About Us

We are members of the Puerto Rico Hotel and Tourism Association and also the Tourism Association of Rincon, which we have been members since we started Sunset Paradise Villas.

We began Sunset Paradise Villas after our first trip to Puerto Rico in 1995.  We were on vacation and found this “handyman special” beachfront home. Below is a picture of the Realtor showing us the home for the first time.  It had the best beach and views just right outside the door. After extensive remodeling, we began renting it out. It is now called “Villa 1 lower” but at the time there was no “upper” or “Villa 2” or "Villa 3". Within a year after the first unit was purchased, we bought Villa 2, which was also only one story. We moved to Puerto Rico and built a second story on Villa 2 for us to live in. We built a large two bedroom unit that had everything we wanted, but as it neared completion we decided that there might be many people who would enjoy the comforts the unit had to offer, so we decided to rent it out. We were right, people love the extras that are not found in a typical rental unit in Puerto Rico. We have since moved back to the states and currently live in Phoenix.  After our move, we added a second story to Villa 1. Again, this was constructed not as a rental, but as a super nice place that we could stay in when we are in Rincon. We have again since decided to rent it when we are not staying there.

Several years ago the small home next to Villa 2 became available.  Although we really was not interested in building more units, we thought we should buy this because we seem to be full and turning away more and more guests.  We took a very small (around 800 sq ft) home and turned it into a 9 bedroom, 6 bathroom - Villa 3.  Villa 3 has been a long time coming and presented many challenges, but we are now accepting reservations and it is turning out better than we anticipated - our finest unit yet.  

We are both from Iowa, where we grew up. I have always been involved in real estate and Joyce, my wife, worked as a teacher and later, career counseling in a private university. We have one daughter, Alexis, who has just graduated from high school and is going to be attending ASU (Arizona State).  We enjoy traveling back to Puerto Rico as much as we can.  During our travels to Puerto Rico, we met our good friends Steve and Dee Coats and their daughter Holly who now helps us run our business.  She is one of our greatest assets in providing a great place for you to come visit.

These units are about us. We like relaxing places on the beach that we can enjoy as our home and that others can come to and do the same. We take pride in providing a clean and very comfortable place for our guests to relax during their visit to the west coast of Puerto Rico.  Of the places to stay in Rincon, Trip Advisor has rated us as #2!

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