work she did for Sergio Tacchini, an Italian fashion for Ferris. “There is nothing better than finding
someone that perfect home; it’s one of the largest
designer of sportswear, with Pete Sampras.
Her secret to staying fit and relieving stress is emotional and financial investment one will make
playing tennis 3 times per week, and she plays on in life, and something I take very seriously. I am
several teams and in tournaments. She grew up honored when people trust me to facilitate that
watching her father play but had little interest until process.”
Ferris also shows property via boat, and it is her
she was an adult. “The lifeguards and friends at the
favorite mode of touring available homes. Her
pool were much more appealing at that age.”
She meets very interesting people playing tennis, strategy reflects the fact that many people move
and some have ended up life-long friends. As an to Florida and want to buy houses on the water,
added bonus it’s where she gets the most referrals it’s important to know the type of boating they
love to insure the proper frontage and water ways.
for work.
Questions need to be asked and answered such as:
She claims her biggest tennis adventure is a yearly is it sail boatable and how many bridges to the bay?
tournament in St. Thomas that she really looks She loves showing people the area by water; she
forward to. “It’s hard not to love a tournament introduces them to the locals at her usual stops
whose view from the court is paradise with sandy while fishing and giving them an all over tour of the
beaches and crystal-clear, bright turquoise water, area. She is in tune to the fact that the water is such
and you win money!” Says Ferris. She started an integral part of our lifestyle in Sarasota, and it’s
playing in it 4 years ago when her friend and boat why most of us live here.
captain moved there. It has become an annual trip
She grew up fishing every weekend with her
for her and claims it is her home away from home,
grandparents and family off the jetties in Nokomis.
and the locals are very friendly. This year she and
her boyfriend, Dale Slimick, won overall in mixed Her family would spend almost every weekend
doubles, and both came in first in their prospective picnicking and playing in the sun. “I also grew up on
men’s and women’s doubles category. They always Lake Sarasota fishing with my little brother, Daren,