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Florida's Space Coast is the kind of place most people imagine before they see it — palm trees, ocean light, a softer kind of life. I made the trip from Wisconsin eight years ago and learned what travels and what doesn't. Now I help others land here well.

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Meet Amy

The Space Coast wasn't where I started. It's where I landed.

Eight years ago I packed up the family and moved us from Wisconsin to Florida. The kids, the dog, the holiday china, all of it. I'd been a realtor up north for years and I thought I knew what "home" meant. Turns out "home" means something pretty different when you're wearing flip-flops to a December birthday party. It took me a couple winters to stop checking the forecast for snow. (Honestly? Still kind of expect it.)

The whole "moving across the country with school-age kids" thing — I lived that. The packing, the goodbyes, the new-school registration, the first hurricane warning. None of it is small. All of it is exactly the conversation I have with my buyers now.

I sold real estate in Wisconsin and Minnesota for years before the move. Same job, totally different climate. Most realtors here haven't actually made the move their buyers are making — and there's a real difference between knowing the market and knowing what it feels like to be sitting at a kitchen table in Madison wondering if you can really pull this off. I know that table. I've been at that table.

Why work with me

Moving to Brevard isn't just buying a house. You're untangling one life and threading a new one — the packing, the listing back home, the school registration, the insurance reality, the "wait, is THAT a flood zone?" learning curve. Every step matters. I'd rather walk through them with you than skip ahead to closing.

I came to real estate from a background of helping people through major life transitions. The listening-first habit didn't go anywhere — it's just pointed at houses now.

I still know good agents in Wisconsin and Minnesota. If you need to sell up north before you buy down here, I can hand you off to someone I trust — instead of leaving you to play matchmaker between two realtors who don't know each other and have no reason to coordinate. (Spoiler: that arrangement is exactly as fun as it sounds.)

And I'd rather take the time to understand what you're really trying to do than rush you toward a deal that doesn't fit. The right house in the wrong neighborhood is the wrong house. The right neighborhood for the wrong stage of life is the same problem with a fancier kitchen. We figure both out before we go look at anything.

Who I help

Brevard County is in the top 10 nationally for net in-migration. Most of my work is with people moving here — for different reasons, on different timelines, from different places. A few common shapes:

Northeast retirees + pre-retirees (NY · NJ · CT)

Trading cold winters and high taxes for beach-town life. Usually visit two or three times before they commit. I help with the homework between visits.

South Florida residents heading north

Miami, Fort Lauderdale, the Treasure Coast — leaving denser, higher-cost markets for the Space Coast's calmer pace and more house per dollar. Parallel reasons to the Northeast move, just shorter distance.

Aerospace transplants

SpaceX, Blue Origin, L3Harris, Northrop Grumman, the rest of the Cape Canaveral ecosystem. Often mid-career, often with kids, decisions usually driven by school districts and commute. The Space Coast has added thousands of these jobs in the last three years; the inventory hasn't caught up.

Midwest movers (WI · MN · IL · MI)

These are my people. I came from this lane. If you're trying to figure out the climate change, the insurance reality, the hurricane question, the "is the beach actually worth it" question — I've lived all of it. We can have a real conversation.

How I work

Most realtors lead with their listings. I lead with whether a move is right for you in the first place. The market I work in is going to look very different to someone arriving from Long Island than to someone arriving from Minneapolis than to someone relocating for a SpaceX job. I want to know which one you are before I take you to any house.

If you're selling somewhere else first

I'm not licensed in Wisconsin or Minnesota anymore, but I keep an active referral network with agents I trust there. I can connect you to someone who'll handle the sell-side well. You don't have to find two different realtors who don't know each other.

If you're already here in concept, not in practice

The space between "we're going to do this" and "we did this" is where most relocation falls apart. Insurance reality. School zoning. Hurricane prep. Lender questions. Climate adjustment. Most of those questions don't show up in a listing tour. I'd rather work through them in a phone call before you spend a flight on Brevard.

If you're already arrived and looking

I show houses. Like every other realtor. But I'd rather show three houses you actually want than ten that are wasting our afternoon.

Start a conversation

Tell me a little about where you are in the move and I'll come back to you within a day. No pressure, no aggressive follow-up.

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