Our Story
Intrasouth Real Estate Advisory Services LLC, a licensed Florida Real Estate Brokerage Company, was formed in 2005 by its founder Jerry Lewless. As a former real estate executive for Starwood Resorts and Hotels, Jerry spent his professional career leading sales and marketing efforts in the USA and the Bahamas. Initially formed as a real estate development and brokerage firm in Orlando, Florida, it has expanded into a full service operation specializing in maximizing revenue for residential and mixed-use real estate projects. Jerry is one of the few real estate brokers whom is licensed to legally operate in both Florida and the Bahamas.
Today, we have a new vision: allow our clients to leverage our extensive knowledge of the real estate markets in Florida, Mexico and the Bahamas to maximize their investment returns within an achievable timeline. We are a purveyor of lifestyles.
Specialties: strategic planning and execution of real estate business structures necessary to maximize our clients’ return on investment focusing strongly on yield management with an emphasis on sales, marketing, market data and acquisitions.
Our strong legal, accounting and development relationships in our core markets mitigates our clients’ risk and shortens the learning curve, allowing for higher yields combined with seamless transactions in an acceptable time frame.
Real Estate is local in nature and often complicated, so let us do the vetting for you.
Industry Leader
Intrasouth comprises three distinct business units which are highly respected in their fields.
1. Exclusively representing Seekers and Sellers of Luxury Residences in Florida, the Bahamas and Mexico.
Our international luxury resort experience has not gone unnoticed by our peers. With more than $3 Billion in transactions in Florida, Mexico and the Bahamas, our understanding of the international real estate realm is unique among our peers.
2. Implementing and Executing Sales and Marketing Plans for Luxury Resort Developers in Mexico and the Bahamas.
During the last 15 years the firm has developed, brokered or managed more than $1 BillionUSD in real estate transactions while managing more than $2.5 billion in assets in the USA, Bahamas and Mexico while building powerful alliances with strategic partners in these markets. With present and past clients including Banyan Tree Resorts and Hotels, Rosewood Resorts and Hotels, Fairmont Residences and Margaritaville Residences, our team is qualified to facilitate successful international real estate transactions.
While Intrasouth Real Estate Advisory Services has received numerous accolades from its clients and peers. Two of its projects, Fairmont Shock Hill and Banyan Tree Mayakoba, appeared on the cover of The Robb Report Collection January 2009 edition—a major milestone in the firm’s history.
Completed Projects:
- Capella Residences, Riviera Maya Mexico- Capella
- Maykoba Residences, Riviera Maya, Mexico- Mayakoba, Mexico
- The Pointe, Nassau, Bahamas-A Margaritaville Resort-Margaritaville Residences, Nassau
3. Development Land Acquisition
In addition to our Private Equity Clients our firm is an “in house” consultant to Pulte Homes’ largest division in the United States, based in Orlando, Florida. We focus on the Central and West Florida markets, leveraging our relationships and experience to bring in high quality large scale and mixed-use future developments. We have submitted more than $1 Billion in offers on Pulte’s behalf within the last 36 months, alone while providing Pulte with a pipeline of more than 5,000 new home sites in Central Florida over the next 2 years.
Our Mission
To provide our clients with an unrivaled level of service through a guidance based understanding of their true goals for the present and future.
Our Vision and Values
- Ethics and Integrity
- Teamwork and Involvement
- Continuous Improvement
- Communication
- Customer Focus
- Quality of Life for Team Members
Giving Back
As a member of the Rotary Club of East Nassau, the Bahamas, we are constantly contributing to those in need both locally and abroad.
