About Us

My name is Joe Zia. I was born and raised in the US. I moved to Costa Rica when I was 17 (1984) and studied systems analysis. I worked as a programmer and software developer until 1987 when I founded Game ON! which was an exclusive distributor of Atari and Nintendo. We quickly became the leader in video games and remained so for more than 30 years. I moved back and forth between Miami and Costa Rica and had multiple successful companies in both places until 2003. I met Esther in 2005 in Costa Rica at a marketing event that I produced and she was there working for Samsung. We fell in love and got married in 2010. We had two children, Jefferson in 2011, and Abigail in 2018. Esther got her real estate license in 2012 and we both have been investing in real estate in Miami, Costa Rica and Utah. Recently we invested in Huatulco Mexico. Esther and I moved to Utah in 2015 and started our wellness company Zia Zensations (ziazensations.com) which offers an extensive line of wellness products such as essential oils, diffusers, CBD products, skin care products and aroma jewelry.

Huatulco

Esther and I are strongly connected to Huatulco through Esther’s family. Esther’s sister Heidi is one of the owners with her husband Lanny who is the founder and CEO. Esther’s brothers also work there along with her nephew. I got to know Lanny in 2019 when he and Heidi visited us in Draper Utah. He told us about Huatulco and all of the amazing beaches and security. He is from Canada and he explained that Huatulco was a little known secret in Canada where most of his clientele hails from. He explained that he had built and developed multiple projects there and that he was going to develop a new project called Palacio Huatulco.

The Zia family traveled to Huatulco in June of 2022 to see Huatulco first hand. We came to visit and were very impressed with what we saw. Palacio Huatulco was 98% finished and it was beautiful. We saw multiple luxury houses that were built and in the process of being built. We saw hundreds of workers painting, installing and building. The most impressive of all was a building called Marina Park which was a project that was finished in 2010. This property has 56 well appointed condos including offices and retail spaces all in an amazing location right across from the Chahue Marina. We stayed in a 4000 sq ft penthouse on the top floor with breathtaking views of the ocean and marina. The thing that impressed me the most is: first, they live here, and second, was the condition of the 12 year old building. It was clear that he made this building the right way and with the premium materials.

We also toured the office which had 12 in house architects in one location as well as a full administrative team working in a different location.

After we saw all of this, and in light of the difficult economic situation throughout the world, we decided to invest in their project. I know that Lanny is entirely focused on obtaining prime properties and developing them in Huatulco and for that reason I offered to represent his operation in Utah. That’s how Huatulco Easy started. We call it Huatulco Easy because we have full control over the entire project from selling the lot to offering premium quality apartments. We have the properties, the team, the track record and even financing options to make purchasing in Huatulco a simple process. We at Huatulco Easy are here to answer any questions and simplify your investment process. You can call us anytime at 801-755-0555 or send us an email at info@huatulcoeasy.com