JJ Sutherland

The sale or purchase of a home represents to me a new chapter in someone’s life. With JJ’s extensive knowledge of this fast-growing area and her experience helping people find that right home or to sell their home, it is her goal to make that next chapter happy and successful.”

Originally from Westchester County, NY, she attended Stony Brook University on Long Island where she completed her bachelor’s degree in Economics with a minor in Business. She actually started in the real estate field quite by accident. She started working for a high-end developer on Long Island in 1988, showing the newly created summer vacation co-ops in Westhampton Beach, NY. She knew right away that the real estate field was a perfect fit for her. She quickly got her real estate license and worked for the next two years on that project until it was sold out. She transitioned to Manhattan where she specialized in the high-end rental market of the Upper West Side.

Several years later, in 2002, her family was relocated to Lakewood Ranch. Her children were small, and she chose to work part time in both the insurance and financial fields. Returning to work full time in 2015 and returning to the real estate field that she loved, she became a Realtor® and joined the leading brokerage on Florida’s Gulf Coast, Michael Saunders & Company.

Owning homes in both Lakewood Ranch and the ‘West of Trail’ neighborhood of Sarasota, it has been such an unexpected gift to watch these communities grow and develop into the multi-dimensional neighborhoods they are today. They are a destination for so many families looking for that special new place to call home.

Her husband, Richard, and she value giving back to the community. They are active supporters of Sarasota’s NeuroChallenge Foundation for Parkinson’s and the MSC Foundation created by Michael Saunders & Company. They enjoy spending time with friends and family and like to plan ‘staycations’ several times a year, one of the many perks of living in this fabulous area!