Market Place Mexico is a personaly owned company with high standards and services which we are measured by

Market Place Mexico is a personally owned company with high standards and services which we are measured by.

Meet Who We Are

Nancy Rains - Owner:

Nancy Rains has lived full time in the Bay of Banderas area of Mexico since 1998 but has been coming to the area for extended periods of time for over 30 years from her home in Nevada County, California. For 40 years this Michigan native and Pasadena Playhouse alumnus has been a producer, director and actress of Broadway musicals, comedy and drama in live theatre. In the movie industry she has worked with notables as a casting director. As a businesswoman she has founded theaters and theater companies for adults, young people and children Internationally. Outside of theater she has opened many successful and continuing retail businesses including bookstores, cookware shops, lingerie stores, gift shops and restaurants. Nancy lives in Bucerias, Nayarit and San Sebastián del Oeste, Jalisco. She is the mother of six children and grandmother to 22.

Denny and Anita Dabbs-Co-workers:

Denny Dabbs is a retired elementary school teacher from the St. Louis area. During his years in the St. Louis area he personally renovated two historic properties. Both of these were awarded Preservation Society awards. Denny and Anita have also been rehabbing their Bucerias home since they purchased it in 1998 and are currently rehabbing another historic property in St Louis during the summer months. Denny brings to Marketplace Mexico his knowledge of the construction process, his familiarity with the skills of local tradesmen, and his ability to find viable solutions to mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems.

Anita is a retired psychologist. Prior to her years in private practice she had a personal shopping business in Kansas City, MO. Anita enjoys all aspects of design and is well acquainted with the versatility and creativity of the local fabricators and tradesmen. She combines her design talents with her fluency in Spanish to offer tradesman liaison services to our clients. She believes that “anything is possible in Mexico”. Anita is skilled at helping clients define their own pe! rsonal style and translating their design ideas into furnishings custom-crafted locally for their homes. She also is available to make special purchases for clients from the wide array of artisan-crafted items available here in Mexico