REAL ESTATE PEOPLE: Jimmy Dean signs up with Michael Saunders in Siesta Key

Dean
Dean

Jimmy Dean has joined Michael Saunders & Company in its Siesta Key office. Dean has been an influential leader in the region’s magazine industry for 40-plus years.

As the former president and executive publisher for Sarasota Magazine and Gulfshore Life, and most recently the publisher and managing partner of Harbor Style Magazine, his experience ranges from identifying fine details others often overlook to executive-level negotiations that orchestrate multimillion-dollar transactions.

After a lifetime of success in communications and media, and with all four of his children finally off to college, Dean is diving full time into real estate to pursue his passion for helping others reach the American dream.

Adams
Adams

Samuel “Preston” Adams has joined Re/Max Alliance Group as a real estate agent in the University Park office. He has three decades of residential and commercial real estate experience in Denver, Colorado.

Adams knew Re/Max founder Dave Liniger when Liniger launched Re/Max in Denver in 1973 with Gail Main, who became Gail Liniger. He became impressed with Re/Max’s success, growth, branding and professionalism, and was eager to join Re/Max Alliance Group when the opportunity arose.

Throughout the 1990s into the 2000s, Adams was licensed as a certified general appraiser for lender loan approvals of all property types, including commercial real estate, with no upper dollar limits. He is also currently licensed as a Community Association Manager.

Adams has a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance and marketing from the University of Cincinnati and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Southern California. His graduate work in real estate and urban land economics prepared him to successfully serve buyers and sellers of both residential and income-producing properties.

Tokar
Tokar
Hunter
Hunter
Alfaro
Alfaro
Kreisberg
Kreisberg

Keller Williams on the Water, Sarasota has hired real estate agents Briana Tokar, Chad Hunter, Carmen Alfaro and Jana Kreisberg.

This article originally appeared on Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Michael Saunders hires Jimmy Dean, experienced agent joins Re/Max