B.J. Ratigan, REALTOR®

Proud Contributor to the Sarasota real estate agent, B.J. Ratigan, is a proud contributor to the MSCFoundation
B.J. Ratigan
  • Office: Palmer Ranch | 8660 S Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34238
  • Office phone: 941.966.8000
  • Languages spoken: English
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 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.

  • “B.J. just went to work and blew away my previous thoughts about Realtors that just sit there and wait for something to happen. B.J. Ratigan is a highly aggressive, knowledgeable Realtor. He is a great listener, and he cares what you have to say. His track record is excellent and I wish I had known him the first time I listed the house. He is just what someone needs when they have to sell and they are not sure who can give them the best results.”

    -Steve M.

My current listings

Recent transactions

  • Palm Aire Single Family Home - Recently Sold

    Palm Aire

    Links At Palm Aire
    Single Family Home
    $437,000
    Worked with seller

  • Englewood North Single Family Home - Recently Sold

    Englewood North

    Englewood Homeacres
    Single Family Home
    $210,000
    Worked with seller

  • Condo - Recently Sold

    Sarasota Harbor
    Condo
    $205,000
    Worked with buyer

  • North Port Single Family Home - Recently Sold

    North Port

    Charleston Park
    Single Family Home
    $198,500
    Worked with seller

  • North Port Single Family Home - Recently Sold

    North Port

    Charleston Park
    Single Family Home
    $198,000
    Worked with seller

  • Sarasota (West of I75) Villa - Recently Sold

    Sarasota (West of I75)

    Crestwood Villas
    Villa
    $175,000
    Worked with seller

  • Sarasota (West of I75) Single Family Home - Recently Sold

    Sarasota (West of I75)

    Colonial Terr
    Single Family Home
    $175,000
    Worked with buyer

  • Venice Single Family Home - Recently Sold

    Venice

    Venice East 3rd Add
    Single Family Home
    $130,000
    Worked with buyer

  • Heritage Harbour Condo - Recently Sold

    Heritage Harbour

    Stone Harbour
    Condo
    $86,000
    Worked with seller

*Properties may have been sold through another
real estate broker.