The Philosophy of a Man Who Embraced the Vallarta Life-style

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When you hear the time period “the Vallarta lifestyle,” you typically consider relaxed days by the ocean, an countless stream of inspiring sunsets, an energetic social life, high quality eating, and lots of different features which may outline a paradise trip. However, it is a metropolis of many aspects, and it’s in all probability this range that has led many individuals who arrive right here to search out one thing that “speaks to them” and finally determine to remain and reside completely.

For Joshua Rappaport, proprietor of the mortgage firm Cross Border Investment (CBI) and the RE/MAX Romantica actual property gross sales franchise, the Vallarta way of life has additionally meant skilled alternative, exhausting work, funding, athletic exercise, challenges, and constructing a house. The businessman, a local of Toronto, Canada, has been a everlasting resident of Puerto Vallarta for over 20 years and has attained Mexican citizenship.

His life in Mexico started in 2003 when he was finishing an trade program on the University of Guadalajara to satisfy his closing credit score for his bachelor’s diploma in Political Science and International Economics. After ending the course, he then traveled across the nation for a number of months and at last determined to settle in Puerto Vallarta to benefit from the chance to reside on the seaside. Joshua entered the mortgage enterprise in 2006, when he was provided the chance to work for a dealer.

In the Winter 2025 version of Out & About PV, we discovered about among the main tasks Josh has materialized since then: the opening of CBI in 2011 and the acquisition of a RE/MAX franchise in 2023, along with his ardour for long-distance operating. With each firms absolutely established and working efficiently, and having achieved the feat of operating The Abbott  Major World Marathons to develop into a 6-Star Finisher, we met with Rappaport once more to have a look at him from a brand new perspective: to know the philosophy that guides his day-to-day life in each facet of his world—the muse of his skilled success and his private life.

Solid Foundations and a Culture of Client Service

In 2011, after a number of years working within the mortgage world, Joshua grew to become unbiased and opened his firm, CBI, which has since specialised in providing mortgage options for Canadian, American, and Mexican patrons. For Rappaport, who’s absolutely bilingual, complying with trade requirements has been a elementary a part of his enterprise philosophy, and he has subsequently been a member of the Mortgage Broker Association nearly for the reason that starting of his profession on this subject. This imaginative and prescient is probably the rationale for his firm’s longevity. CBI additionally handles the authorized process for closing the property buy/sale.

In 2023, with the acquisition of RE/MAX, a global franchised actual property firm, Joshua expanded his attain in the actual property world by becoming a member of one of many largest franchise networks on the planet, based within the United States in 1973, which operates in over 110 nations and boasts hundreds of brokers. RE/MAX is devoted to the sale, buy, and rental of properties and works by means of a community of places of work and brokers who function autonomously below the model’s help. This degree of autonomy has ensured {that a} work tradition centered on understanding the consumer and supported by sensible expertise continues to be firmly upheld inside his firm.

As an actual property dealer, he’s a member of the Mexican Association of Real Estate Professionals (AMPI), the Mexican affiliate of the National Association of Realtors (NAR).

“Our mission has always been to see our clients as more than just a number or a commission,” he mentions. “We perceive that for a lot of of them, buying a property is a dream, a retirement plan, or an funding the place they may put their life financial savings. Furthermore, they’re buying a property in another country, which entails cultural, authorized, and language variations. That’s why we accompany them intently, explaining each a part of the method. We admire the belief they place in us and supply a philosophy of mixing enterprise norms and practices in Mexico with the customer-service tradition that almost all Americans and Canadians are accustomed to.

Joshua himself is an instance of a foreigner who has settled in Mexico and obtained vital private expertise in actual property: Joshua has bought main properties to reside in, in addition to rental funding properties. He has bought industrial property, land and constructed a home; and he has gone by means of full renovation tasks. He has additionally navigated the migratory, fiscal and authorized procedures required to develop into a citizen and function his companies. As such, he has contacts and connections that may be helpful for these going by means of these processes: buying a property, financing the acquisition, authorized course of to shut on the property, property rental and administration, renovation, inside design, Mexican migration, Mexican tax registration, and so forth. His enterprise establishes a tradition based mostly on private expertise. And it’s based mostly on this similar expertise that the actual property skilled notes that Puerto Vallarta is a wholesome market:

“Maintaining a property in Mexico is much more affordable than in the United States, and even though I own a mortgage company, the majority of American and Canadian buyers acquire their property in cash, without a mortgage tied to it. Since the carrying costs with Mexican properties are so low, and since many property owners rent out their properties, most often the properties turn out a positive income flow, which helps to maintain a healthy real estate market. Not to mention the increase in equity as properties in Puerto Vallarta continue to increase significantly in value.”

Beyond the Office: Consolidating a Home

The drive for skilled progress for Joshua has additionally been current within the actions he enjoys in day by day life, primarily in long-distance operating, which he started coaching for in 2018. His first marathon was the Puerto Vallarta Marathon in 2019, which might be solely the start of a journey of self progress. In September 2025, he ran his tenth marathon in Berlin, reaching his feat of finishing the Abbott World Marathon Majors, which additionally embrace Tokyo, Boston, London, Chicago, and New York. When requested what’s subsequent for him on this space, his reply is evident: “enjoy the process a little more.”

For Joshua, the pleasure of residing in Puerto Vallarta materializes in actions like climbing routes by means of the jungle and alongside the coast, actions together with his canines Panda and Grizzly (whom he adopted and continuously takes climbing), and the on a regular basis lifetime of the residential neighborhood the place he lives. The Vallarta way of life for Josh right this moment is represented by that stability between work, sport, pleasure, and residential. However, his character nonetheless reveals that motivation to proceed rising and tackling new challenges, so it might not be stunning if Rappaport continues to provide us information of growth or skilled reinvention sooner or later.

This story is from the Winter 2026 subject of Out & About PV. Check out the entire print version right here.

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