Inside knowledge
Six years inside a 55+ new construction builder
I know how these homes are priced, built, and sold from the inside. You will hear what to ask, what to negotiate, and what to leave alone.
Joan Covell Tocci · REALTOR®
Sarasota · Manatee County · Florida
The right community,at your own pace.
I am Joan Covell Tocci. For more than three decades I have called Florida home, and I spend my days helping adults 60 and over move into 55+ communities along the Gulf Coast. If you are wondering whether now is the right time, the kindest first step is a quiet conversation.
Talk it through with Joan
Complimentary · Confidential · No obligation
A note before we begin
For most of the people I work with, this is the first move in thirty or forty years. It is bigger than a house. It is a new chapter, and it deserves a slower kind of conversation.
Why people choose to work with me
I have lived this move, and I have watched it from the inside.
Lived experience
I made the same move from Massachusetts
Thirty-two years ago I left the Northeast for Florida. I remember every worry on the drive down, and I remember how it eased.
How I listen
Eighteen years in oncology care
That work taught me to slow down, ask gentle questions, and never push. You will set the pace of every conversation we have.
Out-of-state buyers
FaceTime and Zoom at every build stage
If you are buying from out of state, I represent you in new construction and walk you through each phase of the build, room by room, on video.
Joan Covell Tocci
About me
I earn trust first. Everything else follows from there.
My job is to help you say out loud why you started looking in the first place. I listen for what matters to you, your family, and the years ahead, and I bring honest information about the communities you are weighing.
When the time comes, I represent you in new construction (not the builder), I coordinate the sale of your current home, and I lean on a vetted network of vendors and a home warranty so there are fewer surprises along the way.
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Walk me through what is possible
Just a conversation · No paperwork · No pressure
How this works
Four steps. As slow or as steady as feels right.
01
Listen first
We talk about why you started looking, what is pulling you, and what is holding you back. No script.
02
Compare communities honestly
I lay the real differences between communities side by side, the things you cannot evaluate from a listing site.
03
Represent you in new construction
I sit on your side of the table with the builder, from contract through walk-through, in person or on video.
04
Coordinate sale and purchase
We align the home you are leaving with the home you are moving to, so the two sides do not crash into each other.
Get clarity on my next step
It is just a chat · Nothing to sign · Nothing to commit to
Your timeline. Your pace. Even if we never end up working together, my hope is that you leave our conversation with a clearer plan than the one you arrived with.
— Joan
When you are ready
Let us start with a conversation, and see where it goes.
Tell me a little about where you are now, where you are thinking about heading, and what is on your mind. I will listen, and we will go from there.
Start the conversation
Complimentary · Confidential · No obligation