ABOUT COMMERCIAL AGENT Richard Dempsey

Richard Dempsey, ALC, CIPS is a Senior Advisor at SVN | Saunders Ralston Dantzler Real Estate in Lakeland, Florida.

Richards real estate career began in 1984 as an appraiser for the Polk County Property Appraisers Office. Later, he was
a state certified general appraiser with an agricultural lender for thirteen years, appraising a wide variety of properties.

His experience includes a wide variety of property types from small residential tracts to up to 25,000-acre groves as well
as various types of commercial properties all over the state. Having sales and appraisal experience throughout Florida.
Richard is knowledgeable about the diverse aspects of todays real estate market.

Richard has served as the President of Lakeland Realtors (LR) in 2010 and 2020. He served as the 2012 Florida
Realtors District 10 Vice President and served in that role again in 2021. Richard was inducted into the Florida
Realtors Honor Society in 2013 and he will serve as the National Association of Realtors (NAR) liaison Federal Political
Coordinator for U.S. Congressman Scott Franklin. He previously served in that role for U.S. Congressman Dennis Ross.

He was voted the Commercial Realtor of the Year in 2017 and Realtor of the Year in 2011 by Lakeland Realtors.
Richard has also served on numerous LR committees. In 2017, he served as the Vice-Chair of the Building Committee,
helping to oversee the construction of the award winning, state-of-the art new location of Lakeland Realtors.

In addition to his service to Lakeland Realtors and Florida Realtors, he has served on the corporate Coldwell Banker
Commercial technology council. Richard is proud to be a Lakeland native.