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About Jim Free Realty
Jim Free is a Real Estate Broker in Georgia & Florida. Employment includes: 37 years in Law Enforcement, with 22 years as a Chief of Police and also served as County Manager. Taught Real Estate for over 22 years. Education includes: Graduate of Massey Law College, FBI National Academy, Georgia Northwestern Technical College and Georgia State University. Married for 52 years to Ivanette Davis Free.
Jim Free Realty is a family owned business with offices in Georgia and Florida. The owners are:Jim Free, BrokerIvanette Free, Broker (wife)Jason Free, Broker (son)Trinie Free, Broker (daughter)Abbi Ratliff , Sales Associate (granddaughter)Calieb Ratliff, Sales Associate (grandson)Elizabeth Davis, Sales Associate (granddaughter)Julie Free, Sales Associate (daughter in-law)
Jim Free Realty and its parent company Jason Free Realty are a family-owned business. Each of the four owners are licensed Real Estate Brokers. They have over 100 years of combined Real Estate experience. Jason Free Realty was formed in 1983 in Rome, GA. Since then, Jason Free Realty and Jim Free Realty have expanded to include Property Management, as well as the Real Estate School. Our companies are licensed in Georgia, Alabama and Florida.
Our property management division in Georgia & Florida manages over 1,000 rental properties. While the management team serves the needs of our owner/investor clients through marketing, contract negotiations, property maintenance, and asset evaluation. We are also able to meet the present needs of future homebuyers.
Our companies were formed almost 33 years ago in order to fulfill the philosophy of providing the highest standard of service for people buying and selling real estate. Our company continues to develop cutting edge transactional innovations for the benefit of our customers.
Our company was recently recognized in Broker/Agent Magazine (a national publication) as one of the cutting edge companies in Florida and Georgia.
Abbi Ratliff
Abbi grew up around Real Estate her entire life, as her grandparents, mother, uncle and sister are all Real Estate agents. Abbi attended Kennesaw State University. While she was there, she won a Division 1 National Championship in Competitive Cheerleading. Abbi currently holds a Real Estate license in Florida, Georgia and Alabama.
Jim Free
Jim Free graduated from Cave Spring High School in 1960, Coosa Valley Tech in 1964, Massey Law College in 1967, FBI National Academy in 1973 and Georgia State University in 1980.
He dedicated 35 years in Law Enforcement Service, 22 of which were as Chief of Police and he served 2 years as a County Manager. While he was serving in this capacity he managed to obtain his real estate license in 1984 and two years later founded Jim Free Realty, Jason Free Realty and Jason Free School of Realty.
Jim also taught real estate at Berry College, Floyd College and Jason Free School of Realty.
After retiring from the Police Department in 2004 he opened the Jim Free Realty office in Panama City Beach, FL where he presently serves as the Broker.
He dedicated 35 years in Law Enforcement Service, 22 of which were as Chief of Police and he served 2 years as a County Manager. While he was serving in this capacity he managed to obtain his real estate license in 1984 and two years later founded Jim Free Realty, Jason Free Realty and Jason Free School of Realty.
Jim also taught real estate at Berry College, Floyd College and Jason Free School of Realty.
After retiring from the Police Department in 2004 he opened the Jim Free Realty office in Panama City Beach, FL where he presently serves as the Broker.
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Ivanette Free
Ivanette joined the family owned real estate business in 1988 after working in the Banking Industry for several years. She soon became the Broker for the Georgia and Alabama offices as well as being the Director of the Jason Free School of Realty. In that capacity she became a leader in the Real Estate Industry and in her community.
In 1990 Ivanette became one of first non-residents to obtain a Florida Real Estate License. She partnered with a company in the Panama City Beach area and began selling condominiums. In 2005 Ivanette moved to Panama City Beach and Jim Free Realty was domesticated in Florida. Ivanette soon became the top condo listing agent in Bay County and has maintained that designation for the past 10 years.
Ivanette is considered an expert in in the condo market and is often called on for her advise by property owners and developers but Ivanette’s greatest asset is how she relates to her clients and customers offering the highest quality expertise and service. Service is Ivanette’s trademark.
In 1990 Ivanette became one of first non-residents to obtain a Florida Real Estate License. She partnered with a company in the Panama City Beach area and began selling condominiums. In 2005 Ivanette moved to Panama City Beach and Jim Free Realty was domesticated in Florida. Ivanette soon became the top condo listing agent in Bay County and has maintained that designation for the past 10 years.
Ivanette is considered an expert in in the condo market and is often called on for her advise by property owners and developers but Ivanette’s greatest asset is how she relates to her clients and customers offering the highest quality expertise and service. Service is Ivanette’s trademark.
Jason Free
In 1990 Jason graduated from Darlington High School in Rome, GA. In that same year he became the youngest person to become a licensed Georgia Real Estate Agent. Since graduating from the University of Georgia Business School with a Corporate Real Estate Degree, he has acquired his broker’s license in Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and Florida. As a Certified Real Estate Instructor, Jason has been a consultant and pre-license instructor for the following real estate schools and organizations:
Homebank Mortg. Atlanta, GAMetro Brokers, Atlanta, GAJason Free School of Realty, Rome, GAGeorgia Highlands College, Cartersville, GA Jason has been awarded designations from the Graduate Realtor Institute, and the Accredited Buyer Representative designation. He has served as the Chairperson for the Professional Standards Committee and Chairperson of the Realtors Political Action Committee. He has also served as President of the Greater Rome Board of Realtors. He now operates the commercial Division of Keller Williams Northwest Realty and is Broker Associate with Jim Free Realty, Florida Division. He specializes in commercial real estate and conservation easements.
Homebank Mortg. Atlanta, GAMetro Brokers, Atlanta, GAJason Free School of Realty, Rome, GAGeorgia Highlands College, Cartersville, GA Jason has been awarded designations from the Graduate Realtor Institute, and the Accredited Buyer Representative designation. He has served as the Chairperson for the Professional Standards Committee and Chairperson of the Realtors Political Action Committee. He has also served as President of the Greater Rome Board of Realtors. He now operates the commercial Division of Keller Williams Northwest Realty and is Broker Associate with Jim Free Realty, Florida Division. He specializes in commercial real estate and conservation easements.
Fred Peak
After graduating from Georgia Tech , Fred has spent over 35 years in real estate helping buyers and sellers with their specific needs. He and his son, Daniel Peak, work together as a real estate team, offering the assurance that there is someone to work with all the time.
Daniel Peak
After graduating from the University of Georgia, Daniel became involved in the residential construction and development business where he was exposed to all facets of the building industry. He got involved with Florida real estate in 2008 . Currently, he and his father, Fred Peak, work as a real estate team.
Melisa Caporella
Melisa started her Real Estate career in 2005 in the Atlanta area. She has worked in sales and marketing since the early 90’s from selling eye glasses and packaging products to advertising. She is now living her dream of selling real estate in beautiful Panama City Beach and the Gulf Coast area.
Melisa enjoys meeting people and is driven to helping them find their perfect property. She works with a wide range of buyers, whether a family looking for a home or an investor looking for an income property and she will work hard and tirelessly, making sure you have been presented with every option in your quest to find the right property for you. Her vivacious personality and people skills have made her a popular go-to agent and she numbers many new friends among many of her clients who were complete strangers prior to meeting her.
Melisa’s real estate experience includes helping buyers find vacation homes, family homes, investment property, foreclosures, short sales, vacant land and new construction homes.
Melisa enjoys meeting people and is driven to helping them find their perfect property. She works with a wide range of buyers, whether a family looking for a home or an investor looking for an income property and she will work hard and tirelessly, making sure you have been presented with every option in your quest to find the right property for you. Her vivacious personality and people skills have made her a popular go-to agent and she numbers many new friends among many of her clients who were complete strangers prior to meeting her.
Melisa’s real estate experience includes helping buyers find vacation homes, family homes, investment property, foreclosures, short sales, vacant land and new construction homes.
Lisa James
I've lived all over the country and ever since high school I had wanted to be in Florida. I decided to just go for it and arrived in 2011. I grew up in Upstate New York, lived in New Mexico for seven years & raised my two daughters in Washington State for 13 years. They both attended college at UNF in Jacksonville, one graduating in 2013. I married my husband Ken in August of 2015 and we love living close to the beach, eating out and hanging with our family.
My career experience is in public schools and also in state and federal governments. After being in Florida for 2 years I decided to follow my dreams of owning my own business and started what has become a successful residential cleaning business! Then I decided to follow one more dream and began selling real estate. Now life is perfectly full and exciting and I adore Panama City Beach and want to share my love for this area with anyone who needs to find a place to live their dream too!!!
I've always been interested in the service industry. There is such satisfaction & joy in helping others. Please let me know how I can serve your needs to find you the perfect home or to sell your current home. Whatever you like we have it here on the beautiful Gulf Coast.
My career experience is in public schools and also in state and federal governments. After being in Florida for 2 years I decided to follow my dreams of owning my own business and started what has become a successful residential cleaning business! Then I decided to follow one more dream and began selling real estate. Now life is perfectly full and exciting and I adore Panama City Beach and want to share my love for this area with anyone who needs to find a place to live their dream too!!!
I've always been interested in the service industry. There is such satisfaction & joy in helping others. Please let me know how I can serve your needs to find you the perfect home or to sell your current home. Whatever you like we have it here on the beautiful Gulf Coast.
Parnick Jennings Jr
Parnick Jennings joined Jim Free Realty in August 2008. A native of Rome Georgia, Parnick attended the University of Georgia and graduated from Gupton-Jones College. He started the Parnick Jennings Funeral Home in 1977 which became known for their outstanding Customer Service, not only in Georgia but the entire nation. In 1995 he sold his funeral home to Service Corporation International and for the next 5 years under Parnick’s leadership ranked #1 in Customer Satisfaction among the top 1500 funeral homes in the United States. These same customer service skills have translated into him being recognized as someone who goes the extra mile for his clients at Jim Free Realty.
He is 2008 Past President of the Cartersville-Bartow County Chamber of Commerce where he has received numerous awards including “Friend of the Chamber “in 1995 and the “Small Businessman of the Year” in 2005. While too numerous to mention individually, he has served over 50 terms on various Community and Charitable Boards. In honor of those activities, he received the “Hometown Hero” recognition in 2008 presented by the Cartetsville Daily-Tribune News.
As a former Small Business Owner, Parnick has a wealth of experience and is uniquely qualified to guide you through all your Panama City Beach real estate needs. His deep passion, wide knowledge of real estate market conditions, and specialization in Panama City Beach Condos are second to none. He brings all of this experience to help buyers and sellers alike achieve their varying objectives in a simple, smooth and successful manner. Needless to say, he is respected by both his clients and contemporaries.
He is 2008 Past President of the Cartersville-Bartow County Chamber of Commerce where he has received numerous awards including “Friend of the Chamber “in 1995 and the “Small Businessman of the Year” in 2005. While too numerous to mention individually, he has served over 50 terms on various Community and Charitable Boards. In honor of those activities, he received the “Hometown Hero” recognition in 2008 presented by the Cartetsville Daily-Tribune News.
As a former Small Business Owner, Parnick has a wealth of experience and is uniquely qualified to guide you through all your Panama City Beach real estate needs. His deep passion, wide knowledge of real estate market conditions, and specialization in Panama City Beach Condos are second to none. He brings all of this experience to help buyers and sellers alike achieve their varying objectives in a simple, smooth and successful manner. Needless to say, he is respected by both his clients and contemporaries.
Tina Jennings
Tina grew up in Vandalia, Ohio and joined the United States Air Force at 17 years old. She was an aircraft mechanic on B-52 aircraft for 5 years. Tina graduated from Charleston Southern University in Charleston, South Carolina with a Bachelor’s in Business Administration with a major in Accounting and Finance. Tina was in banking for 17 years including 8 years as a Vice President and Commercial Lender. During the downturn in the economy, She got her Florida Real Estate license and founded Panama City Condo Vacations with her husband, Parnick Jennings, in 2008. She is currently the President of Panama City Condo Vacations which manages 88 beachfront condos in Panama City Beach and is a licensed real estate agent with Jim Free Realty.
Billy Mack Richard
Welcome to the Wonderful World of Real Estate in Panama City Beach Fl located in Bay County. I moved my family to PCB almost 35 years ago from Lake Charles La, and yes, that means I am a transplanted Cajun. Laissez les bons temps rouler. Which means “Let the good times roll”. I have been in the customer satisfaction business my entire life. Since living here in Florida, we founded and Pastored a Church, have been in the wholesale food business, serviced the tourism market, and been in the Real Estate Business in one form or another since 1998. I have published real estate magazines up and down the Panhandle for years and have seen a lot of people come and go. Been through several hurricanes which includes Michael. Through it all I can tell you this. We LOVE Panama City Beach Fl. and love living and working in Bay County. In fact my habit is to walk the beach almost every morning greeting the sunrise.
So if you are looking for investment property or a place to live, you will not find a better place to be , than here in Panama City Beach and Bay County, Florida. If your goal is to relocate and join us here on the “Worlds Most Beautiful Beaches, then allow me to serve you, and be a help to you and your family. My daddy used to say, “We will treat you so many ways, you are bound to like one of them.” Join us and Laissez les bons temps rouler…Let the Good Times Roll…on PCB.
So if you are looking for investment property or a place to live, you will not find a better place to be , than here in Panama City Beach and Bay County, Florida. If your goal is to relocate and join us here on the “Worlds Most Beautiful Beaches, then allow me to serve you, and be a help to you and your family. My daddy used to say, “We will treat you so many ways, you are bound to like one of them.” Join us and Laissez les bons temps rouler…Let the Good Times Roll…on PCB.