Florida Realtors Newsroom

DESTIN, Fla. — Tula Tucker still remembers the desk where it began. She answered phones at a small-town brokerage while her son finished high school. The owner’s daughter left for Chicago to sell real estate, and the owner did something unexpected: He sent Tucker and the other front-desk pro to real estate school. “I’d always wanted to be a Realtor,” she says. “I’m a people person.” The nudge became a career that’s spanned decades and markets – from single-family neighborhoods to resort-area second homes.