Ed and Dee Parker Real Estate Team

2008 Top Producers!

Ed and Dee have become a significant force in the luxury home market. Both are native Floridians and have witnessed the explosive growth in the Central Florida economy and the related luxury home market. Ed’s track record of success, keen business sense and organizational skills coupled with Dee’s great people skills, networking prowess and research skills make them a powerful combination and a huge benefit for their clientele.

Ed & Dee have successfully served their clients in a myriad of ways including purchase and sale of personal residences, relocation assistance, second homes, commercial and others. With each assignment, they make the client feel like they are the only client they have. In reality, Ed & Dee are perennially in the top echelon of all REALTORS® in the Mid-Florida Board.  The have continued to increase their credentials and have now among them earned the Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist (CLHMS), Transnational Referral Certification (TRC), the Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR) designation, Greater Realtor Institute designation (GRI) and E-Pro, internet professional.

Ed is a Florida licensed real estate Broker who, before teaming with Dee, spent three years with the highly respected commercial real estate services firm of NAI Realvest, based in Maitland, FL.  He is also a successful real estate investor.  With an increased focus on services to commercial real estate customers (principally in buying, selling and leasing office and industrial properties), Ed is growing the commercial real estate as a share of their total business services. Previously, Ed was President and Chief Operating Officer of Blackstar, LLC, a Washington, D.C. based television broadcasting company which owned a group of television stations affiliated with Fox and Home Shopping Network. Founded in 1988, Blackstar operated for ten years, under his direction, before a highly successful sale of its stations in 1998 to Bud Paxson and Barry Diller. Ed has also held the title of Chief Financial Officer or Controller for a number of companies and developed a reputation for great people skills, operational efficiency and integrity in financial reporting everywhere he served.  In his capacity as COO and CFO, Ed was responsible for negotiating the purchase and sale of TV station assets, including real estate, valued at tens of millions of dollars. He was a Florida CPA and “Senior” Auditor with the international accounting firm of Ernst and Young, in its Miami, Florida office. He was also honored for his distinguished service as a U.S. Army Protocol Officer.

The Ed and Dee Parker Team look forward to assisting you with all of your real estate needs. Even for things outside of the scope of their core service area, they can be the “source of the source” for you. “We’re about building relationships, not just for a single transaction. Think of us as your real estate personal services team member.”

Please call today for a free Comparative Market Analysis (CMA) on the value of your home or commercial building, to discuss a second home or any other real estate related need. 

Designations:  Ed ~  Broker License,

                                TRC ~ Transnational

                       Dee:  CLHMS ~ Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist

                                ABR ~ Accredited Buyers Representative

                                GRI ~ Greater Realtor Institute

                                E-PRO ~ Internet Professional

 Put the Parker Team to work for you!