Atlantic Ave Magazine March 2020
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SoFlo Home Realty<br />
Roberta Lucas Can Help<br />
You Find Your New Home<br />
By nicol jenkins | photos by melissa korman<br />
For over 13 years, Roberta Lucas of SoFlo Home Realty has<br />
been assisting her clients in finding the home of their dreams.<br />
The realtor has specialized in the South Florida real estate<br />
market and has recently expanded to selling a new construction<br />
project called Delray Beach Luxury Homes, built by her business<br />
partner and husband George Lucas of Tropical Custom Builders.<br />
This luxurious development consists of 13 single family new<br />
construction homes conveniently located at 830 N Lake <strong>Ave</strong>nue,<br />
Delray Beach, minutes from the beach and <strong>Atlantic</strong> <strong>Ave</strong>nue.<br />
Transitional and contemporary models come with high-end<br />
finishes and appliances, 4 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 4,398 square<br />
feet of total area and 3,123 square feet under air. Homes come with<br />
covered patio, PGT impact windows and doors, 2-car garage, infinity<br />
pool and private manicured backyard. Offering the best in urban<br />
and coastal living, and starting at $1,799,000. For more information,<br />
visit www.delrayluxuryhomes.net.<br />
“Our goal is to make all of our customers enjoy a commercial<br />
graded built home in one of the hottest spots on earth, Delray<br />
Beach,” said Roberta.<br />
Her passion for real estate started when she was only 19 years<br />
old. As a freshman at Philadelphia Community College, Roberta<br />
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decided to buy her first property, after she decided to get her real<br />
estate license, and the rest is history.<br />
“I started selling homes in Northeast Philly. In the meantime, my<br />
husband and I crossed paths. He already owned a few properties<br />
and encouraged me to buy more. He was always very mechanically<br />
inclined to fix anything and everything. We got married in 2005 and<br />
started flipping homes in the city of Philadelphia. I dominated the<br />
Brazilian market and sold houses to many people aside from my<br />
flips,” she said.<br />
In 2010 after having two beautiful children, they decided to move<br />
to South Florida, and Roberta began selling properties from Miami<br />
to Delray Beach. Her last year as an agent working for an outside<br />
brokerage was 2017. She left One Sotheby’s International Realty<br />
and started working for SoFlo Home Realty, a company owned by<br />
her husband, George Lucas. “He has done a lot to improve the cities<br />
of Fort Lauderdale and Oakland Park, including winning the prize of<br />
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