MEET THE TEAM
Kristin Van Heukelom Team Leader
Kristin is a full-time, award winning real estate business Owner with a focus on digital marketing, and masterful negotiation. She is a Community Market Leader with a passion for showcasing extraordinary communities in Southwest Florida.
Kristin has a background in Neuro Rehabilitation where she earned her certification as a Certified Brain Injury Specialist. Spending years fiercely advocating for her patients has transferred seamlessly to the customers she now serves.
Kristin has lived in 6 different States; Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Arizona, Nevada, and now Florida. She takes pride in her work ethic, contract knowledge, unique collaborative approach to real estate marketing, and thirst for growth both personally and professionally.
-KRISTIN’S FAVORITES-
Place: Driving down Crayton Rd.
Food: Tacos
Vacation Spot: Somewhere in the Mountains
TV Show: The Office
Guilty Pleasure Song: Locked Out of Heaven by Bruno Mars
Celebrity: Tony Robbins
Book: The Hunger Games Trilogy
Sport: Gymnastics but since I've gotten to the point where my body gets sore - I think I'll take up Pickleball
Hobbies: Taking road trips
Jonathan Van Heukelom Team Leader
Jonathan brings over 18 years of construction experience to the Team. He has been a leader in construction and design on over half of a billion dollars of International real estate ranging from Single Family Custom Homes to New Construction High Rise Developments.
Having built relationships with internationally recognized design and construction groups, his work ethic and attention to detail pleases the most discerning customer.
Jonathan loves connecting with his clients on and off the job, he says “I learned as a young man to invest in people, not paper”. When he’s not working in the industry, you can find him spending time in the sun at the beach or golf course, hunting for rare Bourbon, and exploring Florida
-JONATHAN’S FAVORITES-
Place: The Beach in Naples; Seagate, Clam Pass, or Tigertail
Food: Sushi
Vacation Spot: Living in Naples feels like a vacation.
TV Show: The Office
Guilty Pleasure Song: Bohemian Rhapsody
Book: The Alchemist
Sport: Golf
Hobbies: Bourbon Hunting
Dre Sanchez
Chief Financial Officer
Andres is co-founder, partner and CFO at Local Real Estate. With a background in business, technology, marketing and design, Andres brings a unique perspective to real estate.
Prior to starting Local Real Estate, Andres was the Market Center Administrator and CFO of a successful Keller Williams franchise. Prior to that, he was a technology and media consultant where he actively evaluated and assisted start-up companies. Fluent in Spanish and Portuguese, Andres played a vital role in helping build the National Basketball Association’s media distribution and digital footprint in Latin America from 2006 - 2010.
-DRE'S FAVORITES-
Place: Home
Food: Italian
Vacation Spot: an Island, any island
TV Show: Modern Family
Film: The Godfather
Guilty Pleasure Song: Fancy like
Book: Outliers
Sport: Basketball
Team: Miami Dolphins
Hobbies: Fishing & Golfing
Angie Parker
Managing Broker
With over 30 years of leadership experience in the real estate industry, and 12 at the senior-executive level, Angela has managed every facet of operations and delivered double-digit gains in revenue, market share and profit.
She has recruited and hired some of the best agents in the business, then trained them to be even better.
Results have been phenomenal. Profit has grown by 25 percent, operating costs are down 20 percent and the GCI has increased from $8,000,000 to $20,000,000.
-ANGIES'S FAVORITES-
Place: Anywhere there is a beach!
Food: Chilean Sea Bass
Vacation Spot: Cruise anywhere it takes me
TV Show: Seinfeld
Film: Mrs. Doubtfire & The Four Seasons (tie)
Guilty Pleasure Song: Don’t Stop Believing’ (Journey)
Celebrity: Oprah Winfrey
Book: Anything John Maxwell
Sport: Football
Team: Packers
Hobbies: cooking, concerts & travel
Nicky Marshall
Transaction Manager
Nicky was born and raised in Hamburg, Germany until she moved to the UK at the age of 15, it was there she went to University. In 2017 Nicky moved to Florida where she began her work in Real Estate. Nicky has been part of over 1000 transactions where she brings her humor and organizational skills. She prides herself on being efficient, detail oriented and communicative.
-NICKY'S FAVORITES-
Place: My Hometown Hamburg, Germany
Food: Potatoes - there is no incorrect way of eating a potato!
Vacation Spot: Fiji if we're pretending we have money - More local: Savannah, Georgia
TV Show: Buffy, Ted Lasso, and the Chicago Franchise
Film: Blues Brothers
Book: anything by Mary Roach
Team: I have a lightning Bolt for the Tampa Bay Lightning tattooed on one of my fingers
Hobbies: traveling, working far too much and showing up to Austin's (my boyfriend) Spearfishing Competitions in a bathing suit with his face on it (we have discovered that people who don't have hobbies are excellent gift givers - I am in fact an excellent gift giver)
Jason Koch
Digital Media
Jason was born and raised in a small farm town just North of Detroit where he learned to love the world and appreciate what God has given us. He now incorporates that same idea into his daily life and shares it with others. Jason says "Everything I do, I do with my whole heart and my whole humor, if I can make you laugh then I am happy with my job."
Jason is an expert in his field. He continually adapts new techniques and and creative approaches to his shots.
-JASON'S FAVORITES-
Place: Anywhere with a view
Food: Pizza
Vacation Spot: Michigan
TV Show: That's 70's Show
Film: Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Book: The Millionaire Next Door
Sport: Tennis
Team: Detroit Lions
Hobbies: Photography, Snowboarding, Skateboarding