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Mr. Van H. Akin
Owner/broker
AKIN REALTY COMPANY
SIOR, CCIMSIOR Member since 1997
Consulting, Investments, Sale/Leasing, Tenant RepresentationAbout
Van Akin offers expertise in analyzing and solving your real estate needs. As a lifelong member of the Ocala/Marion County Community and a licensed real estate broker for over 45 years, he is committed to helping each client make smart real estate decisions. Van provides an unparalleled customer experience with his knowledge, honesty and down-to-earth attitude. He is a family man and very involved in the community and its needs.
Van received his BSBA from the University of Florida and Majored in Real Estate. He is a Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) and a member of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR).
Van can help you solve your real estate needs. Some of the services that he specializes in are:
Brokerage Services
Purchase and Sale
New Lease/Lease Renewal
Exchange
Occupancy cost benchmarking
Negotiation of purchase terms with your specific needs accounted for
Facilitating the due diligence process while reviewing a potential property purchase
Facilitate the construction process
Facilitate the lease documents review
Facilitate the move process
Facilitate vendor selection appropriate to the needs/process
Portfolio Administration
Oversee multi-site lease or owned property administration
Supplemental Services
Quarterly statistical updates and data for the last 10 years
Full access to my commercial real estate market research database
Full access to mapping services and demographic information databases
Full access to graphic design
Client Log In Web access to documents relevant to the process
Entitlements
Entitlement process
Resolving Issues Regarding
Land
Comprehensive Planning
Zoning
Environmental
Title
Survey: Encroachment, Legal descriptions
Utility: water, sewer, gas, electrical
Drainage: Flood plain
Transportation: Traffic concurrency, access
Permitting
Construction: Design, space planning, maintenance, demolition
Engineering: Site planning
Active Committees (0)
No active committees on record.
Past Committees (7)
- SIOR-Florida ChapterPresident · 2013–2014
- Chapter Leadership CouncilCommittee Member · 2013–2014
- SIOR-Florida ChapterVice President · 2012–2013
- SIOR-Florida ChapterTreasurer · 2011–2012
- SIOR-Florida ChapterSecretary · 2011–2012
- SIOR-Florida ChapterAdmissions Chair · 2011
- Advertising & Public RelationsCommittee Member · 1998–2000
Events Attended This Year (0)
No events this year.
Lifetime Events Attended (39)
- Southeast Regional ConferenceSep 25, 2021
- 2021 TransACT 360Apr 28, 2021
- Central Florida Happy HourSep 25, 2019
- Tampa HHJul 25, 2019
- Spring Conference 03/14/2019Mar 14, 2019
- Fall Conference 09/13/2018Sep 13, 2018
- Central Florids Developers UpdateMay 23, 2018
- CCIM & SIOR SocialApr 19, 2018
- Spring Conference 03/08/2018Mar 8, 2018
- Office & Industrial Developer NetworkingNov 16, 2017
- Lunch & NetworkingNov 15, 2017
- Lunch & Networking 2017Nov 15, 2017
- SIOR Southeast Regional ConferenceAug 24, 2017
- Winter ConferenceMay 18, 2017
- 2017 Spring World ConferenceApr 26, 2017
- Annual Fall Meeting 2016Nov 7, 2016
- 2016 Fall World ConferenceOct 20, 2016
- Candidate and Member LunchJul 26, 2016
- Spring Annual Meeting 2016May 19, 2016
- Southeastern Regional MeetingSep 10, 2015
- Polytechnic University TourJun 1, 2015
- Indoor Kart RacingMay 21, 2015
- Spring Annual Meeting 2015Mar 12, 2015
- 2014 Spring World ConferenceApr 22, 2014
- 2013 Fall World ConferenceOct 24, 2013
- 2012 Spring World ConferenceMay 8, 2012
- 2011 Fall World ConferenceOct 20, 2011
- 2010 Spring World ConferenceApr 22, 2010
- Leadership Conference 2009Oct 28, 2009
- FWC 2009Oct 27, 2009
- 2009 Spring World ConferenceApr 24, 2009
- 2008 Fall World Conference - Minneapolis, MNOct 28, 2008
- 2007 FPCNov 9, 2007
- 2006 Fall Professional ConferenceOct 27, 2006
- 2005 Fall Professional ConferenceNov 4, 2005
- 2005 Spring ConventionApr 14, 2005
- 2004 Fall Professional ConferenceNov 4, 2004
- 2003 Spring ConventionApr 24, 2003
- 2001 Fall Professional ConferenceOct 25, 2001

