Life Between the Fat Mermaid and Skinny Coyote - Expats In Mexico
Ben Pitre
Ben Pitre has worked in real estate for decades as a builder, renovator, sub-divider and syndicator in the U.S. and San Miguel de Allende. He has also been a long-term residential and industrial landlord. He is almost certainly the only real estate agent in San Miguel who has both demonstrated Japanese flower arrangements for the San Miguel Garden Club and fought in public boxing exhibitions (4-0). Ben is an agent with 1st International Realty and can be reached at
benpitre@gmail.com.
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A Community of Wood-Working Craftsmen Near San Miguel de Allende
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The Day of the Dead in Mexico
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The San Miguel Cactus and Succulent Society
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The Little Things I love About San Miguel de Allende
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