Joanna Benante, Realtor®
RELO, 2024 RealTrends Verified

It was our pleasure to have worked with Joanna Benante on the purchase of property in Sarasota.  Her professionalism and willingness to share her knowledge made our investment home buying experience a pleasure.  As our desire to build upon our real estate investments continue, we will happily use Joanna as our representative again. 

Ann Martin and Joanna Benante are two very special people. I cannot tell you how much Ann and Joanna did to help facilitate the short sale of our home. They spent many hours making the deal happen. They are the most professional real estate advisor I have ever met. They are real people, they can deal with every kind of client, are willing to assist in every sale no matter how large or small.

We had the distinct pleasure of working with Joanna Benante for both the sale of our family home and the purchase of our new property.   During the sale of our house, Joanna continuously exhibited a clear ‘can do’ attitude.  She did such an outstanding marketing job on our property, that we had a record amount of showings.  Joanna also navigated a difficult buyer with finesse and strength.  We ended up packing our home of 18 years over a quick window of time.  We were feverishly working to complete the inspection items and simultaneously packing with a child sick with the flu.  The movers accidentally removed a Murphy bed in such a way that a wall was left exposed with old paint lines.  Joanna immediately jumped in, picked up the paint for the room from the store and painted the wall herself for us.   It’s this kind of dedication and support that sets an exceptional real estate agent, like Joanna Benante, apart from all the rest! Our buying transaction was unique in two ways.  Firstly, the buyers included four people: my parents, my husband and myself.  Because my parents are declining in health, we wanted to live on the same property together to be able to assist them.  Thus, we were looking for a multi-generational property that had a main home for our family of six, and a separate home for my parents.  We originally assumed that Sarasota, with its large retirement & senior population, would be replete with multi-generational options.  We were surprised to learn just how difficult it was to find such a rare property.   From the beginning, Joanna worked diligently scouring the area for possible solutions.  I can assure you that dealing concurrently with 4 buyers with varying desires & living requirements was not easy.  Yet Joanna took it all in stride and repeatedly came up with interesting property choices.  Joanna worked tirelessly & showed us countless properties.  It was tough to satisfy all four buyers’ wish lists.  We were ready to conclude that the timing simply wasn’t right; a multi-generational property like we envisioned just wasn’t available on the market at that time.  Joanna, however, was undaunted.   Joanna knew about a property that would be perfect for our unique situation.  The only problem was that it was not on the market at that time.  No bother, Joanna reached out and convinced the owners and their agent, who had taken the property off the market months prior, to let us see it.   Thanks to Joanna’s unwavering resolve & determination, we were able to purchase the property that suited our special needs!   We were impressed with Joanna’s ceaseless drive and commitment to find her clients’ ‘dream property’ no matter the challenges.  Joanna’s work ethic, professional and firm demeanor make her a true force to reckon with. After completing two back to back real estate transactions with Joanna, we can confidently state that she represented our interests with outstanding service and expertise. We highly recommend Joanna to anyone that is serious about successfully buying and/or selling their home in a competitive market.