Properties From Paradise

Scott Christopher brings over 30 years of real estate experience and has been through three boom/bust cycles. Scott first entered the business while still attending graduate school. His early years were as an acquisition officer for two investment firms with offices in Dallas, Texas and Beverly Hills, California. For these companies Scott located properties, structured financing and contract terms, and conducted due diligence analysis.

Based upon these experiences Scott started his own company, GFC Investments. GFC and its sister companies purchased and/or developed over 60 commercial properties in 6 southeastern states. The firms specialized in real estate acquisitions, property and asset management, as well as financial engineering and real estate derivatives. Scott supervised a staff of 40 operating from offices in Tampa Florida and Atlanta Georgia. Scott sold the companies in 1990.
Scott was a vice president of Kidder Peabody Real Estate of Florida, the Florida brokerage arm of the New York based investment house. In that capacity Scott acted as the broker of record in the bulk asset sale of Amerifirst Savings and Loan to Lennar Corporation, a 700+mm transaction.

In 1993 Scott became a partner in Clark, Christopher and Wahlin a financial consulting firm specializing in distressed real estate and marina properties. Scott acted as consultant, broker and expert witness for various bankrupt entities. This led Scott into the marina and boat dealership business.

Scott was one of the founding partners of Marine Sales of Palm Beach. Under Scott's direction, the business went from 0 sales to the 25th largest dealer in the world for US Marine, the nation’s largest boat manufacturer. Scott eventually sold his interest to return to real estate.
Scott holds broker's licenses in both Florida and Maine and operates from offices in Bangor, Maine; Tampa, Florida; and Navarre Beach Florida. Scott has been a consistent top producer for Trimble Private Brokerage, one of Maine’s premier brokerage companies with a specialization in resort and second home properties.

Scott is the only broker in Maine or the Emerald Coast of Florida to hold the RSPS certification. The certification is evidence of special education and experience in resort and second home sales, as well as membership in an elite referral group of resort professionals.

The Navarre Beach operation, first in a series of planned and focused resort brokerage venues, brings together the latest methods, techniques, and trends in today’s ever changing real estate business. Scott noted, “It is very exciting to develop a marketing program responsive to today’s clients incorporating the latest concepts, knowledge, and technology. Navarre Beach remains truly an undiscovered area with tremendous future potential.”

Scott’s memberships and affiliations include:

• National Association of Realtors
• Florida State Association of Realtors
• Maine Association of Realtors
• Emerald Coast Board of Realtors
• Navarre Area Board of Realtors
• Hancock Washington Board of Realtors
• Downeast MLS Member
• Maine Real Estate Information Service MLS Member
• Member Counsel of Residential Specialists
  
• Certified Resort and Second Home Specialist
• Member Navarre Chamber of Commerce
• Certified Transnational Referral Certification
• Member REBAC

Scott is a private pilot, who enjoys collecting boats, and traveling.