Sarasota Five Star award winner

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

MICHAEL K GRANT

BROKER OWNER
FLORIDA DREAM TEAM REALTY SERVICES LLC
BK3208008
8051 N Tamiami Trl, STE C2
Sarasota, FL 34243
Office: 941-800-8585
Cell: 941-800-8585
michael@fldreamteam.com
www.fldreamteam.com

Michael K Grant has been the Broker/Owner of the boutique award-winning brokerage entitled Florida Dream Team Realty Services LLC for the past 22 years with a long history of production and customer service accolades! Michael had also simultaneously served as Broker Of Record for two major franchise operations (RE/MAX Realtec Group & RE/MAX Marketing Specialists from 2019-2022) with seven branch office locations (Palm Harbor[2], Safety Harbor, Trinity, Spring Hill, Brooksville, and Kissimmee) and a total of 289 agents. During that timeframe, he managed brokerage annual production results in excess of 3300 transactions with a sales volume growth of approximately $350M - from $883M to $1.2B, and an overall annual commissions payout to agents of $24M. Michael successfully revamped new agent commission model blending best of breed aspects from competitive programs, helping the combined brokerages to achieve a rank of #1 in new recruits within the RE/MAX Southeast Region for 2020 - bringing in 45 new agents during that calendar year. He co-created three Agent Social Media Studio Systems for the brokerages with advanced technology large screen touch control presentation systems and accompanying concierge video capture systems to offer agent-customer advanced sales capability initiated during the pandemic years. He also restructured span of control within the franchises by the implementation of two area managers – one focused at Spring Hill, Brooksville and Trinity, the other focused at the Kissimmee market which has considerable international and investment sales due to its proximity to area theme parks. Prior to that Michael was the franchise owner of award winning EXIT Dream Team Realty located on Main Street in downtown Sarasota for a period of five years between 2013-2018. Among his many accolades and awards are: 

  • “Best In Client Satisfaction” – FIVE STAR AWARD / FIVE STAR PROFESSIONAL / SARASOTA MAGAZINE, 19 consecutive years, 2006-2024 (one of only 5 recipients in the SE Region's Florida Market)
  • “FORTUNE FIVE STAR LEGENDS OF REAL ESTATE” – Award Winning Real Estate Agents Across The Nation, 2023
  • “FORBES FIVE STAR LEGENDS OF REAL ESTATE” – Multi-Year (15-Year +) Award Winning Real Estate Agents Across The Nation, 2021
  • “FORBES 500 LIST” – Award Winning Real Estate Agents Across The Nation, 2018, 2020

Michael graduated from Marquette University in 1983 with a B.A. in Psychology, and a minor in Business Administration. He earned his MBA with a Specialization in Sales and Marketing Management from Nova Southeastern University in 1987. He lives in Sarasota, has five grown children, enjoys swimming, exotic cars, Jeeping, cafe racer motorcycles, golf, music, guitar, and is fluent in both English and Spanish.

PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE

Five Star Professional conducts market-specific research throughout the U.S. to identify service professionals who demonstrate professional excellence and provide quality services to their clients. The Five Star Real Estate Agent program is the largest and most widely published award program for real estate agents in North America, covering more than 40 major markets. Five Star award winners do not pay a fee to be included in the research or on the final list of award winners.

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