Crystal Schwartz
Crystal Schwartz
Real Estate Broker
Lakewood Ranch, FL
Crystal started her residential real estate career in Northern Colorado in 2012 and successfully focused energies on assisting residential homeowner occupant buyers and sellers.
Before real estate, Crystal worked ten years in law enforcement as a police officer and then detective. She specialized in child crimes, internet crimes against children and was also trained as and worked as a hostage negotiator with the regional SWAT team. With her criminal justice background, Crystal has a strong sense of justice and a protective nature and strives to ensure her customers are treated fairly and protected within their real estate outcomes.
Crystal earned a Bachelors Degree in Psychology and Criminal Justice from the University of Northern Colorado and a Masters Degree in Forensic Psychology from the University of North Dakota. She had early aspirations to be a prosecuting attorney and then criminal psychiatrist.
Upon moving to Florida, Crystal worked for a local & reputable new home builder and learned the ins and outs of the new construction business. . This was a short season in Crystal’s selling career before she realized she was most suited to selling general real estate and working for the customer instead of the builder.
While in Florida, Crystal took a position as a Sales Manager and then promoted to Managing broker at Coldwell Banker Realty in Venice. During this time, Crystal managed 160 +/- realtors in their 1,200 +/- real estate transactions a year. After Crystal’s success at Coldwell Banker, she was approached with an opportunity to open the Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate Atchley Properties Venice location as a Branch Manager. Crystal spent 4 ½ years as a manager before deciding to step down to again serve customers in their real estate transactions.
Crystal proudly teaches the required National Association of Realtors Ethics course to fellow Realtors as a volunteer instructor at the Venice Area Board of Realtors. She also previously sat on the Grievance Committee as a volunteer at the Board of Realtors. The Grievance Committee reviews complaints of Ethics violations against fellow realtors and decides whether a violation has likely occurred and if the alleged event needs to be heard by the Professional Standards Board. As of 2025, Crystal now sits as a volunteer on the Professional Standards Committee where she and others hear the ethics complaints and their evidence and decide on the violations of the National Association of Realtors Code of Ethics.
Crystal also proudly serves as a member of the SERTOMA (Service to Mankind) club of Venice. This club donates time and monies to many charity causes within the area with the primary focus of fundraising going to care for children who are challenged with communication impairment through our center, the Sertoma Speech Clinic of Venice.
Outside of work, Crystal enjoys time spent with her teenage daughter and two shih tzu mix dogs. She spends a lot of time reading and is part of two book local clubs. She also enjoys watching NHL hockey (Go Avalanche and Go Lightning!), attending pro hockey and baseball games, playing bingo, watching live theatre shows and time spent amongst friends and family! She is proud of her younger brother, a retired US Air Force Master Sergeant and feels she learned a lot of business sense from growing up around her grandfather’s businesses (truck stop, steakhouse, towing service and gas station). Her grandfather also owned these businesses after retiring from the United States Air Force as a Senior Master Sergeant. Crystal recently learned she has a half-sister in Puerto Rico from Ancestry DNA testing! Crystal dreams of travels to Italy, Ireland and Greece!
Designations
- Graduate REALTOR® Institute
- Accredited Buyer's Representative
- Certified Residential Specialist
- Pricing Strategy Advisor
- Seller Representative Specialist
- At Home with Diversity
- Master Certified Negotiation Expert
- Resort & Second-Home Property Specialist
- Seniors Real Estate Specialist
- e-PRO
- Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker
Spoken languages: English
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