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W elcome to the autumn edition of SaundersBEST Magazine, our newest sampling of some of Southwest Florida's most exceptional properties. Returning readers will notice a major change in the look and feel of the magazine. We have re-designed it to closely parallel the new look of our web site, michaelsaunders.com, which debuted in August. We've learned through conversations with many recent home buyers that people are often drawn to our region to indulge a specific lifestyle goal. Some come to live on the beach or near the water, others to indulge their passion for golf, tennis and boating; still others to enjoy the stimulation of a walkable, urban lifestyle underscored by numerous cultural amenities. Therefore, in these pages — as well as on the new web site — we have grouped all of our market's available properties by lifestyle for easy searching. Each grouping includes photos that capture the essence of the lifestyle. To keep these photo galleries fresh and evolving, we invite each of you to share personal snapshots that capture how you live in Southwest Florida; and we will feature the best of them on the new web site. It's easy to do. Simply snap a lifestyle picture with your smart phone or digital camera. Then upload it to Facebook, Instagram or Twitter using the hashtag #SaundersSights. Your lifestyle photo could appear on the new michaelsaunders.com. SaundersBEST is intended to help buyers stay abreast of our market even as they catch a glimpse of some of the area's most desirable homes, condominiums and lifestyles. For sellers, it is another way for your agent to strategically showcase your property to high- net worth individuals along the Gulf Coast, in our key northern feeder markets; and in our 24 branch offices. We thank you for your interest in SaundersBEST and hope it helps solidify your knowledge and appreciation of our fabulous Gulf Coast paradise. Cordially, Michael Saunders Drayton Saunders WELCOME michaelsaunders.com 888.552.5228 #SaundersSights #SaundersSights #SaundersSights #SaundersSights #SaundersSights #SaundersSights #SaundersSights W elcome to the autumn edition of SaundersBEST Magazine, our newest sampling of some of Southwest Florida's most exceptional properties. Returning readers will notice a major change in the look and feel of the magazine. We have re-designed it to closely parallel the new look of our web site, michaelsaunders.com, which debuted in August. We've learned through conversations with many recent home buyers that people are often drawn to our region to indulge a specific lifestyle goal. Some come to live on the beach or near the water, others to indulge their passion for golf, tennis and boating; still others to enjoy the stimulation of a walkable, urban lifestyle underscored by numerous cultural amenities. Therefore, in these pages — as well as on the new web site — we have grouped all of our market's available properties by lifestyle for easy searching. Each grouping includes photos that capture the essence of the lifestyle. To keep these photo galleries fresh and evolving, we invite each of you to share personal snapshots that capture how you live in Southwest Florida; and we will feature the best of them on the new web site. It's easy to do. Simply snap a lifestyle picture with your smart phone or digital camera. Then upload it to Facebook, Instagram or Twitter using the hashtag #SaundersSights. Your lifestyle photo could appear on the new michaelsaunders.com. SaundersBEST is intended to help buyers stay abreast of our market even as they catch a glimpse of some of the area's most desirable homes, condominiums and lifestyles. For sellers, it is another way for your agent to strategically showcase your property to high- net worth individuals along the Gulf Coast, in our key northern feeder markets; and in our 24 branch offices. We thank you for your interest in SaundersBEST and hope it helps solidify your knowledge and appreciation of our fabulous Gulf Coast paradise. Cordially, Michael Saunders Drayton Saunders WELCOME michaelsaunders.com 888.552.5228 #SaundersSights #SaundersSights #SaundersSights #SaundersSights #SaundersSights #SaundersSights #SaundersSights newest sampling magazine. We michaelsaunders.com, that people are to live on the boating; still by numerous site — we have searching. To keep these personal snapshots best of them digital camera. #SaundersSights. as they catch lifestyles. For property to high- markets; and your knowledge 888.552.5228 #SaundersSights #SaundersSights #SaundersSights #SaundersSights 888.552.5228 michaelsaunders.com WELCOME 1976 was a leap year. I remember well because it was also the year I took the leap from having a secure, full-time job into the financial uncertainty of starting a new business and charting my own destiny. Banks didn't lend to women back then. That is, until twelve years later when the Women's Business Ownership Act of 1988 finally upended this unfair practice. The business I started—thanks to a good friend who loaned me just enough money to get it up and running—was a small real estate company in Sarasota, Florida. We christened it Michael Saunders & Company and immediately set out to elevate the real estate experience into one that would finally befit the most important financial transaction that most people ever make. Fast forward to 2016. Drayton Saunders, my son, is also my business partner ; and Michael Saunders & Company has ripened into a network of 24 full-service real estate offices serving Florida's Gulf Coast from Bradenton to Boca Grande. In its first year, the company sold $11 million in residential properties. By last year, our agents had closed on over $2.73 billion. Much about the business has changed over the decades. For one thing, Michael Saunders & Company has grown from a company that specialized mainly in waterfront properties into one that helps buyers from all over the world navigate the spectacular assortment of neighborhoods and communities that begin at the Gulf of Mexico and stretch inland for miles. Something that hasn't changed is our region's unsurpassed quality of life. The country's top-rated beaches, endless boating, golf and fishing; and an extraordinary menu of cultural, retail and dining amenities are part and parcel of lifestyle that is consistently singled-out in the international media as one of the best in the U.S. Another thing that hasn't changed is our goal of delivering an exceptional real estate experience to every customer. Whether you are buying or selling, we think you should always leave the closing table feeling confident that your life is that much better for the experience. That said, we are pleased to welcome you to the spring edition of SaundersBest Magazine, a gallery of some of the finest residential properties currently on the market. Homes are much more than assemblages of rooms and square footage. They are both an extension and expression of your lifestyle. For this reason, the magazine categorizes properties under the most popular lifestyle choices that people come to Southwest Florida to pursue. Our award-winning web site, MichaelSaunders.com, operates in much the same way. It pairs each property currently listed on the region's MLS with the lifestyle choice it best exemplifies or enhances. We hope the magazine will give you the guidance you need to decide where to live and what property to buy. Please enjoy it with our compliments and we hope you will contact us for any further information you may need to become fully informed about the homes and lifestyles that have earned our region its well-deserved reputation as paradise on the Gulf Coast. Cordially, Michael Saunders Drayton Saunders D ear Readers, W elcome to the autumn edition of SaundersBEST Magazine, our newest sampling of some of Southwest Florida's most exceptional properties. Returning readers will notice a major change in the look and feel of the magazine. We have re-designed it to closely parallel the new look of our web site, michaelsaunders.com, which debuted in August. We've learned through conversations with many recent home buyers that people are often drawn to our region to indulge a specific lifestyle goal. Some come to live on the beach or near the water, others to indulge their passion for golf, tennis and boating; still others to enjoy the stimulation of a walkable, urban lifestyle underscored by numerous cultural amenities. Therefore, in these pages — as well as on the new web site — we have grouped all of our market's available properties by lifestyle for easy searching. Each grouping includes photos that capture the essence of the lifestyle. To keep these photo galleries fresh and evolving, we invite each of you to share personal snapshots that capture how you live in Southwest Florida; and we will feature the best of them on the new web site. It's easy to do. Simply snap a lifestyle picture with your smart phone or digital camera. Then upload it to Facebook, Instagram or Twitter using the hashtag #SaundersSights. Your lifestyle photo could appear on the new michaelsaunders.com. SaundersBEST is intended to help buyers stay abreast of our market even as they catch a glimpse of some of the area's most desirable homes, condominiums and lifestyles. For sellers, it is another way for your agent to strategically showcase your property to high- net worth individuals along the Gulf Coast, in our key northern feeder markets; and in our 24 branch offices. We thank you for your interest in SaundersBEST and hope it helps solidify your knowledge and appreciation of our fabulous Gulf Coast paradise. Cordially, Michael Saunders Drayton Saunders WELCOME michaelsaunders.com 888.552.5228 #SaundersSights #SaundersSights #SaundersSights #SaundersSights #SaundersSights #SaundersSights #SaundersSights

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