Murray & Team

Murray & Team 🏡 Helping Families Buy/Sell Homes
🌴 Sarasota & Charlotte County
✝️ Small Family Based Team | Christians
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Here at Murray & Team we take pride in every transaction we have the privilege of working on. As a family oriented real estate team, husband and wife, we understand the importance of finding and creating a home for your family. Each of us has grown up in the southwest, FL area and bring a range of different specialties from our education and experience. Cole earned a marketing degree from the University of North Florida and Diana has worked as a creative designer. Together we are very excited to be working with members of the community buy, sell, and build their dream homes from northern Sarasota County to southern Charlotte County and everywhere in between. We can’t wait to help you achieve your real estate goals! All the best,

The Murrays!

Sold in just 15 days! This one is proof that you don't need a full remodel to move fast in this market. New 2025 roof, I...
09/04/2026

Sold in just 15 days! This one is proof that you don't need a full remodel to move fast in this market. New 2025 roof, Impact windows, No HOA, no CDD, and a fenced backyard minutes from Manasota Key. Priced right and positioned to the right buyer, and it moved.

Congrats to my seller on a smooth close!

Thinking about selling in Englewood, Port Charlotte, Punta Gorda, or anywhere in SWFL? Comment SOLD and I'll tell you what your home could do in this market right now.

📍 Englewood, FL
Cole Murray | Murray & Team | Keller Williams Island Life
941-256-6500

08/31/2026

Your house didn’t get ignored because of the market. It got ignored in the first 7 days.

That first week is when the most buyers are watching. It’s when momentum gets built or burned.

Where most listings lose it:
• Priced above what serious buyers will chase
• Photos that blend in with every other listing
• Marketing that creates zero urgency
• A strategy built for 2021, not today

Then the days on market climb, and buyers start assuming something’s wrong with the house. Usually there isn’t. The launch was just weak.

Here’s the good news. A stale listing isn’t a dead listing. Repositioned right, with real marketing behind it, homes in Sarasota, Venice, North Port, Punta Gorda and Port Charlotte are still selling.

If your listing expired or it’s sitting right now, comment RESET and I’ll send you the exact 7 day relaunch plan we use.

Huge shoutout to this team. I could not be prouder. Congrats Murray & Team! Both of these women are moms with young kids...
08/28/2026

Huge shoutout to this team. I could not be prouder. Congrats Murray & Team!

Both of these women are moms with young kids at home, and they still find a way to show up for their clients and pour into them every single day. That is not easy. I appreciate you.

Best of Florida 2026, well deserved.

And to everyone who voted, thank you! I know a lot of you are our clients, and you showed up big. We do not take that for granted. 🙌

Just Sold! My buyers were not supposed to move until next year.Then they ran the numbers on Florida residency and realiz...
08/26/2026

Just Sold! My buyers were not supposed to move until next year.

Then they ran the numbers on Florida residency and realized waiting was costing them. So they left Kentucky early, found this one, and closed ahead of schedule.

Pool already built. Outdoor kitchen. Pool bath. Storage room. No permits, no contractors, no year of waiting.

They jumped in and the water was just right. 🏊

Thinking about making the move before the end of the year?

💬 Comment POOL to see what pool homes are selling for in Port Charlotte

They walked into the primary bedroom, saw this view, and stopped talking.Sliding doors already pocketed (I got there eaa...
08/24/2026

They walked into the primary bedroom, saw this view, and stopped talking.

Sliding doors already pocketed (I got there eaarly so they could experience this as soon as they walked in). They piictured themselves waking up to their pool view. Done deal.

Here's the thing most out of state buyers figure out fast:

🏊 In SWFL, the pool is not a luxury add on. It is the reason you moved here.
💸 Building one today means permits, contractors, a torn up yard, and a number that makes your stomach drop.
⏳ Plus months of waiting while your kids stare at a dirt pit.

Buying it already built is the shortcut.

And this one did not stop at the pool:
🔥 Outdoor kitchen
🚪 Pool bath (no wet feet through the house)
📦 Storage room for all the Florida gear

My buyers close tomorrow. 🔑

Curious what pool homes are actually selling for in Port Charlotte right now?

💬 Comment POOL and I'll send you the numbers.

Had an amazing time this week in San Antonio! Privledged to have the chance to be surrounded with some of the best agent...
08/22/2026

Had an amazing time this week in San Antonio! Privledged to have the chance to be surrounded with some of the best agents and teams in the country.

I went to Mega Agent Camp expecting scripts and lead gen hacks.

Simon Sinek closed the event by telling a room full of high performers that their success might be empty. 😬

Not great for the most of our egos, but a great reminder for all of us in the room. Money is a tool, not the goal. What are we building for? How can we create deeper relationships both personally and professionally?

Here are the top 5 things I wrote down from my pages and pages I filled with notes.

👉🏻 Swipe to read them! 👉🏻

1️⃣ Your WHY has to be tied to serving someone else.
Sinek talked about professionals who spend an entire career grinding toward their goals, hit every one of them, and then look around and feel nothing. They won. It just did not mean anything. If your why is a number, a car, or a title, you are building toward a finish line that will not love you back. Tie it to people. Tie it to service. That is the version that gives it all meaning and substance.

2️⃣ Anything worth building needs an audience.
Not a big audience. The right one. Who specifically do you need to reach, and are you actually speaking to them or just broadcasting into the void? I think about this constantly with my sellers. Your home does not need 100,000 views. It needs the right 10,000 max and a handful of the right buyers to see it and feel something. 🎯 My job is figuring out where those people are and going and getting them.

3️⃣ People argue with what they are told. They accept what they discover. This one rewired me. When something is hard to hear, the instinct is to push back on it. So if I sit across from a seller and tell them their price is wrong, I have just started a fight. But if I walk them through the data and let them arrive at it themselves, now it is their conclusion. Over listing a home is dangerous, the longer it sits the more leverage you are handing that buyer and equity you are losing. Stop telling. Start guiding.

guiding.

4️⃣ Fear is not the problem. Avoidance is.
Everyone has fear. There is no version of this where you get

Grateful for the kind words from Maggi!Helping clients navigate the home selling process is my passion, and it's rewardi...
08/21/2026

Grateful for the kind words from Maggi!

Helping clients navigate the home selling process is my passion, and it's rewarding to know that my guidance made a difference.

From start to finish, I strive to provide support and knowledge every step of the way.

If you're considering selling your home, let's connect and discuss how I can help you too.

08/17/2026

🚤 Day 4 of “researching relocation options”

The captain told the same 6 jokes on loop and the crowd ate it up every single time. Zero inventory. Zero inspections. Zero 11pm texts about an appraisal gap.

I stood there doing the math. Captain license. Straw hat. Maybe a tiny microphone. 🎤

Then I remembered I actually love this job. 😅

Because helping someone find home on the water in Southwest Florida beats narrating someone else’s river any day. 🌴

Port Charlotte. Punta Gorda. Englewood. North Port. Venice. Sarasota. 📍

Backup plan stays parked. Let’s find yours. 🏡

📲 941-256-6500
💻 colemurrayrealty.com

🔑 JUST SOLD 🔑3112 Saint James St, Port Charlotte✅ SOLD for 100% of list price✅ ZERO seller credits✅ Just 24 days on mark...
08/13/2026

🔑 JUST SOLD 🔑
3112 Saint James St, Port Charlotte

✅ SOLD for 100% of list price
✅ ZERO seller credits
✅ Just 24 days on market

Right pricing. Right marketing. Right buyer. That's what a strategy looks like when it's built before the sign goes in the yard.

Congratulations to my sellers on a clean, full price close with nothing left on the table. 🎉

Thinking about selling in Port Charlotte? Let's talk about what your home is worth in today's market.

📞 941-256-6500
🌐 colemurrayrealty.com

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North Port, FL
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