May 1, 2017
Realtors, given the nature of their trade, are connected to the communities they serve, and the address for his website – KSRQrealtor.com – makes it clear that Timothy Riggs’s bond to Sarasota/Bradenton, Florida, starts at the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport.
“I’ve been interested in aviation all my life, and a general aviation pilot for four years,” he said. A realtor since 2005, he deals in both commercial and residential properties for Wagner Realty. “I’ve made aviation my real estate niche, working with pilots and people who fly on business and for business in and around Sarasota/Bradenton.”
A member of the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), Riggs said he embraces the contributions business and general aviation make to the local community, and he understands the aviation-related requirements associated with his clients commercial or residential needs – whether they fly themselves or arrive at SRQ in a business or chartered aircraft.
And there is no better way to give a newcomer a different perspective on what’s available than from the air, he explained.
When a fellow realtor asks about the No Plane No Gain pin he always wears, it gives Riggs the opportunity to share business aviation’s contributions to those who are not aware of it.
“And then I give them a No Plane No Gain pin and enlist them in the cause,” he said.