• Sarasota Brokers

Sarasota Brokers. Focused on downtown Sarasota and her barrier islands.

Sarasota Brokers, and its sister company Southern Customs Design Build, is in LOVE with the lifestyle that the Sarasota area offers. Our mission is to find, transform and re-market properties after bringing  them back to a modernized and better than new condition.

Real Estate Brokerage

Sarasota Brokers specializes in seeing the future value in properties that have become functionally obsolete. We have VISION. Interested in considering the acquisition of a high-quality property past its prime and bringing back its allure? We can manage the entire process from market study & acquisition, to design and construction management of the restoration, to the marketing of the completed project when you decide to sell. If you already have a property in mind, and aren’t sure if it makes sense to pursue it, call us for a consultation. We can help you make an educated decision.

Construction Management

Through its sister company, Southern Customs Design Build, an array of construction services are available. Our specialties are urban infill adaptive re-use and high-end custom single-family. Put the lessons learned over 30 years in the housing industry to work.

Construction Management

Through its sister company, Southern Customs Design Build, an array of construction services are available. Our specialties are urban infill adaptive re-use and high-end custom single-family. Put the lessons learned over 30 years in the housing industry to work.

Who We Are

Sarasota Brokers is the husband and wife team of Paul and Jamie Stern, a pair of “dyed in the wool” real estate junkies whose individual past career tracks combine to create a broad base of experience for you to rely upon. Their open and honest consultative style removes all of the stress of pursuing projects you thought were beyond your abilities.

Paul Stern

Paul Stern

A housing industry executive with more than 30 years of varied experience in home building and home building-related land acquisition. Paul’s a second generation home builder – his father was a high-end custom home builder in Southeast Florida throughout his youth.

In the production home building domain, past P&L responsibilities have included operations with annual revenues exceeding $120 million dollars; with home closings pace approaching 700 homes per year. Led entities with more than 60 employees, and directly managed sales teams with more than 15 selling associates.

Paul’s most recent prior pursuit to Southern Customs was launching a custom home building company “from scratch”, and leading it to become one of the most prominent award-winning high-end builders in Raleigh. Now, in Sarasota, Paul leads Southern Customs Design Build, a specialty general contractor focused on high-end custom residential investments and “transformational renovations”.

Jamie Stern

Jamie Stern

An insurance and real estate industry executive with more than 25 years’ experience in corporate sales and business development. Jamie’s work life is two-fold: She leads the business development for a prominent specialty insurer delivering insurance to the general aviation industry and she is also the Qualifying Broker for Sarasota Brokers, the real estate brokerage she and her husband Paul formed to pursue investments around the Sarasota area.

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