Hello, I'm Rick Lehman.
As a high school senior
in Toledo Ohio, I knew I did not want to look at six months of snow all my
life. At the time I was one of Ohio's best junior golfers.
So I wrote a letter to the golf coach at the University of South Florida, in
Tampa, showing my credentials (city champ and runner-up of Ohio) put a 4 cent
stamp on it, and sent it to the land of sunshine.
Almost forgetting I had sent it, three weeks later came the reply that forever
changed my life.
I was awarded a full golf scholarship starting in the fall of 1965.
Doing my four years of study
and playing solidly against the best collegiate golfers in the world, I decided
playing professional golf was not the type of life that I wanted. 
Instead, I
was given the job in 1969 of selling real estate at a resort that was just being
constructed by some of my hometown Toledo Friends: the world famous the Innisbrook
Resort!
It was at Innisbrook that
I gained the experience of dealing with customers from all over the world, each
one having his or her own set of needs within the real estate market. Learning
the valuable lesson of listening to the customer has stayed with me for more
than 35 years.
Then I was sent to Lake Tahoe
to help with a resort in the Sierra Mountains, never aware of what was to be
my most valuable moment-- the meeting of a lovely lady, Carol, who was to become
my wife. It was her warm spirit and loving nature that endeared her to me.
From the majestic mountains
of the west I talked Carol into moving back to Florida. I spoke to her of the
most lovely small Gulf Coast town imaginable--Tarpon Springs.
It was love at first sight!
We both realized that quaint Tarpon Springs was the town in which we wanted to
raise our family. It is the kind of town where cars honk their horns to you when
you walk down the street.
It was only natural that upon
our arrival back to the west coast of Florida that I would seek out the potential
real estate possibilities. Seeing a large need for a warm friendly hometown real-estate
office in Tarpon Springs, Carol and I opened our office, Coast-to-Coast Real
Estate Group in 1986.
Not wanting a huge company
like your typical 50-agent franchise, Carol and I intentionally set out to have
a small five to six agent company where still today, the phone is answered by
a live person. The agents all bring with them over 25 years of experience in
the real estate business.
Coast to Coast Real Estate
Group specializes in our home town-- Tarpon Springs, Florida. There many types
of waterfront-- Gulf of Mexico, Anclote River, bayou and freshwater lakes. There
are rural areas for the horse lover or the in-town cracker homes within walking
distance to the fine restaurants and antique shops.
During our many years of selling
properties, we noticed that a lot of purchasers wanted someone to lease their
properties for them when they weren't using them. Another facet of real estate
occurred from the needs of the customers. Today we have a full time agent managing
over 100 homes and condominiums for out of state owners.
One of Coast to Coast's biggest
assets is the smart location is that we enjoy. 1988 we purchased a lovely quaint
older building located at 528 East Tarpon avenue. Situated directly across the
street from the United Methodist Church, people easily recognize the cute yellow
and white building with its friendly atmosphere, many of the townspeople stop
in just to say hi. Plenty of parking makes our office easily accessible for the
customer.
Today Coast to Coast Real
Estate has assumed the leadership role in real estate for Tarpon Springs. We
handle all the real estate work for the leading attorneys in the town. But it's
the repeat business plus the referrals from our customers that really explains
the success of Coast to Coast Real Estate.
To think-- it all started
with a 4 cent postage stamp!
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out all about Tarpon Springs 
