As she approached her 10-year Realtor anniversary, Allison Werner decided it was time to redefine the experience of buying and selling homes in Sarasota, and Couture Real Estate was born!

but Sarasota Realtor Troy Funk has embraced the Internet. He and his wife, Jenifer, just opened a Sarasota branch of Allison James Estates & Homes, an Internet-based real estate company.

Allison Werner, a Realtor with Andrews & Associates Realty Inc. in Sarasota, recently launched the Running Realtor Sarasota brand and the Web site runningrealtorsarasota.com, named for her ...