Mary Kelly, M.B.A. – Owner/Broker/REALTOR®
Kelly Property Expert, Inc.
A small company offering BIG company services.

I am a Florida native. The only place I have lived in outside of Florida is Waycross, Georgia, where I presently live.

I was born, raised,  and educated through two masters’ degrees (with emphasis in business, marketing, and computer science) in Florida. Most all of my life, I spent living in various rural and city locations in Florida. Today, I live in Waycross, Georgia.

During the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, I took three graduate level courses to complete the Masters of Business Administration degree (with emphasis in international business/management) at Amberton University. (I had started taking courses at Amberton prior to retiring from my position as a professor at Pasco-Hernando State College in May 2017.)

For the last 21 years, I have continuously been working and studying in both the professions of teaching and real estate in some capacity. I obtained my first license in real estate in July 2000. I then began my real estate career the day after passing the real estate licensing test in a large real estate company in West Palm Beach, Florida. My teaching career had begun prior to that in 1977 at Matthew Gilbert Seventh Grade Center in Jacksonville, Florida, where I taught career exploratory classes in marketing. Fast forward to the mid-1980s. While pursuing a teaching career at Palm Beach State College (where I was an Assistant Professor of Office Systems/Computer Science courses for 11 years), I started acquiring homes and became a landlord. This is what lead to my interest in getting a real estate sales license so that I could pursue real estate sales as a career.

My own experience as a landlord helps me help you better if you want to stop being a tenant and become a home owner. My experience as a landlord (and a tenant for a period of time in my life) also helps me help those who want to be landlords buy homes that tenants will want to rent.

Kelly Property Expert, Inc., was created in 2015 and operated part-time from my home in Port Richey, Florida, while I was working as a professor at Pasco-Hernando State College full-time. I moved to Waycross, Georgia, after retiring from my then current full-time teaching position and brought my company with me. Today, my office is located in Jacksonville, Florida, and I live in Waycross, Georgia. At the present time, I am working my real estate business on a full-time basis and no longer teaching.

My philosophy how it helps you

My philosophy in life, which can’t be separated from where I live and work, is to always strive to have both a home and a career where I can pursue my passions. I have been true to my philosophy all of my life and have always felt a calling from God to be living and working wherever I was during the time spent in my various homes and jobs.  And since July 2000 when I obtained my real estate sales associate’s license, my career passions have been that of teaching and real estate!

I believe that “Home Is Where the Heart Is” and that real estate is the best investment one can possess. We all have to live somewhere, and where a person lives is one of the most important decisions one will ever make. As a REALTOR®, I go ABOVE & BEYOND to help buyers and sellers with their buying and selling decisions.

My experience as a REALTOR®
July 2000 to present

I became licensed as a real estate agent in 2000 and licensed as a real estate broker in 2002. (I gave up teaching in 2001 for full-time work as a REALTOR®.) During my first 2-1/2 years working as a REALTOR®,  I worked for a large independent real estate company out of a West Palm Beach office. In 2003, I started my own company. In my own company, I closed about 900 sales transactions in six years (2003-2009).

In 2008, I moved to Waycross with plans to get licensed in Georgia and to move my office to Waycross, but a I had a calling to go back into teaching to a job that literally fell in my lap. I wasn’t really planning to return to teaching, but the position in Waycross opened right after I moved to the area, and it felt like a calling back into the teaching profession. 

Fast forward. I left Waycross in 2011 and returned to Florida for a different teaching position, which was at Pasco-Hernando State College. However, I still did not abandon real estate. I kept up with my real estate credentials and even added to them during those teaching years. Then in 2015, while still teaching, I started Kelly Property Expert, Inc., from my home office in Port Richey, Florida.

Fast forward another couple of years. On May 3, 2017, I retired from my position as a Professor at Pasco-Hernando State College and then returned to Waycross, Georgia. In moving back to Waycross, I moved my company, Kelly Property Expert, from my home in Port Richey to a small office in the Historic Rail Depot in Downtown Waycross, where it was located until December 31, 2019.

Upon closing my office in Waycross, I moved it to the Arlington Profession Building in Jacksonville, Florida, about 75 miles from my home.

Because some municipalities are more accepting of licensing businesses from homes than others, I have found it best to rent office space outside my home to keep my company legal – even though I actually work my real estate business from my home.

And for me, since I am licensed to sell in both Florida and Georgia, having my office in Jacksonville, Florida, and my home in Waycross, Georgia, is a good way for me to have a physical presence in both states.

When Covid-19 changed our lives in March 2020 and a lot of people started working from home, I did not have change my work place. I was already mostly working from a home office because I am actually much more productive working in this manner.

My Code of Ethics and promises I make to you

As a REALTOR®, I approach my work with both buyers and sellers as a consultant/teacher offering guidance as it is needed. And I am available by phone and appointment 7 days per week.

I adhere to the National Association of Realtors Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice.

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) opposes discrimination in housing based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status sexual orientation, gender identity, and national origin. In my opinion, this policy is the most important part of our Code of Ethics. This policy is embodied in all I do personally and professionally.

In addition to my adherence to anti-discrimination in housing, I add my company motto, which is To go ABOVE and BEYOND for you!

My Passion

My speech on doing what you love
To get a glimpse into my philosophy of life and work, check out my speech on passion which I gave at both the morning and afternoon commencement ceremonies on the day I retired from teaching (May 3, 2017) at Pasco-Hernando State College.

My YouTube Channel

Check out my youtube channel and subscribe to see videos on what I am doing. Here is a sample that is posted on the channel:

The follow https address takes you to my channel where I post videos. However, you may have to copy and then paste the url into the address bar to reach the site. If you just click on it, it may not work.

I need more subscribers for youtube to let me have a vanity name…..Please subscribe!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBGLyZUYJKCC2xquCUhqT0w

---

My Realtor Designations & Certifications

AHWD certification (At Home With Diversity)

e-Pro certification (advanced digital marketing)

GRI designation (Graduate Realtor Institute)

MRP certification (Military Relocation Professional)

PSA certification (Pricing Strategy Advisor)

SFR certification (Short Sales and Foreclosure Resource)

RSPS certification (Resort and Second-Home Property Specialist)

CIPS designation (Certified International Property Specialist)

Other Credentials

Masters of Business Administration – Amberton University

Masters (Computer Education) – Jacksonville University

Masters (Business Education) – University of North Florida

Bachelors (Vocational Education / Marketing) – University of North Florida

Associate of Arts (Business / Office Systems) – Florida State College at Jacksonville

Office Accounting Certification – Okefenokee Technical College (now Coastal Pines Technical College)

EcoBroker

---

I would greatly appreciate it if you would provide a recommendation my services on the link at the bottom of the page at this website: marykelly.realtor