Dee is a Georgia native, originally from Savannah Georgia. She studied Education and Business Administration while attending Georgia Southern University in Statesboro Georgia. After college Dee moved to the Jacksonville area and later moved to Amelia Island to bring her children up in a "Small Town Community." She has lived on the Island for 26 years.
Dee has over 30 years of sales and customer service experience in a wide variety of areas including: retail management; designer clothing; [...]
Dee is a Georgia native, originally from Savannah Georgia. She studied Education and Business Administration while attending Georgia Southern University in Statesboro Georgia. After college Dee moved to the Jacksonville area and later moved to Amelia Island to bring her children up in a "Small Town Community." She has lived on the Island for 26 years.
Dee has over 30 years of sales and customer service experience in a wide variety of areas including: retail management; designer clothing; luxury automobiles; information technology; recruiting and account management; and as an entrepreneur. She has worked in the Property Management field for the last 10 years and in the last five of those years, has successfully owned and operated her "Preferred-Select Style" Short Term-Vacation Rental and Management Company. Her diligence and work ethic has earned and maintained a "Five-Star" customer rating, which recognizes her exceptional ability to provide high-end, select property rentals on the south end of Amelia Island. Dee's real estate sales and service is focused on investment properties, specifically short-term rental properties because she possesses so much firsthand knowledge of this market niche.
When she's not working, Dee enjoys long walks on the beach with her Weimaraner, Jake, looking for sharks' teeth, fishing, boating, cooking meals for family and friends, decorating, antiquing, and traveling to Pennsylvania to visit her children and grandchildren.
Since the first communication with Dee Ferrara I could tell we were in great hands. The first property we stayed in at Amelia overlooked beautiful tree tops. Dee asked if we were interested in seeing her other properties for our next vacation and we came back, this time it was to look for an investment property, and possibly a retirement property. Since becoming owners at Amelia, June of 2018 we could not have asked for a better property manager. She has taken care of our property as if it were her own. Owners and guests cannot imagine what she does behind scenes, detailing items- steaming upholstery, changing fixtures, updating appliances, decorations, towels, sheets and more to make our place a memorable destination. It was only recently that I came to understand why her standards were so high, since apart from her education, real-estate background and southern hospitality, she worked for the Ritz Carlton. She understands the market, pricing and the high seasons and we placed our faith on her expertise and years of experience without as much as a blink, as we went on with our busy lives in Miami. In 2023 on Dee’s professional advice we put our beautiful Amelia investment up for sale as the market was still good and the feedback indicated that the beautiful upkeep and successful rentals were impressive. While we decided to take on a few other real estate projects, we cannot forget that it was our Amelia property that provided an attractive rental income and was so profitable, so as to allow for these new opportunities. We do plan on coming back to Amelia, as we see it as our second home, and that is all thanks to an amazing professional and our dear friend, Dee Ferrara. Vicente and Diana Rodriguez, Miami, FL (May 28, 2023)
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