Hi everyone I'm in beautiful downtown Sarasota and I decided to make this video today to talk
to you about my decision to move to Sarasota and how I made that decision I'm getting a
lot of people asking me about it and I figured you know what I might as well just make a video
about this and perhaps it can help you make your own decision for you to understand how I came here
I'm gonna have to go back and tell you a little bit about my background perhaps you'll find
some commonalities with my background. I am of Brazilian and German heritage and so I was born in
Brazil lived there for a few years and then moved to Germany where I was basically up until the age
around 14 to 15 then we moved to US while I was in Germany I would always spend my summers
in Rio and for those people who have been to Rio or those who understand Rio it's definitely about
the beaches so the beach setting is a setting that I've always enjoyed partially because I went there
on summer break and happy and I have fun when you're off from school right tropical lifestyle
the beaches kind of that laid-back setting is what I've always appreciated my parents moved
us to New York when I was about 15 years old and that's where I started my career in marketing
management in NYC and I've been in NYC up until I moved to Sarasota and I love NY there's absolutely
no question about it especially as a young person it's probably one of the best places you
can live and start your career in right because if you can make it in NY you can make it anywhere but
it gets to a point where it all became about work I remember one time I was sitting in an office on
5th Avenue and I looked out the window and I saw right through another window into somebody else's
office and they're you know sitting in front of their computer and I'm thinking oh my gosh
what a great view I have a view of another building and I'm in the building and it occurred
to me that there's got to be something else out there how nice would it be when you're looking
out the window and you actually see trees and some green so I think the idea of moving out of
the city was already back then but it wasn't until the economic downturn in 2009-2010 which coincided
with a breakup so I got out of a relationship which then made me go visit my parents in Sarasota
and they have been here already for years prior to me making the decision to move to Sarasota
so I had known Sarasota just for visiting them during my times off and so I went in 2009 2010
to visit my parents I you know I looked at some job opportunities and marketing management
and sent my resume into this one corporation here Sarasota and I ended up getting called in for an
interview and I liked the interview and I thought okay well if they offer me the job I'm just gonna
do it now it's a great time in my life for me to make such a drastic decision certainly that's what
brought me here because they ended up offering me a job why do I love Sarasota you know for
a lot of the reasons that you hear people talk about in video and it's very true we have some
of the most beautiful beaches and a lot of them not just Siesta Key but there's Lido beach Turtle
Beach and of course you have the islands Anna Maria Island which is not far away from Sarasota
so I moved here for the beaches the laid-back lifestyle the warm weather year-round I'm not
somebody that enjoys skiing I don't like snow so I like being somewhere tropical and warmer
year-round and the temperatures here in the summers are about 95 degrees in the winter it's
maybe 65 with a low 55 but it doesn't really snow in Sarasota at least not since I've been here
there's so many cute different neighborhoods here and there's something for everyone in Sarasota and
you know people talk about that all the time in videos but it's true what does that mean there's
something for everyone here well if you're a beach lover you've got Siesta Key you've got Lido Beach
you've got all these other beaches that are nearby if you're someone that likes to be downtown you're
you know city person well downtown Sarasota is just buzzing it's grown so much especially over
the last five years the restaurant bar scene is amazing we have a solid art scene Van Wezel
the Urbanite Theater I mean there's just a lot to do if you're into the arts and if you're a nature
lover if you like to go hiking there's Myakka Park there's lots of other parks and trails for you to
go hiking in I tend to be very outdoorsy I like to do outdoor types of activities so there's plenty
of biking trails I can choose from beyond just the Legacy Trail which is you know what everyone talks
about this trail that runs from Sarasota to Venice and it's an awesome trail but there's plenty of
more biking trails you know there's kayaking places places for you to go swimming in there's
just lots to do year-round outdoors and that wasn't the case when I was living in NYC you know
I would say four months out of the year you were pretty much cooped in to your apartment or you
jumped into a taxi to get to a restaurant to then take a taxi to go back home because it was
too cold to walk on the streets of NYC so I think there's more life here in Sarasota because there's
more days in a year you can actually do something outdoors it's also rather laid back in comparison
to you know a big city lifestyle working in Sarasota is awesome because you drive to work
direct to your office you see a lot of greenery palm trees trees and there's just something so
relaxing about it yeah I absolutely love it now if you're somebody who's interested to move to
Sarasota and you've never been my recommendation is just come down here I'm getting a lot of people
who are buying homes virtually without ever having been here because they're reading a lot
about Sarasota and there's a lot of publicity and it's an awesome place but if you can't afford to
come here first maybe spend five seven days come on vacation couple that vacation with looking
at some properties you'll get a feel for the different neighborhoods we have so many different
neighborhoods here so that when you do end up buying in Sarasota you're more likely to have
bought it in a place that you're going to be happy in versus buying just to sell to rebuy if you're
looking for a realtor I would love to work with you I can be reached at 917 543 85 in any case if
you're moving down to Sarasota I wish you the best in your apartment or house search and I'm sure.