A Perry brokerage established after a 2022 move to Taylor County, by Sandra "Dandy" Osnos, Licensed in Florida since 1988.
About
A new Big Bend brokerage, on a license held since 1988.
Gulf of America Realty is Sandra "Dandy" Osnos' brokerage, working all of Taylor County and the Big Bend coast from Perry.
The dates, in order. Dandy was first Licensed in Florida in 1988 and became a Broker in 1993. In 2022 she relocated to Taylor County, and after that she established Gulf of America Realty here, so the advice, the contract and the closing table all sit with a Licensed Real Estate Broker who chose this coast.
This is a stretch of Florida that most of the state has never driven through — Perry inland, then Keaton Beach, Dekle Beach and Steinhatchee on the water, with timber and hunting land in between. It is priced differently, insured differently and inspected differently from the Florida people picture, and knowing that difference is most of the job.
She is joined by Arbee Bernstein on operations.
I have been Licensed in Florida since 1988. When I moved to Taylor County in 2022, establishing Gulf of America Realty here was a deliberate choice: the advice you get comes from someone who has read the contract and sat at the closing table, not from a script.
Sandra "Dandy" Osnos, Licensed Real Estate BrokerMeet Dandy Osnos
The office
Who is behind Gulf of America Realty.
One Licensed Real Estate Broker, with operations beside her.
Sandra "Dandy" Osnos
Licensed Real Estate Broker
Dandy has been Licensed in Florida since 1988 and a Licensed Real Estate Broker since 1993, BK544382. She relocated to Taylor County in 2022, and after that established Gulf of America Realty, her own brokerage, in Perry. Nearly four decades in this state means she has worked through more than one market that everybody was certain about at the time, and the real estate side of every transaction — the pricing, the contract, the inspection, the closing table — is hers.
What this office has that the franchise down the road does not.
A Licensed Real Estate Broker
Pricing, showings, contracts and the closing table are handled by a Licensed Real Estate Broker, Sandra "Dandy" Osnos, license BK544382, active with the state.
A license since 1988, a brokerage built here
Dandy has been Licensed in Florida since 1988 and a Broker since 1993, through more than one market everybody was certain about at the time. Gulf of America Realty is newer: she relocated to Taylor County in 2022 and established it after that, to work this coast specifically.
The coast is a different market
Flood zone, elevation certificate, wind mitigation, dock and canal access, well and septic, easement access to acreage. On the Big Bend these decide the price and the insurance bill, and they are exactly what a national search portal cannot tell you.
Whatever the property
Taylor County is not a subdivision market. Houses in Perry, stilt houses and canal lots on the coast, timber and hunting land inland, and everything in between: each is a different transaction, and Gulf of America Realty handles them all.
For sellers
Priced on this stretch of coast, not a state average.
A canal lot at Keaton Beach and a house in town are two different markets that happen to share a county. Waterfront here is priced on flood zone, elevation and dock access before it is priced on square footage — and an automated estimate does not know any of those. Yours gets priced on what has actually closed nearby.
On this coast the things that decide whether a purchase is a good one — flood zone, elevation certificate, well and septic, what the water does in a storm — are exactly the things experience answers and a portal cannot. Gulf of America Realty's Broker has been Licensed in Florida since 1988, and the brokerage works this stretch specifically.
All of Taylor County — Perry, Keaton Beach, Dekle Beach, Steinhatchee and the land in between — and the Big Bend coast beyond it. Buyers regularly come from further afield, and that is fine.
Who will I be working with?
Gulf of America Realty is a small, independent brokerage. Sandra "Dandy" Osnos is the Licensed Real Estate Broker and handles the real estate side; Arbee Bernstein handles operations.
How long has the Broker been Licensed, and how long has the brokerage been open?
Two different dates. Sandra "Dandy" Osnos has been Licensed in Florida since 1988 and a Licensed Real Estate Broker since 1993, BK544382, active with the state. Gulf of America Realty is newer: she relocated to Taylor County in 2022 and established it after that.
Do you handle waterfront and land as well as houses?
Yes, and on this coast they are most of the market. Canal lots, stilt houses, homesites and timber acreage are each a different transaction from a house in town.
I am buying on the water. What should I be asking?
Flood zone and elevation certificate, wind mitigation, what the insurance actually costs, dock and canal access, and what the water did in the last storm. Those decide whether a coastal purchase is a good one, and none of them are on a listing portal.
How do I find out what my property is worth?
Ask for a valuation. It is built from what has actually closed near you rather than from an automated estimate, and nothing is attached to it.
Why Gulf of America
Gulf of America Realty is an independent, Broker-owned brokerage in Perry, working all of Taylor County and the Big Bend coast. Its Broker, Sandra "Dandy" Osnos, has been Licensed in Florida since 1988 and a Broker since 1993. She relocated to Taylor County in 2022 and established Gulf of America Realty here after that. Whatever you are buying or selling, it is priced on what has actually closed nearby.
