Hans Kirsten

My family and I immigrated to the United States past the Statue of Liberty from West Germany in 1953. Sarasota has been my home since 1956. I graduated from Sarasota High School in 1961, spent four years in the US Navy and then graduated from the University of Florida in 1970. Since then, I have been selling Real Estate in Sarasota, Venice and Englewood. I worked for Michael Saunders and Co. as a developer condominium sales manager and for other individual developers on Lido Key, Longboat key, Siesta Key and Englewood. During that time, I became a Real Estate Realtor and then a Real Estate Broker with the Sarasota Board of Realtors. I have been a member of the Venice Board of Realtors for over 25 years. I am also a member of MIS and the National Board of Realtors. I am accessible through Realtor.com, birdbayrealty.com or personally through my office to list, sell or give advice. I have a wonderful wife, Charlene from New Orleans. We share seven adult children between us; Mark, Colin, Brandon, Amber, Corinne, Meredith and Olivia and my grandson Zachary. My hobbies include tennis, boating, traveling and yard work when time permits.