Our team of agents are ready to help you reach your real estate goals in Belize by making your needs our number one priority. We recognize you have a choice when it comes to working with a real estate professional.

Chris Appelbe

Owner/Agent
Listings - 112 properties

Originally a licensed realtor with Sotheby’s Canada, Chris fell in love with Belize more than 10 years ago and has since helped countless expats purchase and relocate safely and securely. More than simply a realtor, Chris ensures quality home design, construction management and finally property management and rentals to maximize the return on your investment.

With his extensive network of local brokers, Chris finds properties that are “off-grid” and well below market value, and he insists that the best deals…

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Phil Saum

Agent
Listings - 16 properties

Phil brings over 30 years of real estate experience to the team at Remax VIP.  He and his wife Angela have owned their home on the peninsula since 2010 and moved here full time in 2017.  Prior to moving here, Phil owned his own real estate brokerage in Southern California and has experience in both residential and commercial properties.  He understands that buying real estate in a foreign country can seem like a daunting challenge but knows how to guide…

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Chris Austin

Agent
Listings - 9 properties

Chris Austin relocated to Belize from South Carolina in September 2021 after falling in love with the Placencia Peninsula, where he first visited in 2015, and Maya Beach in particular.  During his 23 years as a technology contractor in the US, Chris became very familiar with the construction and real estate professions and is pursuing development of his own condos in the Maya Beach area in addition to representing buyers and sellers for REMAX VIP Belize.  He has honed his…

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Jimmy Padilla

Agent
Listings - 36 properties

Jimmy Padilla is a native of Santa Cruz, Belize and now lives on the Placencia Peninsula –  one of the best places to live and work in Belize. Jimmy is thrilled to be a part of the  Remax VIP family after working at Atlantic Bank and now uses his investment knowledge and experience to help his clients maximize their return on investment through real estate.   Real estate is now his  passion and he prides himself in offering exceptional service and…

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Richard Villanueva

Agent
Listings - 3 properties

Richard was born right here in Placencia Village at a time when it was a sleepy fishermans village with a few hundred residents. He left to NY at a young age to further his education and graduated with a degree in finance and marketing in 2005. He has extensive experience in sales/ customer service and has been selling real estate for the past 10 years. He has been a top performer in interscholastic sports and academia and continues to do…

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