Focus on Realtor Bianca Botelho
by Susan Shalhoub
Realtor Bianca Botelho speaks the language of real estate – in whichever way her clients understand best.
Bianca delivers her expertise in residential, commercial, and new-build real estate in English, Portuguese, or Spanish to meet the needs of her diverse and always-growing client base.
“I was born in Brazil, so I speak Portuguese,” Bianca says. “My husband speaks Spanish, so that’s our main language at home.”
Being trilingual often means other real-estate agents send clients to her, a credit to Bianca’s stellar reputation in the industry.
A member of the RE/MAX Assured team in Maitland and the Agent Leadership Council, Bianca makes sure her clients feel educated, empowered, and catered to during their buying or selling experience. Cutting-edge technology also adds to Bianca’s ability to access and communicate the latest listings to buyers and sellers across her established, international network.
A Knowledgeable Neighbor
Bianca makes her home in Altamonte Springs and is familiar with the local school systems and the other amenities that make our community such an in-demand place to live. She’s a trusted advisor for clients and referrals before and after closing.
Bianca mentors other agents, as well, and teaches classes on the business of real estate. The property market – always changing – constantly offers opportunities to expand her own knowledge base, keeping the profession she loves fresh and new and benefitting her valued clients.
A real-estate investor herself, Bianca helps buyers and sellers from Tampa to New Smyrna Beach understand the ins and outs of the market.
“This is a great time to sell and buy,” she says. “Interest rates are affordable, though we are already seeing them going up.”
The recent combination of low inventory and high prices has generated as many as 20 offers on some of Bianca’s properties, she says, and she considers it her responsibility to prepare her buyers and sellers for what the market might bring.
“It can be stressful for them,” says Bianca. “This is my job – I keep track of the market, and I am good at negotiating. For every market, I have to prepare myself. I have to be honest with my clients and let them know the competitive market they are up against. Then, we have to put in our best offer.”
Bianca knows firsthand just how personal real estate can be. She recalls helping a friend submit an offer for a house that was just across the street. The friend wanted to buy the house for her father, a disabled veteran.
“Now,” says Bianca, “the daughter can walk right across the street and help care for him.”