Reid, Bill
After falling in love with the area and purchasing Pineapple Plantation vacation rental in 2002, Bill hatched his exit plan trading the corporate chaos of Dallas, TX for the peace and tranquility of Gulf County earning his real estate license in 2004 and moving his family to the coast in early 2008.
Over the past 7 years Bill has been ranked in the Top 10 in sales many times with the following distinctions:
• President of the REALTORS® Association of Franklin & Gulf Counties Board of
Directors and Chair of the MLS Committee
• Member Resort and Second Home Property Specialist (RSPS) Certification
• GRI, (Graduate Realtor Institute) designation
Bill has successfully handled numerous short sales and foreclosures, and has helped clients purchase homes both at auction and on the court house steps including finding properties not even listed for sale.
As owner of Pineapple Plantation on Cape San Blas since September 2002, Bill is thoroughly experienced in vacation rental home ownership. He has an extensive knowledge of internet marketing, reservations, management and income expectations. His enthusiasm, technical skills, professionalism and first-hand knowledge of the vacation rental business will help make your second home investment a profitable one.
Clients say Bill is straightforward and to the point so you’ll know where you stand because he tells it like it is! His clients feel secure knowing that Bill will always go above and beyond for them.
When not working hard for his clients, Bill is involved with his wife Caryn’s businesses, Hospitality Linens and The Laundry Basket. Hospitality Linens focuses on commercial work serving many property management companies on the Forgotten Coast and the Laundry Basket is a self-serve coin Laundromat on Reid Avenue Port St. Joe where Bill has been known to meet clients.
A family man, Bill also manages his boy’s competitive soccer team and serves as the Chairman for the International Baccalaureate Parent Committee for Rutherford High School in Panama City.
