Meet the Realtors: Former musician Scott Forman in harmony with Key West

BY TERRY SCHMIDA

Like many successful Key Westers who came to visit and stayed on to start a second career, Royal Palms Realty Inc. Principal Broker Scott Forman has an interesting back-story.

“I was actually a professional musician and songwriter in New York City for 25 years,” said Forman, who originally hails from Long Island, N.Y. “And back in the late 1980s and early 1990s I worked as a producer/engineer at the Hit Factory.”

In that capacity, Forman cut his teeth working with such music legends as Miles Davis, and Stevie Wonder. By the early 2000s however, Forman was ready for a change.

“I visited Key West on vacation three times,” he said. “And we were having one of those really brutal winters up north, so on my third trip, I just said, ‘I don’t know why I’m going back. I moved here about a year later, in 2001, and ended up meeting my wife Paola, got married, started a business and a family.”

As the owner of Royal Palms Realty, Forman has become one of the foremost experts in local luxury real estate, and was named Key West Realtor of the Year, in 2013.

With just under 15 years in experience in his field, Forman is now a top producer in the Key West luxury market He was selected to take over Marquis Properties as the two top Luxury Boutique companies merged into Royal Palms Realty in 2014. The firms had combined sales of $52.7 million in 2013 with only two luxury agents selling to reach those numbers. Since 2014 Scott has sold over $60 million in Key West real estate. He credits his Licensed Administrator Sara Hallett, who received the Rookie of the Year award in 2016, for helping his company succeed.

Forman’s passion is for providing personalized service and creating the best experience luxury buyers and sellers could ask for. Along with his wife, who runs the property management division of Royal Palms, Forman has found a second career he can really sink his teeth into.

“In this business, we get to see a lot of really interesting and beautiful architecture” Forman said. “There’s so much to experience in the properties we sell. With our focus on luxury properties, we’re really very lucky. It’s a lot of fun dealing with these properties, and getting to know some of the warmest and most interesting people you could ask to meet.”

In his spare time, Forman continues to play guitar, and spend time with his wife and three children, ages 5, 8, and 18.

He and his wife also contribute their time and efforts to helping the Florida Keys SPCA.

“We do that both personally, and as a company,” Forman said. We think it’s a very good cause to be a part of.

For more information, or to reach Scott Forman of Royal Palms Realty, call 305-923-9884, email [email protected] or visit https://royalpalmsrealty.com/

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