Sunset Park / 33629 Realtor Shortlist

For the home-rebuild-2027 CMA + eventual listing. All three picks are South-Tampa-native firms whose roster, listings, and reviews concentrate in 33629 / Bayshore / Davis Islands — not generic Tampa-wide agents.

Candidates

1. Allen and Panico Real Estate Group — The Toni Everett Company

• Why this name: Two-agent team inside the Toni Everett Co. (40+ year South Tampa luxury firm). Their featured listings sit specifically in Davis Islands, Beach Park Isles, and Bayshore — the exact micro-markets that comp Sunset Park. Kenny Allen has 10+ years at the firm; Eric Panico is the partner. They explicitly market “new construction and single family resales,” which matches the teardown-and-rebuild use case almost perfectly: they already speak the rebuild-buyer language.
• Contact:
  • Website: https://www.allenandpanico.com
  • Eric Panico: (813) 846-2998
  • Kenny Allen: (813) 624-3679
  • Office: 5000 Bayshore Blvd, Tampa FL 33611, (813) 839-5000
• Recent 33629 activity: Featured listings on their site cover Bayshore, Davis Islands, Beach Park Isles — same buyer pool as Sunset Park. Listed in Luxury Home Magazine’s Tampa luxury specialist directory.

2. Gay Glaser Gunning Group — Smith & Associates Real Estate

• Why this name: 2025 merger of the two top-producing teams at Smith & Associates (Tampa’s largest locally-owned brokerage, founded 1969). Combined 90+ years experience and $3B+ in closed sales. Stephen Gay alone has 40+ years and $850M+ personal sales volume; led the record-setting $24M Derek Jeter / Tom Brady Davis Islands sale. Smith & Associates’ South Tampa office is physically at 3801 W Bay To Bay Blvd, Tampa 33629 — they live in the zip code. This is the heaviest hitter on the list; expect polish and a thorough comp pull.
• Contact:
  • Team page: https://www.smithandassociates.com/agent/gay-glaser-gunning-group/
  • Team site: https://gayglasergunning.com
  • Smith & Associates South Tampa office: (813) 839-3800, concierge@smithandassociates.com
• Recent 33629 activity: Iconic South Tampa / Davis Islands waterfront transactions including the $24M Jeter estate; team handles the upper end of Bayshore / Beach Park / Sunset Park luxury. May be more interested in $3M+ tickets, but a $1M Sunset Park CMA is still in their wheelhouse and a future $2M+ rebuild listing is definitely on brand for them.

3. Stefan Samuels — The Toni Everett Company

• Why this name: Background in luxury homebuilding before going into brokerage, with explicit specialty in Bayshore Boulevard and Davis Islands. The homebuilder background is the differentiator for this specific project: he can speak credibly about teardown economics, rebuild costs vs. resale value, and which lots in 33629 are getting scraped. Useful even if you don’t list with him — his CMA conversation will surface rebuild-specific dynamics the other two may not volunteer.
• Contact:
  • Phone: (727) 430-4622
  • Firm: The Toni Everett Co., https://www.theeverettcompany.com
  • Office: Toni Everett HQ on Bayshore / Harbour Island
• Recent 33629 activity: Listed by the firm as one of its Bayshore Boulevard / Davis Islands specialists; less of a public sales-volume trail than Gay Glaser Gunning, so treat him as the niche rebuild-context pick rather than the volume pick.

How to engage

Suggested ask when calling/emailing:

“Hi [name], we own a 1963 home in Sunset Park (S Suffolk Dr area) that we’re considering tearing down to rebuild. Before we commit to the build, we want a comp-based estimate of current sale value — would you be open to a free CMA in exchange for being on our shortlist when we list in 2027?”

This approach gets a real CMA without commitment + lets the founder evaluate communication style during the process. Recommend engaging two of the three (suggest Allen & Panico + Gay Glaser Gunning for contrast: boutique relationship-driven vs. top-volume institutional) and using Stefan Samuels as a tiebreaker if rebuild-specific questions surface.

Caveats

• All info compiled from public web sources (firm sites, Luxury Home Magazine, Tampa Bay Business & Wealth coverage of the 2025 Smith & Associates team merger); verify current contact info before calling.
• Toni Everett Co. (firms 1 and 3) is a single brokerage — engaging both Allen & Panico and Stefan Samuels would create an internal conflict. Pick one or the other from that firm.
• All three are luxury-tier; expect the CMA conversation to assume your future rebuild lists at $2M+ rather than focusing only on the current $1M as-is value. That’s actually useful for budget sizing but be explicit you want both numbers.
• Listing commission in Tampa is typically 5.5–6% on the sell side; negotiable on a $1M+ home, especially with a multi-month relationship built during the rebuild.
• Did not include any “Premier Agent” / paid Zillow placements — those are ad slots, not specialty signals.