Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Penalty Phase Under the Palapa

Good news. I sat down with Eddy the Realtor for an audit after Juan the contractor whispered in my ear that Eddy was using our money to fix his own condo. These were funds we had given to him in trust for the final payments to the developer and for extras such as the palapa, the bodega and painting on our new condo.

The point was that there was no money missing from the bank account, so it was just a case of two men getting into a dispute and one of them fighting dirty. But in spite of the . . .

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