Gordon K. Adkins REALTOR®
Real Estate on Florida's Forgotten Coast
About
Gordon grew up on an Iowa farm, received a BS in Ag. Econ. from Iowa State University and later an MBA in Finance from Rutgers University. He joined Cargill, Inc. in Minneapolis, MN and retired in 1999 as a Vice-President after 36 years of service and moved to Apalachicola.
Gordon is married to Sandra Adkins and they jointly have 5 children--Jason, an artist in California who lives with Dhyana in the LA area, Misty who lives in Minnesota, Mike who lives in Minnesota with his family Vanessa and their 2 children Alyssa and Abbey, Erika who lives and works in the Memphis area and Jessicagrace who will be entering her Senior year in high school in a few months.
Some of Gordon's interests include singing, fishing, castnetting, bread baking, pig roasting, and traveling with Sandra. While with Cargill, Inc. he traveled extensively both domestically and internationally. He has had past interests in 4-H and FFA organizations and IFYE as well, having spent time living in India. He continues to maintain an interest in Iowa farmland and real estate. He also has an active Florida Mortgage Brokers license.
Gordon began buying property in the Panhandle area in 1978 and owns property on St. George Island as well as Apalachicola. He has had experience in beachfront rentals and tax free exchanges on St. George Island as well as commercial rentals and historic renovations in Apalachicola. He currently lives on St. George Island and believes in the future of the Panhandle area and its future growth and appreciation and would be glad to sit down and discuss his reasoning with you at any time. He considers the area his bliss - his paradise and is willing to assist others in attaining that same paradise. Gordon believes strongly in putting you, the customer, #1, and in meeting your real estate needs and will work diligently with you in accomplishing that purpose. A favorite saying of Gordon's is "the cure for high prices is high prices and the cure for low prices is low prices " We saw the former proven out in 2005 and it is his belief that we are now seeing the latter being proven out-- we will all see .----- Give him a call today as there has never been a better time to explore the opportunities here.