My primary personal interests are focused upon spending time with our family, back country spin-cast and fly fishing, writing, music, woodworking, attending athletic and music events, and exercise / boxing. I am competitive and deeply committed to the highest levels of ethics and integrity within both my personal and professional pursuits.

My wife Julia and I are blessed with 5 children, 3 boys and 2 girls, ranging in age from high school to college to graduated from college and already building their lives. I am an active parishioner at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in the Olde Naples area, and our youngest will complete his Confirmation in 2016.

Achievements:

2023 Real Trends Top 200 Agent State of Florida
2019 Real Trend Top 100 Agent State of Florida
2018 William Raveis Platinum Club- Top 1%
2018 Top Producing Associate in Office
2018 #4 Sales Associate Closed Volume-Florida
2018 Top Associate in Closed Units in Office
2018 #6 Sales Associate Company-wide in Sales Volume
2018 #9 Sales Associate Closed Units-Florida
2018 Top Listing Sales Associate in Office
2018 Top Producing Associate in Office
2017 Top 25 Single Agents Sales Volume Company-Wide
2017 #3 Closed Units-Florida
2017 #4 Sales Associate Closed Volume-Florida
2017 Chairman’s Elite Club
2016 Charman’s Elite Club
2012 & 2014 Naples Daily News Readers’ Choice Award Voted Winner for “Best Realtor” in Southwest Florida
2005 Induction to NABOR “Hall of Fame”
2000 NABOR “Realtor of the Year”
1998 NABOR President
1997 NABOR President-Elect
1995-1996 NABOR Vice-President / Secretary
1994 and 1995 NABOR Treasurer
1993 NABOR Director

I will continue to grow and adapt my knowledge and services to embrace the evolution of technologies and business tools that support the level of service this Mission Statement commits to my clients. By fulfilling this Mission Statement, the end result of the client experience shall cause the client to feel and view that he or she is the beneficiary of highly personalized expert level real estate service fully tailored to that client’s specific needs, and further, that those collective services were both diligently as well as powerfully enough delivered on that client’s behalf that the only one real estate professional the client wants to represent them, their family, friends, and associates when it comes to real estate in SW Florida is Christopher A. Braun.

Please note that by the “scalable” in my Mission Statement I mean to say not all clients have the same needs for data, property information, and understanding market dynamics; however, I am totally scalable from the most basic data needs to the most intensive data and historical information needs. I love helping clients understand our marketplace. ALL clients want confidential attentive expert level professional service in the course of either purchasing or selling real estate … and that is what each client gets.

Additionally, I have cultivated strong relationships over the past 34+ years with various like-minded professionals including attorneys, lenders, contractors and custom home builders, appraisers, insurance agencies, and a host of other service providers with one purpose in mind: help clients facilitate a successful, productive, protective, transactional environment for my clients.

The journey raised awareness of the children’s needs plus over $300,000 for the then Children’s Hospital of SW Florida (now the Golisano Children’s Hospital of SW Florida). We also raised $15,000 plus 800 pounds of goods for a children’s shelter in Moshi, Tanzania. The shelter houses abused or abandoned children as well as children orphaned by the African AIDS epidemic.

I was one of the twenty-eight Naples residents that undertook the challenge of a lifetime by climbing to the summit (19,335 feet) of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania as a fundraiser for the Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida.

The journey raised awareness of the children’s needs plus over $300,000 for the then Children’s Hospital of SW Florida (now the Golisano Children’s Hospital of SW Florida). We also raised $15,000 plus 800 pounds of goods for a children’s shelter in Moshi, Tanzania. The shelter houses abused or abandoned children as well as children orphaned by the African AIDS epidemic.

What a privilege … the day we completed our descent and got to meet the children and spend time with them was THE highlight of the trip for me.

On the photo on the left, Climber Chris Braun and a boy from the shelter play an impromptu game of soccer in the dirt courtyard that contains open-air classrooms. Although it was short, the visit was a moving experience for the exhausted climbers.

Why Chris Stood Out

“We had already agreed in our heads we were going to go with another group until we met you” Chris was among four other Realtors who met with the Wards trying to present themselves as the best person for the job. Chris met with the Wards last; but he was able to leave a lasting impression. “Just talking with you: you had all this information, you had all these spreadsheets, you had all these numbers and you answered all of our questions”. “It Just clicked you would be the one to represent us”.<

Why We Chose Chris

“You brought a different dimension” The Wards were impressed with the questions Chris was asking about the house and what improvements were made right up front “that dimension was almost an engineer’s point of view” Chris asked important questions that weren’t asked up front by other Realtors “It’s those kinds of things that we seeing continuing past the listing process” Chris does his best to lay it all out for you so there are absolutely no surprises.

Trust is always a key factor

“The hard part for us in listing and choosing anyone was that ultimate sense of rapport and trust” This is the most important part in any business relationship and luckily these Sellers found someone they could trust. “What resonated with us with you Chris, is you were able to think about the conclusion and you were confident in the analysis you had put together around pricing, marketing, timing, viability.” Chris always has his plan ready and even though he might not have all of the answers, he knows how to get them and how to get them fast. “It was something that came from Chris’ heart”

Park Shore Story

The 25 beachfront high rise architecturally significant towers that front the Gulf of Mexico along the 5 dedicated green space park areas including the Park Shore Residents’ Beach Access create a definitive skyline and environment like none other in Naples.

PS moorings CS_map_large1Park Shore is located immediately south of Pelican Bay and is bounded on the north by Seagate Drive, to the south by Fountainhead Lane, to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, and to the east by US 41. Similar to Moorings and Coquina Sands neighborhoods to the south, Park Shore offers a combination of waterfront and non-waterfront single family homes, beachfront condominiums, and waterfront as well as non-waterfront condominiums.

There are beachfront condominiums along the western side of Gulf Shore Boulevard, mid-rise waterfront condominiums along the eastern side of Gulf Shore Boulevard, and waterfront and non-waterfront homes as well as low rise garden style condominiums and villas along tree lined streets.

The canal front as well as bay front navigable Gulf access waterfront homes and condominiums with close proximity to the open waters of the Gulf of Mexico offer a variety of direct and indirect Gulf access via Doctor’s Pass.

Visionary Raymond Lutgert developed this signature coastal neighborhood which is home to some of the most luxurious and exclusive beachfront condominiums and waterfront homes in Naples. In total there are more than 600 single-family homes, 25 high-rise condos, many mid-rise condominium residences that make up the naturally bejeweled Park Shore neighborhood.

What community is situated between the Vanderbilt Beach and Park Shore coastal neighborhoods, has both the world class internationally acclaimed beachfront hotels of the Ritz-Carlton Naples and Naples Grande Resort anchoring its northwest and southwest beachfront “corners”, traces along 3 beachfront miles fronting upon the Gulf of Mexico, offers its own 18 holes championship golf course designed by noted golf course architect Arthur Hills, has over 500 protected acres of natural preserves and estuary areas among its approximately 2,000 total acres, is home to Artis-Naples (the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Performing Arts), and is the venue for the top caliber Waterside Shops whose tenants include Saks Fifth Avenue and Nordstroms among an allstar register of others? You guessed it: Pelican Bay.

PB_map_large1Developed starting in 1972 and the following 6 years of careful land planning that created the new and benchmark for master planned communities, Pelican Bay is a neighborhood of incredible vision that has withstood the test of time and been affirmed by the international acclaim it has received.

Centered around nature, the beach, and a rich array of amenities including 3 beachfront restaurants exclusively for residents, several community centers including a state of the art fitness center, tennis courts, and attentively cared for sidewalks and biking paths nestled among mature native landscaping, Pelican Bay truly has something for everyone who calls Pelican Bay their home.

And, for those seeking the ultimate beachfront living experience, there is the signature gated community of Bay Colony located within Pelican Bay. With 6 elegant beachfront high rise towers, a private enclave of 12 beachfront single family homes, and a selection of non-beachfront mid-rise towers, villas, and single family homes … truly Bay Colony along with its natural beauty and its resident only beachfront dining plus amenities is at the pinnacle of exclusive beachfront communities nationally and internationally.

From its beachfront high-rise condos on the west side of Gulf Shore Drive, to the mid-rise waterfront condos along the east side of Gulf Shore Drive, Vanderbilt Beach offers an array of lifestyles.

At the end of the day, it is performance and results that make people smile.

I am happy to go to work and look forward to the privilege to represent my clients every day along with meeting new clients with that particular thought in mind.

Thank you for visiting my website.  It is my hope we have the fun and privilege of working together.

I am always the face or voice for my client. It is not about Realtors … it is about clients. Just the client.   100% representation. The client and his wife, the client and her husband, the client and his children, grandma, grandpa, son, daughter, mother, father. Whatever the matrix of needs are, those needs are different with every transaction.

A Realtor is the advocate, the intermediary, working with other Realtors, attorneys, contractors, inspectors, building managers, condominium managers, and many other professionals and service people.   Being respectful, honest, and being known in the marketplace to follow through on whatever I say I will do is a valuable commodity that really helps me further my client’s objectives.