FLORIDA REALTORS® BOARD CERTIFIED PROFESSIONALS

Board Cert HeaderBoard Cert Header
Highly professional, ethical, experienced, and competent.
A civic-minded volunteer involved in connecting with and improving their community.
A perpetual student, always learning, growing, and improving.
A tireless advocate for homeowners, homeownership, and property rights.

These Realtors are Florida Realtors® Board Certified Professionals

While most Realtors possess many of these traits, a select few deliver an extremely high level of service combined with world-class skills, developed and fortified by decades of industry knowledge and experience. They combine a strong moral compass with an incredibly DEEP connection to their community. And they support legislators who support home ownership. 

Sort by Last Name

  • Cathy Alley
    Cathy Alley
    Niceville

    "Being Board Certified to me means that I have taken my profession seriously by getting the best education to provide the best service to my clients."

  • Gia Arvin
    Gia Arvin
    Gainesville

    "This endorsement is about the fine-tuning of marketing, negotiating, and contract skills."

  • Scott Arvin
    Scott Arvin
    Gainesville

    "Board Certified is that next notch of being a Realtor®."

  • Desiree Avila
    Desiree Avila
    Fort Lauderdale

    "If you have this endorsement, you're taking it to another level so that what you offer is above and beyond whatever anybody else does."

  • Michele Bailey
    Michele Bailey
    Santa Rosa Beach

    "As Warren Buffett once said 'Price is what you pay, value is what you get.' And a Board Certified Realtor delivers that added value with every transaction."

  • Lisa Baltozer
    Lisa Baltozer
    Gainesville

    "Buyers and sellers can be confident knowing they are working with someone who knows the process inside and out."

Displaying 1 - 6 of 35

What is a Florida Realtors Board Certified Professional?

Board Certified Logo

Almost half a million Floridians possess a real estate license. Another 238,000 practitioners adhere to a strict Code of Ethics and therefore earn the title of “Realtor.” Of those 238,000, just 20 are Florida Realtors Board Certified Professionals.

Florida Realtors, the largest professional trade association in the state and the largest state Realtor organization in the country, established the Florida Realtors Board Certified Professional endorsement in 2023 as a way to acknowledge Realtor members who work at the highest level of real estate professionalism.

Board Certified Professional applicants are evaluated by a cross-section of their peers to see if they meet a rigorous bar set on:

  • Competence and professionalism
  • Transactional knowledge
  • Community involvement
  • Advocacy efforts
  • Adherence to legal and ethical standards
  • Number and volume of real estate transactions

Only a select few — 20 in our 2023 inaugural class — rose to the high level of excellence required to be endorsed by Florida Realtors as a Board Certified Professional.

 

How Florida Board Certified Professionals are Selected?

Almost half a million Floridians possess a real estate license. Another 238,000 practitioners adhere to a strict Code of Ethics and therefore earn the title of “Realtor.” Of those 238,000, just 20 are Florida Realtors Board Certified Professionals.

Florida Realtors, the largest professional trade association in the state and the largest state Realtor organization in the country, established the Florida Realtors Board Certified Professional endorsement in 2023 as a way to acknowledge Realtor members who work at the highest level of real estate professionalism.

With so many new real estate licensees entering the profession each year, Florida Realtors knew it needed a way to not only honor those Realtors working at the peak of their profession but to create a benchmark to inspire those new agents.

In 2017, a Florida Realtors presidential advisory group was formed to discuss industry professionalism and eventually turned its focus to developing a set of measurable criteria that could be used to evaluate Realtors. In 2023, the Florida Realtors Board Certified Professional endorsement was launched as a way to certify “the best of the best” in the Florida real estate industry.

A point system is used to rate each applicant’s education, community service, and support of home ownership. They can also earn points by obtaining testimonials from brokers, peers, and consumers, and showing in-depth knowledge of the contractual details of real estate transactions.

Then the Florida Realtors Board Certified Professionalism Endorsement Trustee Group reviews each applicant’s scores, and those that meet the criteria move on to the final step: a 15-question one-on-one interview with a panel of key association stakeholders appointed by the president.

Click here to learn more about the criteria.

Image credit: Getty Images/Igor Alecsander