A veteran of Latin American living, building and troubleshooting, Benny Love is on the ground floor, working earnestly to find or sell properties in San Pancho for his clients. He is hard working, forthright, love-able, and has infectious energy. With a degree in Anthropology and History, Ben has always been attracted to Mexico and it’s incredible culture, diverse throughout, as well as it’s remarkable history. It drew him here multiple times… driving down from Colorado with just his dog, Sage, and a surfboard.
This hunger to explore, brought Ben to Nicaragua where he successfully opened and operated several businesses from a hospitality driven Surf Lodge on the beach to the design and build of custom vacation homes, furniture and general infrastructure such as roads, water wells, electric and septic systems. Because his projects were mostly created upon raw land with limited resources, he was forced to learn all facets of the build and was expected to be an engineer, architect, designer and builder. Most all furniture, cabinetry and windows were built by hand and Ben became a significant pioneer of the growing surf region of Tola, Nicaragua.
His five years in Nicaragua made him incredibly resourceful, creating an “anything is possible” attitude, and his fifteen years hospitality experience kept client communication clear and satisfied. While in Nicaragua, he joined his wife, Kassidy, in her non-profit organization called “The Sweet Water Fund” which is a grass roots foundation dedicated to inspiring a Nicaraguan village and empowering the local women through job opportunities, a healthy lifestyle and the arts. They spearheaded many projects such as a nutrition and fitness program, a suspension bridge over the town river so kids could get to school, and a school kitchen built out of completely recycled plastic bottles.
After leaving Nicaragua, Ben continued as a General Contractor for Arrowtown Construction in Sonoma, California and produced multiple prestigious projects in the Sonoma and Napa Valleys including remodeling of old world wineries and builds of several spectacular second homes.
Three years later, they realized that the latin life and pace was calling once again, and in 2016, he and his wife, two little boys, two dogs and two cats made the leap down to gorgeous San Pancho to pull up their bootstraps and start again.
Ben worked under the wing of Fred Feibel of F.L. Feibel y Asociados in San pancho until Fred’s untimely passing in December of 2017. Ben then took on the roll of broker and lead agent and ran the office with the integrity and knowledge of Real Estate customs in Mexico that Fred taught him. During that year, Ben’ boosted the company’s sales by 350% thus increasing referral base and closing ratio.
Ben has now become a sought after agent in the Riviera Nayarit and started his own company, Wanderlust Real Estate + Development. He brings his tenacity, organization, energy, optimism and creativity to the Wanderlust team and prides himself on keeping everyone on track and the clients informed, calm and happy.
Ben Love
Phone number USA: (707) 363 5007
Phone number MEX: +52 (322) 121 4307
Email: Ben@wanderlustlands.com
A delightful coastal community, a short drive from the sky-scraping, timeshare hotels that line the Puerto Vallarta coastline, lies San Francisco (known locally as San Pancho) in the Riviera Nayarit, Mexico. A short ten-minute drive from lively Sayulita and a 45-minute drive from the Puerto Vallarta airport, san Pancho is the tranquil escape that we’ve all been looking for.
When you 
San Pancho has an old world charm and a community of artists, musicians, entrepreneurs and those who have chose to spend their winters here, soaking up the sun and the culture who make up this special place. They ride their bikes or walk everywhere they go. They stroll the beach at sunrise and watch baby turtles protected by the local turtle sanctuary make their way to their native ocean. They chat with friends at the local coffee shops over local coffee farmer’s lattes, homemade banana bread and savory empanadas.
On any given night, you can expect to hear live music coming from travelers from Argentina, Mexico city or Guadalajara softly strumming guitars and ringing acoustic to the enchanted visitors dining al fresco. The town hums with artists young and old, children running freely, young surfers running barefoot to catch the end of the day, and those with wanderlust strolling the promedade. One can hear multiple languages being spoken on the streets and the businesses are run by people from all over the world. This is not just your average Mexican village, this is melting pot of cultures who all seem to have one thing in common… a desire to savor life and to slow it down a bit.
Before the arrival of the Spanish, and still somewhat today, the coast of San Pancho and Sayulita and nearby mountainous region known as the 
Entreamigos offers more than 600 classes and workshops in the facility, most of them free of charge. The non-profit organization has a variety of programs that are intended to bridge cultural and economic differences with the intention of increasing educational opportunities, environmental stewardship and collective community responsibility. They offer scholarships to the local kids and some of the successful entrepreneurs in San Pancho are results of that very scholarship program.
Another spectacular feature in San Pancho is the formation of Circo de Niños (Kid’s circus) which was founded in 2011 by Cirque de Soleil’s founding directors, Gilles Ste. Croix and Monique Voyer. Initially conceived as a fundraising idea for Entreamigos, Gilles Ste. Croix offered to oversee a presentation involving about 40 children incorporating elements of his famous Montreal troupe. By autumn 2014, Cirque de Soleil had donated equipment and the Circo de los Niños began rehearsing in the Entreamigos space. An outdoor performance of ¡Órale! was given at the Plaza de San Francisco and the Mayan Palace in the Punta de Mita resort. In March 2015, Circo de los Niños was granted the use of one of the government warehouses on the same property as Entreamigos and performed a four night run of their first Cirque du Soleil like performance before audiences of about 250. The circus performance continues today with tickets selling out immediately and is an absolute marvel to witness. If one has ever seen a Cirque du Soleil show, this children’s circus has the music, the lights, the story, the acrobatics, and the magic of a typical show in Vegas, but with children of the San Pancho community who train all year to perform for their families and tourists alike.
The entire state of Nayarit is located south of the 
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