As Broker and Owner of CENTURY 21 First Realty, a Tallahassee home selling company, Joe Manausa utilizes his MBA and 20+ years of Tallahassee Real Estate experience in order to help clients with large investment opportunities as well as providing guidance and marketing support for Tallahassee home sellers.
Joe is a Tallahassee native who graduated from Leon High School having earned First Team All-State Honors in football as well as his Eagle Scout. He was appointed to the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he earned his Bachelors degree in Computer Science and Military Science. He has since earned his Masters Degree in Business Administration.
Joe served in the United States Army as an Airborne, Ranger, Infantry officer. He lead a platoon of forty soldiers in the Republic of Panama during Operation Just Cause and was awarded his Combat Infantryman's badge.
Joe has been in Real Estate for over 20 years, serving as the managing broker of the company that he owns for the past 19 years. His companies have always performed at the top of the market and have won franchise awards with both RE/MAX and Century 21, making a name for the office as one of the best home selling companies in the state of Florida.
Joe can be found all over the internet, using progressive internet marketing strategies to sell homes. His twitter account (@housingreporter) is one of the most-followed real estate broker accounts, and his writing can be found on hundreds of different blogs and real estate forums all over the internet. Joe's Youtube account, RealEstateFAQ is very popular with consumers wanting answers to real estate frequently asked questions.
Joe runs a unique, consumer-centric, team-styled real estate brokerage operation. He understands the long-term benefits of extraordinary customer service and thus focuses on creating "clients for life".
Joe has clients world-wide who own real estate in Tallahassee. His Tallahassee Real Estate Blog and Newsletter have thousands of followers and is considered the top resource for the Tallahassee housing market by real estate professionals, investors, builders and bankers.
His family consists of his wife Michelle and their three children. Samantha, Max & Joey.
CENTURY 21 First Realty (2000 to Present Time)
* CENTURY 21 First Realty was formed in 2000 by a merger between First Realty of Tallahassee and CENTURY 21 Advanced Realty. The CENTURY 21 franchise offered a great opportunity for a company that already had clients in many other parts of the world. With a real estate support system recognized as the top in the industry, CENTURY 21 allows a company in a relatively small market operate as a power player in a worldwide market. There is no better affiliation for a company that exists to help people buy and sell real estate.
* First Realty and RE/MAX Realty North (1992-1999)
First Realty was formed when Joe determined that it was not beneficial to renew the franchise that the company had utilized for the previous six years.
Needing a stronger support system, particularly with the growth of the internet, Joe decided to "go independent" and take the time to examine all of the offerings in the real estate franchise business. While many "flavors" existed, Joe knew that the better companies would be embracing the internet as the new premier marketing medium in the real estate industry. After over a year of study, the choice of CENTURY 21 was easy to make.
* Killearn Sales Center (1991-1992)
When Joe left the Army in late 1991, he knew that he wanted to accomplish two important things:
1. Learn Sales
2. Stay close to home (Tallahassee)
He accepted a position as salesman at Killearn Sale Center and dove right in to the onsite sales operation. Joe learned sales and the real estate business by selling new construction homes and residential homesites for Killearn Sales Center in Killearn Lakes. By May of 1992, Joe had moved on to owning RE/MAX Realty North.
The buyers needed to sell their South Florida home before they could close. Joe's team arranged for a short term lease to the buyers that preserved the deal and permitted my family to move on. The process was effortless for us. Joe's team got the job done quickly and efficiently. I would highly recommend Joe Manausa to anyone who needs to get a home sold.…More Less