Sarasota Herald-Tribune Being both an attorney and a CPA, Jo Ann Koontz helps clients deal with the legal aspects of residential and commercial real estate, and business and tax law. She came to Sarasota from Ohio just as the housing market started to tank and has considerable expertise in...

Sarasota Herald-Tribune Fantastic Kitchens gets cabinet line Fantastic Kitchens By George has been named the exclusive Sarasota dealer for Pennville Custom Cabinetry, based in Portland, Ind. The furniture-quality line offers all-wood construction and uses the same methods used to create fine...

By Susan Hemmingway, Bradenton Herald Health Correspondent SARASOTA — Jonathan Kunis, an addiction medicine physician, has opened a new addiction and recovery practice at 2401 University Parkway, Suite 200, Sarasota. Kunis was an anesthesiologist at Manatee Memorial Hospital before he...

Real Estate News – West Coast Woman RE/MAX Alliance Group Sales Associate Lee Rhodes has earned membership into the RE/MAX Hall of Fame, which recognizes successful agents who have earned more than $1 million in commissions during their careers with RE/MAX. In 2012, only 2 percent of...

Real Estate News – West Coast Woman Broker-Associate Carey Beychok has joined RE/MAX Alliance Group in the Sarasota office, as a team member of Liz Arme & Associates. Beychok has 30 years of real estate experience, including owning her own firm, Pristine Real Estate, LLC, for eight...

Business News – West Coast Woman Christa Hardin, MA, has opened Reflections Counseling Center LLC in Sarasota’s Burns Court District at 630 S. Orange Avenue, Suite 200K, Sarasota. With several licensed therapists of varied specialties, the center treats couples, individuals, children...

Sarasota Herald-Tribune Troy Funk has been in real estate for 26 years. He got his license when he was still a senior at Riverview High School and went into the rental business, at one point owning 18 properties. In the heyday of the housing bubble, he overextended himself, leveraging his...

By John Hielscher, Sarasota Herald-Tribune RoseBay International Inc., a real estate brokerage with offices in Bradenton and Sarasota, has opened a satellite branch in the Rosemary district of Sarasota. The office, at 423 Central Ave., is on the first floor commercial level of a three-story...

Sarasota Herald-Tribune Reflections Counseling Center LLC, 630 S. Orange Ave., Suite 200K, Sarasota, has been opened by Christa Hardin. With several licensed therapists of varied specialties, the center treats couples, individuals, children and teenagers. Areas of specialization include...

Sarasota Herald-Tribune Tom Wagner used to manage a computer network for a health care system in Des Moines, Iowa. When he and his wife got tired of the cold, they moved to Sarasota. In 2001, at the suggestion of Linda Dickinson, a Realtor with Michael Saunders & Co., he got into the real...

Sarasota Herald-Tribune Broker/owner Xena Vallone and broker/associate Ellen Esses, of Xena Vallone Realty, have received the Five Star Real Estate Agent Award. Winners were selected by their customers, peers and industry experts based on an independent survey of Sarasota area residents, a...

Market Snapshot: The Island of Venice By Chris Angermann, Sarasota Herald-Tribune Correspondent What is now the island of Venice, the heart of the city of Venice, was settled in the 1870s by Robert Rickford Roberts. He established a homestead on the bay that now carries his name and marks the...