Let Jennifer help find your perfect Anna Maria Island property.
If you are on the search for an Anna Maria Island property then look no more. Jennifer has owned all categories of properties on Anna Maria Island for more than 30 years. Single family, duplex, condominium, vacant land, and commercial real estate on Anna Maria Island are all on Jennifer’s list of personal ownership. In addition, to all categories of properties, Jennifer has personally owned property in the vast majority of zones within Holmes Beach and Anna Maria City. Commercial and residential including daily, weekly, monthly and 6 month rental minimum areas have all been under Jennifer’s personal real property ownership. In addition, Jennifer and her husband have renovated residential and commercial properties as well as built new residential and commercial construction on Anna Maria Island.
Jennifer’s strategy is to educate her buyers through current Anna Maria Island properties for sale as well as continued communication regarding sold and pending properties that go under contract. The ultimate goal is for her buyers to understand for themselves the value proposition as properties hit the market for sale. She will provide guidance regarding value however more important is for her buyers to understand value based on experience and the market conditions Jennifer sends over the period of their search together.
There are many real estate professionals selling Anna Maria Island. Many good and many bad. Jennifer understands her clients to perform due diligence in regards to which real estate professional they choose for help in their buyer representation. Below are some questions to help educate with questions to ask potential buyer representation. We hope this ultimately leads to a successful choice of buyer representation even though it may not result in you working with Jennifer.
- Where is your Brokers office? [If the sales professional is not located on the island we suggest you move on to find a local that lives, breathes and is part of the community]
- Where do you live and how long have you been helping customers regarding real estate on Anna Maria Island? [As above, while not necessary, if your real estate agent lives on Anna Maria Island then you are utilizing a professional that lives and breathes Anna Maria]
- What professional relationship will we have during the search process? [The vast majority of real estate professionals in the state of Florida work under a transactional relationship versus single agency. Transactional agency means your real estate professional is working to put the real estate transaction together however they are not fiscally responsible to disclose all items of interest which may benefit you in the transaction. Single Agency requires the sales professional to provide full disclosure. There is no such requirement for transactional representation.]
- Are you a member of the National Association of Realtors (NAR) as well as the Manatee Association of Realtors (MAR)? [If either of these questions are “no” we suggest you move on to your next candidate and not choose this individual. NAR requires additional training including ethics. If the real estate professional is not a member of our local realtor association, MAR, they do not have full time access to the Multiple Listing Services otherwise known as MLS. Their information will be delayed which puts buyers at a severe disadvantage in a tight real estate market.]
- How long have you been practicing real estate and is real estate your only source of income? [A more experienced buyer’s agent will help discern value from hype. Best to utilize a full time sales professional. There are lots of part time sales professionals but always best to use a full time sales representative.
I hope the questions above as well as my buyer representation strategy helps in your search for a Anna Maria Island sales representative. If you have any additional questions or think I can help you find your perfect “peace” of paradise please don’t hesitate to contact Jennifer at Jennifer@IslandReal.com or (941) 465-0045. I would love the opportunity to help.
Let Jennifer help you find your perfect “peace” of paradise.
Jennifer Chatt