Russ & Mike

Russell Simmons & Michael Hall

We know the Lakeside market. Russ studied business management at Georgia Tech and held a real estate license in the US. Mike trained as an agent at Ajijic Real Estate. We keep a close eye on every home for sale at Lakeside and on what has recently sold. So whether you're buying or selling, you get honest advice from people who watch this market every day.

We've also bought a home here ourselves, in San Juan Cosalá. We remember what it's like to buy here, from the first home you see to signing at the notario's office. We'll be with you every step of the way.

We found Mexico the way a lot of people do. Our first visit was Puerto Vallarta, and we kept going back. For several years we cared for Russ's mother as her dementia advanced, and long stays in PV were what kept us going. After she passed in 2019, we moved down for good. We spent two years in Vallarta, then visited Lake Chapala and fell in love with it. We've lived here since 2021.

Russ works the numbers. He studied business management at Georgia Tech and held a real estate license in the US. Today he tracks the Lakeside market: how each neighborhood has done over the past year, how long homes take to sell, and how sale prices compare with asking prices.

Mike sees what a home will be like to live in. He studied anthropology and psychology at William & Mary and trained as an agent at Ajijic Real Estate. He notices the things a spreadsheet can't: the afternoon light, the noise, the neighbors, and whether the "short walk into town" really is one.

Work with either of us and you get both. That's the idea behind R&M.

Outside of work, we both sing with Las Voces del Lago, and Mike performs in local theater. Over the years we've come to know a lot of people here, and that's a big part of why Lakeside feels like home.

We're agents with Ajijic Real Estate, the office at Morelos #4 in central Ajijic. R&M is the two of us; Ajijic Real Estate is the brokerage we work under.

Ask us anything, about a home, a neighborhood or the market, and you'll get a straight, honest answer. We look forward to hearing from you.