A Florida resident since 1992 and Realtor® since 2020, BJ Jones specializes in luxury and waterfront properties and has earned a multitude of real estate specializations and designations to elevate his expertise and provide white-glove service to buyers and sellers.
While working with executives of many companies, resellers and service providers during his previous career in information technology, BJ... more. learned they required a higher level of concierge service when looking for or selling a home. In addition to being a Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist™ (CLHMS), he achieved the Institute for Luxury Home Marketing's GUILD™ recognition for experience, knowledge and expertise in million-dollar and above residential properties. Affluent buyers and sellers worldwide look for this designation when choosing a trusted real estate professional.
An avid boater and fisherman who lives on the water, BJ has extensive waterfront knowledge and expertise, including inland waterways, environmental considerations, local zoning ordinances, waterfront property accessibility, advanced waterfront property search techniques, and listing and marketing requirements for waterfront homes. This knowledge ensures his customers find the perfect property and protects them from the pitfalls of buying and selling waterfront real estate. He also is a Military Relocation Professional (MRP) and promotes the US Military on the Move® program to assist veterans and active military members. Additionally, he is a certified Pricing Strategy Advisor (PSA), Resort, Second-Home Property Specialist (RSPS) and Seniors Real Estate Specialist® (SRES®), and holds the Graduate REALTOR® Institute designation, with in-depth training in legal and regulatory issues, technology, professional standards and sales.
As a community leader and member of the Leadership Charlotte Class of 2022, BJ gained deeper insights into real estate, government, social services, business and educational opportunities and challenges in the community.
During his 22-year career in the U.S. Air Force, BJ served in the medical field, providing care for children with rare childhood diseases. As an aeromedical evacuation technician, he transported patients worldwide to and from medical treatment. He then became an air traffic controller, retiring from the Air Force as control tower chief for MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa. He then launched a career in information technology, managing a technology team at an internet travel company in St. Petersburg, and then leading one of the top sales teams in the country at a data storage company. In 2018, he became the East Region Channel Manager at Arctic Wolf Networks, a cybersecurity company that fought the proliferation of cybercrimes that threatened public safety and national and economic security.
BJ has a Master of Aeronautical Science Degree, a Bachelor of Professional Aeronautics from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and an Associate Degree in Air Traffic Operations from the Community College of the Air Force and is listed in Who's Who in American Universities and Colleges. He has volunteered for many charitable and community organizations, as well as disaster relief efforts, and is a certified CPR instructor. He also is a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion and Moose.
In 2004, BJ moved to Port Charlotte, where he lives with his wife, Diane.
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*Properties may have been sold through another real estate broker