James M. Osborne, President of Osborne & Company, Inc. is an Accredited Buyer Representative with more than 30 years experience in Florida, and across the country in capacities such as full project development, direct sales, sales management, project marketing, consultation and complete market analysis for both residential and commercial properties. As a 25 year resident of Southwest Florida Jim understands the choices in residential communities, builders and developers.

As a successful builder, marketing executive and developer of master planned country club and waterfront communities, his expertise in the residential real estate market and property evaluation is exemplary. Jim is an avid golfer with a keen understanding of the game as it relates to real estate and has worked with experts such as Arnold Palmer in designing and developing golf course communities around the country. Since opening Osborne and Company in the summer of 1996, he has successfully completed transactions totaling more than $100 million in exclusive Naples, Bonita Springs & Estero neighborhoods.

Our Mission
The mission of Osborne & Company is to cultivate long term personal relationships with buyers seeking the most educated choice in a real estate purchase.

How do we work?
Our clients have wide ranging goals and desires. The real value of our service begins with defining specific criteria that represent each client’s individual situation, and always remains highly objective about the relative value of a property. We work on an exclusive, private basis, and only with Buyers.

Who are we?
We are exclusively a company of Buyer’s Agents in Naples, Florida. Our expertise and broad backgrounds are invaluable, as we possess a wide range of skills including: Acquisition, Financing, General Contracting, New Home Construction, Design, and Investment Analysis. These qualities converge to provide extraordinary service beyond the scope of most buyers’ agents.  Our goal is to provide our clients with the most accurate and objective perspective as to a property’s value. To us, information is power.  We are constantly striving for ways to work smarter, hence providing more power to our clients.

What makes us unique?
Our clients all have one thing in common. They are seeking a frank and unbiased approach to finding the right property for themselves. They don’t want to be “sold” on properties that don’t fit their criteria.  The clients that continue to work with us over time understand the value of the honest and mindful process we undergo with them.  We are only on one timeline to find the ideal property:   the client’s timeline.  We work with our clients for as long as it takes, and often on multiple properties.      

What kind of properties do we have experience with?
We have a wide range of experience over the past 30 years in both residential and commercial real estate. We utilize our expertise in general contracting, building, and design and are tenacious in finding the best resources in the marketplace to assist in achieving our client’s goals.  Like any other brokerage, we have access to the thousands of listed MLS properties, but unlike most, we carefully evaluate FSBO properties (For Sale By Owner) as well as government-auctioned properties such as Sheriff Sale and Foreclosure Properties.  We know these properties can represent real value to our clients.

Noreen & Bengt Myrin, Sweden
"We found Jim on the Internet after some frustrating experiences working on our own with the Naples real estate market.  He has been invaluable in our family's relocation to Naples from Sweden, he helped us with everything from drivers' licenses to insurance and legal professionals in conjunction with our purchase of 2 properties.  His service, ability and dedication far surpassed our expectations."

Sheri & David Friedrich, Maine
"When we clicked on Jim's web site we hoped we had finally found a Realtor who would look after our interests - and did we ever!  He did a great deal of research ahead of our visit and zeroed in on properties that made sense for us.  In a few days we located a great home.  We recommend him highly.

Janet & Ken Boddington, U. K.
"We first worked with Jim 7 years ago when he was at Collier's Reserve Golfing Community.  We purchased a lot, decided not to build, then hired him (as one of his first clients when he started his firm representing Buyer's) to find us a completed home there.  We were successful and a couple of  years later used the profits from the sale of that home to purchase another home on the water.  We have become good friends and have the greatest respect for his talents to handle the great amount of detail required in a real estate purchase."

Jayne & Fred Krol, Chicago
"Jim helped us find a golf community and a builder we were comfortable with.  He was on top of everything, all the details of specifying and building our custom home.  We love the home and have subsequently purchased another property from him.  We have become good friends and have referred several clients to him."