Jim and Lori married in 1990 and have 5 living children. They are originally from the Upstate of South Carolina though Lori grew up in Connecticut. They were real estate brokers, developers, and appraisers with a successful business, Compass Consulting,for over 20 years until the 2007/08 financial crisis destroyed their livelihood. They closed their business in 2012 and moved to Chile with their 3 youngest children, ranging in age from 5 to 15, in 2013 to live out their dream of building an off grid homestead in the Los Lagos region of southern Chile.
After 10 years of living the dream, Jim and Lori are still in love with Chile and her people and want to share that with you and help you live out your dreams in a safer, freer, more peaceful country at the bottom of the world!