real food, purposeful stress, and real recovery. It's not complicated. It's not a product. It's a way of living that this place makes possible every single day.

350 days of sunshine. The ocean at your doorstep. Fresh food from local markets. Space to move, train, and push yourself without the noise and traffic of whatever city you left behind. Wellness isn't just about personal habits — it extends to where and how we live. That's not a slogan. It's something I've proved to myself every day for the last decade.

From Racing Lines to Property Lines

Real estate found me the same way racing did — through the life I was already living. When you spend a decade building a life somewhere, people notice. They ask questions. "How did you do it? What should I look for? Who do I trust?"

I joined Ronival — the largest and most respected brokerage in Baja California Sur, founded by Nick Fong and featured on HGTV's "Mexico Life." As Director of the Developments Division, I specialize in pre-construction and luxury properties across all of BCS — from Cabo to Loreto, La Paz to Todos Santos.

But here's what makes my approach different: I'm not selling you a property. I'm helping you find the vehicle for the life you actually want to live. I've been where you are — successful, comfortable, and wondering if there's something more. I made the leap. I can help you make yours.

Every conversation starts the same way. I don't ask about square footage or price range first. I ask: what does your life look like in five years? What do you want to wake up to? What matters now that didn't matter ten years ago?

The property comes after. The life comes first.