Originally from Detroit, Michigan, B.J. Ratigan earned his bachelor’s degree from Assumption College in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he also played varsity baseball, soccer and hockey. A consummate professional, B.J. brings over 33 years of industrial and marketing management experience to his real estate career. Although involved with industrial and commercial real estate for many years, he began serving ... more.the residential market in the Detroit area in 1997. After intermittently spending 35 years on Florida’s Gulf Coast, B.J. now resides permanently in Sarasota, where he focuses his specialties on waterfront and golf course properties, as he did in Michigan.To perform a higher level of service for his clients, B.J. obtained the Short Sale and Foreclosures (SFR) and the Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR) designations. He has more than ten additional certifications including training as a professional negotiator.On the personal side, his interests include spending time with his family—including three grandsons—plus sports, fishing, reading and flying, as he is licensed as a commercial and seaplane pilot—an interest he developed while serving in Vietnam in the late ‘60s. He also spends time as a volunteer with the American Red Cross in Sarasota, and disabled veterans at the VA hospital in Bay Pines, Florida. ...less.
My father passed away and I used B.J. Ratigan to sell my Dad’s house. He was easy to work with and very knowledgeable about the market and community. I felt valued as a client and his suggestions to get the property ready were very helpful. The house sold in less than 24 hours and over the asking price. I live in Texas and B.J. made the process of selling my Dad’s house while being out of state effortless. We plan to sell our house in Texas in the next year or two and plan on using Michael Saunders & Company again.
Coming from France we appreciated this area, and thought that if there is a good opportunity, we would buy in Sarasota. We got in touch with B.J. Ratigan, and we would like to let you know how impressed we have been; probably the best professional Realtor we have met in our life. We bought/sold many houses and apartments in France, but we never had the chance to work with such a professional like him. We have a couple of good friends who would like to receive some information regarding a future buy in Sarasota; so we told them to contact B.J. Ratigan.
To B.J. Ratigan, Thank you for getting my house sold for me. The last real estate (broker) I had was trying to sell it for 14 months. She did not know what she was doing. Everything she said sounded good, but there was no showings, or very little. The best thing that you did was raise the price that we were selling for. I think that we will have a hard time selling but you had many showings and you made the sale in 3 weeks. My friend said that this deal will fall apart but it did not. You were always planning and letting me know what you were going to do. My entire family is happy that we got to know you. Thank you for a great job. Sincerely, Ivan Chinikov November 2018
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