02/20/2026
Wow! 2025 was an interesting year, and I wanted to share the blessings and the "first times". This post was supposed to make 2025 but it's definitely better late than never. Starting the 2025 year with a major BANG was a home sale at just over 1.7M, and my highest sale price to date! This was a wonderful couple contact from my wife Janelle and we were honored to help. Thankful to have partnered with some wonderful professionals to assist with the staging, professional videos and photography, and with the assist from Janelle with getting this home ready for marketing and showings! Pending in 6 days! Wow! From there we have had a handful of VERY special and meaningful sales. I had the honor to list and sell my VERY FIRST home sale in real estate! Sue and Dennis had been my first buyer sale going back to 2017 and somewhere around 2024 Sue reached to begin the discussion! What an awesome thing to be able to sell the FIRST home sale you had! THEN, my VERY FIRST listing client Kathy reached out to me needing to sell and buy here in Venice once again! We were able to sell her home and help buy another all in 2025! That's kind of interesting right... 2025 had both my FIRST home buyer and FIRST home seller succeed with transactions in 2025. AND there's more firsts... One of my VERY FIRST leads (Deb) from my VERY FIRST open house in Boca Royale reached out to list and sell her home down in Englewood. Woah! That's interesting... BUT it didn't stop there! Towards the end of 2025 I was able to list the VERY FIRST home in which I brought BOTH the buyer and the seller together on. This is when I met my great friend and client Tim and also when I became familiar with the wonderful Venice Bay Park Community! AND not only that, but again for that particular property I brought BOTH buyer and seller a second time on the SAME HOUSE. What!!! WOW!! CRAZY Blessings right? What a year for first time clients from nearly 10 years ago! The moral of the story is that I'm thankful and blessed to have wonderful clients that continue to use me. It's also good to note follow up with past clients is also key to success in your real estate business. So far 2026 is shaping up to be another great year! Less FIRST TIMES, but with the Blessing of NEW clients!