Cape Harbour News & Events

All of us at Realmark Realty Group, LLC, want our Cape Harbour residents and readers to know that we are now accepting listings in Cape Harbour and the entire Cape Coral area. Due to our experienced, personable sales staff, premier location, website and relationship with Cape Harbour we have a special ability to represent your property.

We pride ourselves in doing the very best job possible for our clients. Because of the large number of developer properties we represented, we have been hesitant in the past to take too many additional listings. As the number of developer listings has decreased we find that we do have the ability now to represent more properties in the only way we know how...First Class...The well-recognized Cape Harbour website and our focused general brokerage website, www.realmarkrealty.com, let us showcase all of our listings to a worldwide audience.

Will Stout is founder and president of Realmark Development, LLC. It is under his guidance that the company prospers. Will has a varied business background and prior to coming to Southwest Florida he owned and operated Buckhead Brokers, the largest residential brokerage firm in the Southeast. His vision resulted in the development of Cape Harbour as well as many other properties in Florida and the Southeast.

A real estate broker is defined as someone who acts as an intermediary between sellers and buyers of real estate. But at Realmark Realty, being a realtor requires more than just meeting the terms of a textbook definition. Broker, Laura Straus, and sales staff Rosemarie Maatsch, Jeanne Craft, Fran Breslin and Steve Opp work together using a team approach to provide unparalleled service. The team specializes in residential real estate, focusing on high-end waterfront homes and condominiums in Cape Harbour and in the surrounding Cape Coral/Fort Myers area.

Laura Straus is Realmark Realty's broker and is Vice President and Director of Sales and Marketing at Realmark Development, our parent company. Laura began her more than 25 year career in real estate in California before relocating to Northern Virginia where she became a top agent, building a business that was one of the most respected in the area. After moving to Southwest Florida, she developed her knowledge and skills in Florida real estate managing offices in the Bonita/Naples area. From her family home in Scotland, she has traveled the world and brings unique knowledge, experience and wisdom to all her endeavors and responsibilities at Realmark.

Rosemarie Maatsch has been with the Realmark team since "the beginning". When Will Stout acquired Cape Harbour, Rosemarie began her career with the company as a member of the sales team. Fluent in the German language, she specializes in assisting many of our international customers through the process of buying and/or selling real estate. As team manager, Rosemarie brings her expertise in leadership, and building relationships with customers as well as her vast knowledge of the business of real estate.

Jeanne Craft came to Florida from New Jersey where she had worked as a social worker and later an information systems manager and human resource specialist in a Social Service Agency. She finds real estate is another venue for using her experience and love of helping people. She also finds that the business of real estate is an opportunity to apply her hobbies of interior decorating, home remodeling and custom sewing as she assists sellers to prepare their home for sale and buyers to find their perfect home.

Fran Breslin's life before real estate was centered in the corporate world. She owned a corporate travel agency that focused on travel management for small to mid-sized organizations, including the Governor of the State of Minnesota and the Minnesota University system. Joining the Realmark team has been a most rewarding decision, allowing Fran to apply her travel management experience to that of helping people sell or find their perfect home in our beautiful part of paradise.

Steve Opp has a varied background in sales and aviation, both military and civilian. Think of a "people person" and Steve comes to mind. He uses his expertise in sales and his experience in real estate to make each customer feel at ease. He is an accomplished airline pilot and when he is not flying you may find him cruising the waters of Cape Coral showing real estate from his boat. Steve has lived and traveled in many parts of the world and brings practical and professional knowledge to buying and selling of that special home.

A most important component of Cape Harbour's success is the Vacation Rental Division, headed by Chris Hearn. The theme "Relax, Renew, Restore" is a perfect description for these luxury two and three bedroom accommodations in Marina South II. Guests are ensured an unforgettable stay as they slumber on 750 count Egyptian cotton sheets, prepare meals in kitchens fully equipped with top of the line appliances, and enjoy spectacular views from private screened lanais. Chris and his staff make sure that guest accommodations are first class. Their success is reflected in the many guests who are repeat visitors.