About Kari Battaglia
Kari Battaglia is a residential Realtor in the Venice Englewood Florida area, past President of Venice Area Board of Realtors 2017 and founder of the Kari Battaglia Group with Veterans Realty Inc. I am blessed and fortunate to get to do what I love, in the city that I love, and with clients, I love to work with. In my experience, a home isn’t a dream home because of its room dimensions. It’s about how you feel when you walk through the front door, and the way you can instantly envision your life unfolding there. This is about more than real estate – it is about your life and your dreams. I understand you are looking for a new home, and I want to be the real estate professional to help you. I work with each of my clients individually, taking the time to understand their unique needs and lifestyle, and I want to do the same for you. It’s incredibly fulfilling to know I am helping my clients open a new chapter of their lives. That’s why I work so hard to not only find that perfect home but also to handle every detail of the purchase process, from negotiating the terms of sale to recommending moving companies.
Born in Long Island New York, I spent my summers enjoying the Jersey Shore growing up as a child. My Step-Dad played for the New York Mets for a short time and as a child I enjoyed going to Shea Stadium to watch baseball games with my family, which I absolutely loved! My parents owned a small delicatessen and bait shop located directly on Huntington Harbor in Long Island New York and I used to help cook and clean for our Deli while my Step Dad went digging for worms to sell at the bait shop. I learned an early age what it took to successfully run a business. My family moved from Long Island NY to the Venice Florida area in 1977.
I am currently a single mother of 3 older children who all went through the local school system and I am personally committed to this great community. Before real estate, I developed a career in the stock brokerage industry, focusing on wealth preservation and estate planning for over 18+ years. During that time, I earned a Series 7 License, Series 63 License, Life & Variable Annuity License and served in many positions including Operations Manager in Tampa Florida for over 5 years. In 1995, I married a real estate investor whose father was a successful local home builder in Venice. With my prior business experience in the stock brokerage industry, my husband’s background in real estate, having a family in the home building business real estate was a natural career move for me. I have been in the real estate business since 1994 as an owner/investor, owning and managing over 46 properties and built, managed and sold six storage facilities. I decided to became a Realtor and help people with their real estate needs in 2009 and have won numerous awards over the years, including Rookie of the Year in 2009, Multi-Million Dollar Producer 2009-2019, RE/MAX 100% Club 2013-2016, and RE/MAX Alliance Group Spirit Award 2015. After 20 years as a successful Realtor I created our real estate team, Battaglia & Associates, joining forces with Anna Battaglia to better serve our customers.
My business is built on a strong foundation of core values and purpose and I am dedicated to continuing self-improvement, positive attitudes and most importantly, family. My passion for customer service comes first with every person that walks through the door. I believe that satisfying the customer is simply the minimum requirement for staying in business. The main objective is to get you the most amount of money in the least amount of time and with the least amount of hassles to you. I strive to provide you with the best service in the industry, while keeping you informed about every aspect of the transaction along the way. I regularly attend marketing and training programs that continually update me on latest real estate techniques that help serve my customers with the highest level of integrity, discretion and confidentiality possible. I work constantly improving my systems, processes and services to go well beyond the standard level of service provided by most REALTORS®.
