Jansen Coastal Properties Group

Bios

Alexander Jansen

Alex is a founder of Jansen Coastal Properties Group. After attending American University in Washington D.C. with a concentration in International Business, Alex began his career as a Financial Advisor with Multi Financial Securities, a division of ING. His background in financial planning allows him to provide real estate clients with a unique perspective toward financing, affordability and investment quality -- something traditional agents can't provide. Pursuant to his financial planning career, Alex spent nearly a decade in the Internet software industry specializing in Web-based client service and communications for global investment firms. First, he was Vice President of Sales with LightPort Inc. and then Vice President of Global Sales with Correctnet Inc. Alex routinely negotiated multi-million-dollar software contracts with C-level executives of Fortune 500 companies such as Goldman Sachs, Fidelity Investments, TD Ameritrade, etc. That experience gives him a distinctive edge in negotiating effectively on behalf of his clients. Delivering solutions to some of the world’s largest companies has taught Alex how to service the real estate arena with a focus on maximum worldwide exposure for his clients. Alex speaks German and French fluently and studied for 6 years in Switzerland, France and Germany. For Alex, real estate has always been a passion. He has been investing in Florida real estate since 1998, having built and renovated several waterfront homes, condos and estate homes. Alex turned his passion into a full-time career by becoming a licensed Realtor and founding Jansen Coastal Properties Group. Alex lives on the Gulf Coast in Ozona, FL with his wife and four children.

Cell Phone: 727-424-4978     Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Laren Jansen

Laren is a founder of Jansen Coastal Properties Group. After receiving her degree in Marketing from American University in Washington, D.C. Laren began her career with Discovery Channel in the marketing and advertising sales departments. Upon Moving to Florida in 1998 Laren joined Sun Marketing to run their promotions management group overseeing marketing campaigns for national brands such as, US Bank, Glidden Paints, Northwest Airlines, and ADT Security. Laren has been putting her professional marketing skills to use for her real estate clients for many years. She is a multi-million dollar producer specializing in waterfront, relocation and second homes. For the cumulative year of 2008, Laren was ranked top 2 agent at Sand Key Realty with over $11 million in sales. She was also ranked Top 5 Buyers Agents in North Pinellas County of 3500+ agents! Laren is consistently rated in the Top 1% of agents in the region. Laren is a trained and certified Accredited Staging Professional Realtor as well as an educated and experienced short sale/foreclosure advisor and administrator. Laren lives on the Gulf Coast in Ozona, FL with her husband and four children.

Cell Phone: 727-510-7153     Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Lori Yaniscavitch

Lori is an agent with Jansen Coastal Properties Group. After attending Chattanooga State College with a major in Graphic Design, she began her career as a developer of sports games for Sports Illustrated and IBM. Following that, she was Art Director for Heil Trailer International, where she worked for seven years, and then specialized in Graphic Design and Marketing for Roadtec.
After more than 20 years in product development, presentation and marketing, Lori found a career shift to real estate was a natural progression. In 2005, she became a licensed Realtor and joined Century 21 in Pinellas County, specializing in luxury and waterfront homes and condominiums.
Applying her fresh approach, creativity and marketing expertise to each client scenario and transaction has made Lori stand out from her peers. She consistently has been recognized as the top producing agent in her office and ranked #10 in the region, selling more than $10 million in 2008. In South Pinellas County that year, she ranked in the top 20, out of thousands of real estate agents. Lori lives in Belleair Beach, FL.

Cell Phone: 727-744-6666     Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Jackie Diaz

Jackie Diaz is an agent with the Jansen Coastal Property group. After receiving her Master’s Degree from USF in Education and Curriculum and teaching throughout the country and living abroad, Jackie returned to the Tampa Bay area and developed a business in the surrounding six counties, including Pinellas, Hillsborough and Pasco, with Safeguard Business Systems.
After tripling her business in 7 years, she sold her company, and Developed a National Bank Program for Safeguard, including Nationsbank, now Bank of America, and worked nationally with banks and franchises as Director of Professional Partnerships. As a young girl growing up in Tampa some of her fondest memories were of spending weekends and summers on the Gulf with her family. Her lifelong dream of living on the very same water she played in as a child was realized when she moved to Clearwater Beach 15 years ago. She began investing in beach front property in 2000, fell in love with real estate, and wanted to share that experience.
As a local she knows the area exceptionally well, and as a resident and investor of beach front property, she has seen and experienced first-hand their tremendous growth and value. Jackie is a multi-million dollar producer, specializing in beach front real estate. Since 2006 her sales are over $40,000,000¸ and in 2008, in a challenging market, with her partner, Linda Dunne, was #1 at JMC Realty, Inc. with over 12 million in sales. Jackie continues to be rated the top 1% of agents in this region. She lives in Clearwater Beach and has a son living in California.

Cell Phone: 727-424-2317     Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Linda Dunne

Linda Dunne is a realtor with Jansen Coastal Properties Group. Upon receiving a degree from University of South Florida and teaching high school math, Linda embarked on a career with Merrill Lynch as a stockbroker, then with Barnett Banks and Bank of America, in corporate marketing.
At the bank, Linda was responsible for a $2.1 billion portfolio of the most profitable merchant customers. As Vice President, Marketing, she oversaw half of the Florida market, providing sales and product training for approximately 1,500 sales associates in 435 banking centers throughout North Florida.
Linda became a realtor in 2004 specializing in luxury and waterfront properties in beach communities along the Gulf of Mexico. In 2008 Linda, with her partner Jackie Diaz, sold over $12 million. As top Clearwater Beach realtors, the Jackie /Linda team at JMC Realty, Inc. sold $16 million at the Residences at Sandpearl, the newest resort community on Clearwater Beach. Linda lives in Tarpon Springs with her husband and has two children.

Cell Phone: 727-510-7232     Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Jeanne Horne

Jeanne is a buyer specialist on the Jansen Coastal Properties group team. After attending St Petersburg College Jeanne went to work in the insurance industry representing companies such as: Met Life and Northwestern Mutual life as a group administrator. Subsequent to her insurance career Jeanne joined the airline industry to work for Air Canada. For the past 15 years Jeanne has had a successful career selling real estate for some of the largest names in the industry, Century 21 and Better Homes and Gardens Realty. For the last 10 years Jeanne has focused on assisting buyers with beach properties along the Pinellas gulf coast. Having been a Clearwater Beach Resident for the past 25 years gives Jeanne a unique perspective enabling her to assist clients to find the perfect property.
Jeanne really listens to her buyers and works hard, using the latest online technologies, to keep them abreast of the market. She prides herself in knowing the current inventory intimately and getting her customers the perfect property for the best possible price. She is experienced in representing buyers in short sale and foreclosure transactions as well. Jeanne currently lives on Island Estates and is originally from New Jersey.

Cell Phone: 727-365-1818     Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it