About Us

I have to say that I have never been a huge fan of the “about us” page. Maybe it is the cynic in me but I find them to be cliche and self-serving. With that in mind, and knowing that this page is a bit of a necessary evil, I will keep it brief and honest. Thanks for reading this far by the way.

First of all, “us” is really just “me” (told you I would be honest) and I don’t have any grand designs to change that but will be sure to update this space if it happens against my will. l promise not to refer to my spare bedroom/home office as “Global Headquarters” and if I hire some web wiz kid to help me out I won’t call him “Vice President of strategic html development”. It’s just me, an ever expanding collection of Mac products, my wife and on-line homies to bounce ideas off of, my dogs who walk with me in the desert to clear my mind, and my local accountant who helps me navigate the red tape of owning a small company in Mexico. You will see that I am constantly switching between “I” and “we” through the pages of this site until I finally figure out which one works best.

My Name is Alex Hugessen and I live in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico with my gorgeous wife and incredible children. I am Canadian by birth, Samantha is American by birth and now also Canadian, and the kids were born in Canada and now speak better Spanish than many of the locals. Some call us Canexicans but I prefer NAFTA FAMILY v.1.0 We have been in Cabo for almost four years and the last stop before that was ten years in Whistler BC which is a place I miss dreadfully on some days. If my life sounds charmed, it is. If I sound like I’m bragging, I am.

The thing that makes me most proud of YHOP – I hate buzzwords but here comes one – is that it is 100% organic. Much like when the guy walking down the street eating a chocolate bar bumped into the other guy who was eating some peanut butter, two things came together to form something new. Of course that was based on the idea that people regularly walk the streets eating peanut butter out of a jar which I have yet to actually ever see but if they did.. you get the point.

So the chocolate is that I am a Realtor. The reason that I have been able to live in the great places I bragged about above is that my chosen profession was recreational real estate. I have never been the “put signs on people’s lawns” kind of Realtor but more the “come see us in the discovery center” kind. That is to say my clients have generally been corporations and Developers selling new product. Even though I have never planted a sign on a lawn I have certainly worked closely with hundreds who have so I like to think I have a pretty good idea about how that game works as well.

The peanut butter in this story is that I am also a Website Developer. I could go into more detail about that but the reality is that this site and almost everything that it links to is my work so if you want to see what kind of a Web Developer I am then just have a poke around and decide for yourself. I will say that unlike the Chocolate which I got into as a job from the beginning, the peanut butter is a hobby and passion that turned into a job – I’m pretty sure that reflects one or two of those “7 tips to eternal happiness” type books floating around out there.

“I couldn’t afford a Porsche when I turned 40 so I bought a Mac”

So what is so “organic” about a guy who is too confused to know if he is a Realtor or a Website Developer? Well I ramble on about it on my Guru Portal page so if you want the whole story go read that. In short, I am operating under the assumption that great Realtors don’t know squat about technology and great Web Developers know even less about selling real estate and sales in general. I’m sure that “7 tips” book would probably recommend against operating such a massive one man enterprise under a vague and entirely baseless assumption, but I got what I needed from that book in the peanut butter story and have since moved on.  Of course now that I have just revealed my assumption, I can expect a snarky response from the Platinum Club Realtor with the doctorate from MIT. Snipe away Pointdexter. I’m flattered that a specimen like yourself has read this far.

All kidding and assumptions aside, I am amazed by how many brilliant Sales People (In real estate and other fields) I meet who are unable to load a contact into their phones or b.c.c. an email. I am equally impressed by the number of technical Wizards who cannot make eye-contact with members of their own species or who fail to change the shirt that still has yesterday’s breakfast splattered all over it. I’m sure that my recently tossed “7 tips” book has a chapter about how these are two completely different types of people and that we should love them both. I agree.

I hope that explains the little niche that is being carved out here at YHOP. If you are a Realtor who needs a little help, guidance, or even hand-holding with all of the great technical stuff that is going on in the world today, we are here to help. If you feel like you are getting a little behind, let’s get you caught up. If you need somebody to explain it to you in a language you understand, give me a call. After all, I am one of you.