About PBP Real Estate · team
Meet the PBP Real Estate team
Selling or buying a home comes down to one straight answer about a number and one person who picks up the phone. These are the licensed Florida real estate sales associates who work with buyers, sellers and renters at PBP Real Estate across Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade, Martin and St. Lucie counties, under Gia Freer, Broker of Record, and Grant Freer, Owner and Broker Associate.
Brokers: Gia Freer, Broker of Record (BK689801), and Grant Freer, Owner and Broker Associate (BK3077984). Read their story or see Gia’s housing-data analyst page.
Our agents
Marissa Jackson
Real Estate Sales Associate · Port St. Lucie, Stuart, Palm City, Jupiter, Palm Beach Gardens and Palm Beach County
Marissa Jackson is a South Florida native and licensed real estate professional since 2021, serving clients throughout Port St. Lucie, Stuart, Palm City, Jupiter, Palm Beach Gardens, and Palm Beach County. With a strong understanding of the South Florida and Treasure Coast markets, Marissa specializes in working with sellers, first-time homebuyers, new construction, and waterfront properties.
Known for her responsiveness, clear communication, and hands-on approach, she makes it a priority to keep her clients informed and confident throughout every step of the buying or selling process. Whether preparing a home for market or helping a buyer navigate their next move, Marissa combines local knowledge with a client-first approach to deliver an experience built on trust, strategy, and results.
Reach Marissa through the office: 561-395-8418 or info@pbpre.com.
Lucia “Lucy” Martinez
Real Estate Sales Associate · Miami-Dade, Broward and South Palm Beach County · English and Spanish
Lucia “Lucy” Martinez is a Florida-licensed real estate professional, first licensed in 2024, serving clients throughout Miami-Dade, Broward, and South Palm Beach County. Specializing in rentals and single-family homes, Lucia is committed to making the real estate process approachable, seamless, and tailored to each client’s unique needs.
Fluent in both English and Spanish, she provides personalized service to a diverse range of clients throughout South Florida. Born and raised in South Florida and having grown up between Boca Raton and Miami Lakes, Lucia brings in-depth personal knowledge of the communities, neighborhoods, and lifestyle that make Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach County unique.
Reach Lucia through the office: 561-395-8418 or info@pbpre.com.
Esther Padula
Real Estate Sales Associate · South Florida
Esther Padula brings more than 20 years of experience in financial services, client relationships, and personalized planning to the South Florida real estate market. With an MBA from Lynn University, Esther understands that buying or selling a home is both a personal and financial decision.
She takes the time to understand each client’s needs, simplify the process, and provide attentive guidance from beginning to end. Known for her responsiveness and client-first approach, Esther is committed to helping buyers, sellers, and investors make confident real estate decisions.
Reach Esther through the office: 561-395-8418 or info@pbpre.com.
Transaction management
Ruti Skridulis
Transaction Manager
Ruti Skridulis is PBP Real Estate’s Transaction Manager, coordinating every file from executed contract to closing. She brings decades of experience as a mortgage broker and real estate paralegal, a background that gives her a working knowledge of contracts, title, lending timelines and association requirements that few transaction coordinators can match.
Once a contract is signed, Ruti tracks every deadline and keeps clients, cooperating agents, title companies, lenders and HOA and condo associations moving in step, following up until each item is done. Known for her problem-solving and clear, genuine communication, she keeps the transaction on track so clients and agents can focus on the move ahead.
Reach Ruti through the office: 561-395-8418 or info@pbpre.com.
How the team works
Every agent at PBP Real Estate works under the same brokers, the same published brokerage facts and the same South Florida housing data that sits behind every price we recommend. Licensed Florida agents who want to work this way can read how PBP works with agents.
Questions people ask
Who will I work with at PBP Real Estate?
Every client works with a licensed Florida real estate sales associate under Gia Freer, Broker of Record (BK689801), and Grant Freer, Owner and Broker Associate (BK3077984). The brokerage, PBP Real Estate, LLC (Florida brokerage license CQ1064615), is a transaction broker.
Which areas does the team cover?
Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade, Martin and St. Lucie counties: Marissa Jackson on the Treasure Coast and northern Palm Beach County, Lucia Martinez in Miami-Dade, Broward and South Palm Beach County, and Esther Padula across South Florida. Gia and Grant Freer work with sellers across all five counties.
Does anyone on the team speak Spanish?
Yes. Broker Gia Freer and Lucia Martinez are both fluent in English and Spanish, and the market pages on this site are published in both languages.
Who handles the paperwork once we are under contract?
Transaction Manager Ruti Skridulis coordinates each file from executed contract to closing: deadlines, title, lender and association follow-up, with the listing or buyer agent and the brokers staying responsible for the transaction itself.
How do I reach the team?
Call the office at 561-395-8418 or email info@pbpre.com. A licensed human replies within one business day.
PBP Real Estate, LLC is a licensed Florida real estate brokerage (license CQ1064615) and a transaction broker. Agent license status can be verified on the Florida DBPR license record.