| popular Key Island community is located on Florida's | | | | you are interested in purchasing. Your local real estate |
| west coast and is home to approximately 8000 | | | | professional can also help you with any questions |
| permanent residents who have taken advantage of | | | | regarding vacation rentals. |
| the great home ownership bargains and other prime | | | | See what Longboat Key has to offer in fine dining, |
| Longboat Key real estate bargains, including vacation | | | | accommodations, shopping, entertainment, family |
| rentals and business properties. This Key Island, and | | | | attractions, parks, organizations, recreation, specialty |
| the surrounding area is popular among retirees and is a | | | | restaurants, resorts, clubs, and beautiful beaches! |
| popular resort and second home community where | | | | Sarasota’s many cultural centers are only |
| the population grows to over 20,000 during the peak | | | | minutes away, over the south bridge, including the Van |
| tourist season. | | | | Wezel Performing Arts Center, Asolo Theater, Ringling |
| Longboat Key is a barrier island community located on | | | | Museum, Sarasota Ballet and Opera, and several other |
| Florida’s west coast, sitting within two different | | | | live theaters. |
| counties. The northern portion of Longboat Key is in | | | | The Key Islands, including Longboat Key, have many |
| Manatee County and the southern portion is in | | | | different types of homes, including: luxury |
| Sarasota County. The island is surrounded by the Gulf | | | | condominiums, estate type single-family homes, more |
| of Mexico on the west and Sarasota Bay on the east. | | | | traditional and smaller single family units, mobile homes |
| Longboat Key has an ideal beach and bay front | | | | and many different tourist vacation housing. This |
| setting for the ultimate Florida vacation. Whether you | | | | housing reflects the areas popularity as a haven for |
| like to spend your time shelling, biking, shopping, fishing, | | | | retired and working residents, winter residents and |
| golfing, playing tennis or fine dining, opportunities for | | | | tourists. There is one medical center on the Longboat |
| these activities are boundless on Longboat Key. | | | | Key and one Cardiology Center. There is even a |
| Longboat Key is well known as a private island | | | | medical professional who still makes house calls here..! |
| paradise where there are great vacation real estate | | | | There also are several hospitals in Sarasota. |
| rentals to suit everyone, from deluxe suites in plush | | | | Commercial and business properties are more limited in |
| resorts and high rise condominiums to beachfront | | | | numbers than the residential properties on the Keys, |
| cottages and modest hotel rooms. This is one great | | | | however, there are many great commercial real |
| place to make a real estate investment in tourist | | | | estate bargains available in the way of retail, |
| rentals, whether its a single family unit, a deluxe condo, | | | | storefront, etc., and many in highly sought after high |
| a cottage or maybe a multi family type complex. A | | | | traffic zones. Ask a local Realtor for the MLS Listings |
| great way to keep on top of the local real estate | | | | for the type of property that you are interested in |
| market is to visit a local Realtor, broker or agent and | | | | purchasing. |
| ask to see the MLS Listings for the type of property | | | | |