Chardayne (Char) Seuffert, broker owner of RE\/MAX Sunshine. PHOTO PROVIDED<\/p>\n
Chardayne (Char) Seuffert, broker owner of RE\/MAX Sunshine, said she identifies as an islander, as she lived here when she was a child in 1982. Her heart, she said, is in Matlacha, which is just one of her two current business locations. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhat people should know about me is that I am the hardest worker they\u2019ll ever meet and I am extraordinarily passionate about the island and about real estate.<\/p>\n
She\u2019s got roots here in Southwest Florida, as she graduated from Mariner High and has known folks from the island going back as far as high school. In June 2022, however, was when she said she became fully entrenched on the island. <\/p>\n
She said she wanted to open her business in Matlacha, which she affectionately refers to as Magical Matlacha. She was told she could not open an office in Matlacha for reasons having to do with the sharing of the same ZIP code of her office in Cape Coral, but said she was determined to make it happen. Now, she describes it as something that was just meant to be.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe opportunity to be on the island, I think is a gift. There is no better place on earth. The people here are rooting for each other they help each other, they are the doers. It\u2019s a little time capsule,\u201d Seuffert said.<\/p>\n
Seuffert said her love for Pine Island and Matlacha is most easily displayed in her side-by-side work with the other islanders in whatever capacity is needed. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019ve lifted me up and they\u2019ve come and helped me. We just ban together. We try to raise money. We\u2019re acutely aware of the needs of the island,\u201d Seuffert said.<\/p>\n
Having to describe the island to a stranger, she said, would find her telling them it\u2019s the happiest place on earth.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou never know who you\u2019re sitting next to out here, because no one cares. It\u2019s all about living your best life and being happy,\u201d Seuffert said.<\/p>\n
Seuffert said her greatest wish for the island would be for it to thrive and pick up from the last 3 years.<\/p>\n
\u201cStay small and quaint and beautiful,\u201d Seuffert said.<\/p>\n