Tampa Bay · Buying, selling, new builds

The home you'll love and the numbers to go with it.

Tampa Bay, new construction or resale. Honest advice, real numbers, Saturday tours when you want one.

Scroll
0Communities on file
0Builders compared
SaturdaysTours on request, new build or resale
$0Extra to you. The builder pays our fee
A different kind of agent

Quiet expertise, not a sales pitch.

Whether it is a 1950s bungalow in Seminole Heights or a model home in Wesley Chapel, we start with what it costs to own, then find the one that fits. On new construction we know how the incentives, lot premiums and design center really add up, so you walk in prepared and we negotiate from there.

How a Saturday tour works →
01

Buy

Resale or new build, across Tampa Bay. We start with what the monthly actually costs, then show only what fits.

→
02

Sell

Pricing is math, not a guess. The comps, the plan, and marketing that doesn't look like everyone else's.

→
03

New construction

Every community, every builder, every incentive, decoded. We register you first so each one applies.

→

"We'd rather you buy the right house slowly than the wrong one fast."

Brendin Straubel
The new build explorer

Every new community in Tampa Bay. One place.

Filter by price, builder, area or lifestyle. Open a community and read what we actually think of it. Prices and incentives refreshed every Friday.

Open the explorer →
How a Saturday tour works

Three homes. One morning. Zero pressure.

1

Tell us what matters

Price, commute, must haves, new build or resale. Five minutes by phone or a DM. We pick three homes or communities that fit, and if a builder is involved we register you first.

2

We tour together

We pick a Saturday that works for you and walk each one together, with the real monthly number, the lot premiums and how each incentive works, all on the table.

3

You decide, we negotiate

Sellers and builders both have room, on price, closing costs, options and lots. We know where. Buyers pay nothing extra for representation.

Thinking of selling

What is your home worth right now?

A real number from what sold near you, not a computer guess. Usually within a day.

By submitting you agree to a text or call from Straubel Home Team about your home. No lists, no robocalls.
Brendin Straubel
Brendin StraubelRealtor · La Rosa Realty
Mercedes Straubel
Mercedes StraubelBroker Associate · La Rosa Realty
Who you're working with

A mother and son team that actually walks the homes.

Mercedes is a broker associate who has been licensed since 2000 and has helped Tampa Bay families buy and sell for over 25 years. Brendin spent a decade on the financing side before getting licensed, so the first question we ask is "what does this actually cost you," not "what's your budget." We keep a running file on every new build community in Tampa Bay, love a house with character as much as a brand new one, and tell you what we'd skip.

Let's talk →
Book a tour

Three homes, picked for you, with us driving the plan.

Leave your number and we'll text you to pick a Saturday. Or DM "TOUR" on Instagram.

No lists. No robocalls. Just a text from Brendin.