Timeline
1922
Board of Directors charters the Fort Myers Realty Board. President: B. E. Tinstman
16 Active members
16 Active members
1922
1926
Carl C. McClure becomes President of the State Association, Florida Association of Realtors®, in 1926.
1929
The crash of Wall Street lead to the Great Depression, which devastated the real estate market.
1929
1938
Harry J. Wood becomes President of the State Association, Florida Association of Realtors®, in 1938.
1940
The Board of Directors approves a name change from Fort Myers Realty Board to Fort Myers Board of Realtors®.
1940
1949
Present: Lee, Hendry, Charlotte and Glades Counties. To: Current jurisdiction except Charlotte County, which is now jurisdiction of the Punta Gorda Board of Realtors®.
1959
Fort Myers Beach Board of Realtors® is chartered. Estero and San Carlos Island in Lee County, designated as Fort Myers Beach.
President: Robert H. Smith
18 Active members.
President: Robert H. Smith
18 Active members.
1959
1959
The Board of Directors approves a change in Jurisdiction for the Fort Myers Board of Realtors®. Present Jurisdiction except Estero Island and San Carlos Island. The area is released to the Fort Myers Beach Board.
1967
Description change: Lee, Hendry, and Glades Counties except those portions of Lee County allocated to Fort Myers Beach Board (Estero Island and San Carlos Island) and Bonita Springs Board.
The Association has 66 Active members.
The Association has 66 Active members.
1967
1969
The Fort Myers Beach Board of Realtors® added all Section 13 and the South one-half Section 12, Range 23 E, all Section 19, 18, and the South one-half Section 7, Range 24 E, all in township 46 South.
1969
Board of Directors charters the Cape Coral Board of Realtors®.
President: Elwood Keim
20 Active members
President: Elwood Keim
20 Active members
1969
1969
NAR New Member Indoctrination 1969. A mandatory Indoctrination course (New Member Orientation today) was implemented.
1973
The Cape Coral Board of Realtors® jurisdiction changed to "The territorial limits of Cape Coral, Florida."
1973
1973
The Fort Myers Board of Realtors® approved Lee, Hendry, and Glades Counties (except those portions of Lee County allocated to the Cape Coral Board); to Fort Myers Beach Board and Bonita Springs Board.
1974
The Stock Market hit a low, 1974. New Home prices doubled. Home prices continued to grow over the next 20 years.
1974
1985
The Fort Myers Board of Realtors® is releasing jurisdiction of the Sanibel Causeway, Sanibel and Captiva Island.
1987
The Fort Myers Board of Realtors® is changing the name to the Fort Myers Association of Realtors®.
1987
1988
The Multiple Listing Service of Fort Myers Association of Realtors is incorparated in 1988.
1988
The Fort Myers Association of Realtors® held its first annual Trade Show.
1988
1989
The Fort Myers Board of Realtors® established a Crisis Foundation to assist members who have endured a catastrophe or the death of a primary income provider.
1990
A New Crisis Emerged, from 1990 to 1997. housing prices were flat and New Home Construction dropped to its lowest since World War II.
1990
1997
The Fort Myers Association of Realtors® has 1291 active members.
1999
The Fort Myers Association of Realtors® and the Fort Myers Beach Board of Realtors® merged. The name changes to Realtor® Association of Greater Fort Myers and the Beach, Inc.
1999
2013
Membership approaches the 4,000 mark.
2014
The Florida Gulf Coast Multiple Listing Service switches to Matrix MLS and joined Naples and Bonita Springs on one platform. Members now have access to all Listings of participating MLS's.
2014
2016
The Realtor® Association of Greater Fort Myers and the Cape Coral Association of Realtors® merged.
The name changes to Royal Palm Coast Realtor ® Association.
The name changes to Royal Palm Coast Realtor ® Association.
2018
The Royal Palm Coast Association of Realtors® released the village of Estero to the Bonita Springs Estero Realtors® Boutique Association.
2018
2020
COVID-19 reality: Florida Realtors and all local associations and boards fight to keep Real Estate an essential business during the lockdown and beyond.
2021
Your Association is approaching its 100th Birthday in 2022. Being active for a hundred years ensures your profession is secured and you are the center of the real estate transaction. Help keep it that way and get involved. We are approaching the 8,000 Realtor® member mark.
2021
2022
2022 is our 100th Anniversary, 9500+ members strong. Thank you to all leaders and members from 1922 to 2022!
Past Presidents
| Royal Palm Coast Realtor® Association® | ||||||
| 2016 - 2022 | ||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | Bill Steinke | ||||
| 2021 | Robin McKeever | 2020 | Robin McKeever | |||
| 2019 | Josh Burdine | 2018 | Donna Guido | |||
| 2017 | Bill Steinke | 2016 | Jeff Miloff | |||
| Cape Coral Association of Realtors® | ||||||
| 1969 -2015 | ||||||
| 2015 | Paula Hellenbrand | 2014 | Donna Stout | |||
| 2013 | Michelle Deal | 2012 | Michelle Deal | |||
| 2011 | Barbara Cleaver | 2010 | Mel King | |||
| 2009 | Paula Hellenbrand | 2008 | Tommy Lee | |||
| 2007 | Jeff Miloff | 2006 | Don Heisler | |||
| 2005 | Scott Whitlock | 2004 | Jo Hardwick | |||
| 2003 | Tommy Lee | 2002 | Jim Redecker | |||
| 2001 | Bill Ellison | 2000 | Bernie Braden | |||
| 1999 | Cathy Sorenson | 1998 | Bill Ellison | |||
| 1997 | Gloria Letendre | 1996 | Cynthia McEwan | |||
| 1995 | Ilamarie Pierce | 1994 | Kevin Farrell | |||
| 1993 | Teri Lodge | 1992 | Virgil Dwinwll | |||
| 1991 | Kendall Turner | 1990 | Cathy Sorenson | |||
| 1989 | Harley Cole | 1988 | Steven Kreig | |||
| 1987 | Donna Prasser | 1986 | Bernie Braden | |||
| 1985 | Farrell Jordan | 1984 | Mertin Hoagland | |||
| 1983 | Madeline Mitchell | 1982 | Jerome Ladner | |||
| 1981 | Bernie Braden | 1980 | John Thomas | |||
| 1979 | Don Grey | 1978 | Robert Aloia | |||
| 1977 | Lili Hinote | 1976 | Walter Horn | |||
| 1975 | Harmon Cole | 1974 | Rhonda Beyer | |||
| 1973 | Donald McLaughlin | 1972 | Gary Hinote | |||
| 1971 | Frank Schieber | 1969/70 | Elwood Keim | |||
| REALTOR® Association of Greater Fort Myers and the Beach, Inc. | ||||||
| 1999 to 2015 | ||||||
| 2015 | Jason Jakus | 2014 | Karen Swanbeck | |||
| 2013 | Doreen Falcone | 2012 | Marion Briggs | |||
| 2011 | Gary Verwilt | 2010 | Christie Knight | |||
| 2009 | Suzanne Sherer | 2008 | Ron Carpenter | |||
| 2007 | J.J. Jones | 2006 | Angie Parker | |||
| 2005 | Gary Atkinson | 2004 | Jim Woodard | |||
| 2003 | Tom Pierce | 2002 | Tom Pierce | |||
| 2001 | Dolores Stevenson | 2000 | Denise Loomis | |||
| 1999 | David Cole | |||||
| Fort Myers Beach Board of Realtors® | ||||||
| 1959 to 1998 | ||||||
| 1998 | Cynthia Shafer | 1997 | Deborah Hussey | |||
| 1996 | Judy Haataja | 1995 | Katherine Nesbit | |||
| 1994 | Janet Frost | 1993 | Jessica Titus | |||
| 1992 | Charles Laishley | 1991 | Antonia Rigby | |||
| 1990 | Carolyn Gillis | 1989 | Pamela Stutzman | |||
| 1988 | Dennis Cochrane | 1987 | Thomas Myers | |||
| 1986 | Katherine Nesbit | 1985 | Marilyn Jorgensen | |||
| 1984 | Ann Alsop | 1983 | Don Hussey | |||
| 1982 | Betty D Simpson | 1981 | Vernon Erikson | |||
| 1980 | Tracey Smart | 1979 | James Dopp | |||
| 1978 | Frank Porter | 1977 | Hal Geary | |||
| 1976 | Gately Daniel | 1975 | George Arehart | |||
| 1974 | Bernard Morache | 1973 | Betty D. Simpson | |||
| 1972 | Betty D. Simpson | 1971 | Robert Ball | |||
| 1970 | Willie Kline | 1969 | Katherine Eberhardt | |||
| 1968 | Martha Bowen | 1967 | James Newton | |||
| 1966 | Ethelreda W.Harby | 1965 | Robert Smith | |||
| 1964 | Roy Houser | 1963 | Connie Brigham | |||
| 1962 | John Conzelman | 1961 | Nancy McCleod | |||
| 1960 | Robert Smith | 1959 | Robert Smith | |||
| Fort Myers Association of Realtors® | ||||||
| 1922 to 1998 | ||||||
| 1998 | Liz Paul | 1997 | Randall Beaver | |||
| 1996 | Bari Fischer | 1995 | Marsha Asp | |||
| 1994 | Brad Cohan | 1993 | Neil O’Sullivan | |||
| 1992 | Maggie Morris | 1991 | Dana Johnson | |||
| 1990 | Albert Bebout | 1989 | Greg Jeffcott | |||
| 1988 | Daniel Gateley | 1987 | James Evans | |||
| 1986 | John H. Mueller | 1985 | Janet Morando | |||
| 1984 | Nancy Huntsman | 1983 | William Taylor | |||
| 1982 | Faye L. Roberts | 1981 | Michael Weaver | |||
| 1980 | Donald Gessling | 1979 | Edith Kingsley | |||
| 1978 | R. Daniel Royal | 1977 | Earl Rinehart | |||
| 1976 | Ronald Hufner | 1975 | Ronald Hufner | |||
| 1974 | Thomas R. Baker | 1973 | Daniel F. Adams | |||
| 1972 | Charles Bundschu | 1971 | C. M. Symonds | |||
| 1970 | Carl P. Aud | 1969 | Larry Zehner | |||
| 1968 | Larry Zehner | 1967 | Hamilton Hunter | |||
| 1966 | Houston Pewett | 1965 | David Land | |||
| 1964 | George Adams | 1963 | Carter Sandin | |||
| 1962 | Nina Hines | 1961 | George B. Cobb | |||
| 1960 | James Fortiner | 1959 | Victoria Rutledge | |||
| 1958 | Victoria Rutledge | 1957 | William Smith | |||
| 1956 | Charles Moore | 1955 | Charles Moore | |||
| 1954 | Gordon Colcord | 1953 | D. K. O’Mahony | |||
| 1952 | D. K. O’Mahony | 1951 | George Guthrie | |||
| 1950 | Frank Nash | 1949 | Frank Nash | |||
| 1948 | Harry Wood | 1947 | Harry Wood | |||
| 1946 | Edna Grady | 1945 | Edna Grady | |||
| 1944 | Harry McWhorter | 1943 | Harry J. Wood | |||
| 1942 | Harry J. Wood | 1941 | Harry McWhorter | |||
| 1940 | Harry McWhorter | 1939 | J. Ragsdale | |||
| 1938 | J. Ragsdale | 1937 | Harry J. Wood | |||
| 1936 | Harry J. Wood | 1935 | Sarah Douglass | |||
| 1934 | Sarah Douglass | 1933 | Sarah Douglass | |||
| 1932 | Harry J. Wood | 1931 | Harry J. Wood | |||
| 1930 | Kate Jeffcott | 1929 | Kate Jeffcott | |||
| 1928 | Clinton Bolick | 1927 | Clinton Bolick | |||
| 1926 | Harry Wood | 1925 | Harry Wood | |||
| 1924 | Carl McClure | 1922/23 | B. E. Tinstman | |||