Our sales team is headed up by Steve Linder. Steve is VP of sales and he leads the firm's sales initiative. He provides sales materials, DVD's and other promotional ideas to sales reps and alliance partners.
Kristina Welburn is the star of the company. Kristina develops the company newsletter, The Paradise Post, as well as most marketing materials. She also leads sales and marketing initiatives on the world wide web.
Steve and Kristina became involved with the Ventana del Pacifico project in Costa Rica initially as clients. They formed the company, Pacific Lots of Costa Rica, to build a sales presence for the company in the US, Canada and Europe. We sell through our team of sales reps, customer referrals, a busy show schedule and a sizable number of realtors and alliance partners. We also work with both AARP and International Living. We work with a some of the larger realty firms in the US as well as a number of investment groups and affiliate organizations.
Peter Masse joined our team in 2007 and has been developing the brand Costa Rica Pacific Lots. Peter is based in Amesbury Massachusetts and is web master for a number of firms and owner of Coastal Studios web design. Peter has exhibited for Pacific Lots at a variety of venues including the Boston Globe Travel Show and the Boston Home Show.
Forrest Hawkins joined our team in 2007 while living in Portland, Oregon. Forrest and wife Sandy have exhibited in a number of shows including the Portland, OR home show, the Las Vegas Home Show and the Washington State Home Show. Forrest is now based in Pensacola, FL.
Sheila Yale joined the company in 2008. Sheila works for Prudential Florida First Realty in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Sheila is CISP certified (certified international sales professional) through the National Association of Realtors. Sheila organizes tours aimed at Realtors for Pacific Lots and is the channel manager for realtors.
Bija Satterlee joined the company in 2007 and is based in Lexington, MA. Bija works for Bowes Realty in Arlington, MA. Bija has exhibited at the New England Home Show for the company and also leads adult education seminars on living abroad. Bija owns property in phase 10 (Natural Waterfall de Osa) in our developments.
Sally O'Boyle is a long time realtor from Key West who along with her husband and two boys, up and relocated to Costa Rica. They now live in Escazu overlooking the central valley of San Jose. Sally is very knowledgeable about Costa Rica and well known for her blog, Abroad in Costa Rica.
Pacific Lots leads tours of Costa Rica as well as our development. We bring guests to a variety of destinations within Costa Rica to give a better overview of the country. We encourage anyone who is interested in discovering Costa Rica to contact us about a visit to the guest house, where you can experience the quality of life we enjoy every day. You will quickly see why so many people who have visited our properties become owners. We offer a variety of tours, 3 day, 4 day Discovery and 10 day Country and Property. We can fit a tour around your schedule or you can work with our schedule and travel with a small group. If you end up purchasing a home site in our development, the cost of the tour and travel is generally paid for by us. It's our buy and fly free program.