Julia Fattahi and Emily Valdes are cousins and business partners with family roots in Jacksonville spanning over a century. Together they lead the Fattahi Valdes Group, serving buyers and sellers across Jacksonville and the First Coast — from the historic westside neighborhoods like Avondale and Ortega to the beaches and everywhere in between — with a focus on luxury, historic, and waterfront homes.

This isn't a market they studied — it's one they grew up in, and they've watched it evolve firsthand. Between them, they bring a wide-ranging background to the table: advertising and marketing, teaching, home building, property flipping, historic renovations, financial planning, and years spent running the business side of a busy Jacksonville practice. That range shapes how they work — part strategist, part storyteller, always grounded in what actually matters to the people in front of them.

Real estate, to them, is equal parts creativity and strategy — marketing, people, and navigating everything from mortgages to insurance along the way. Constant communication is non-negotiable, and every transaction is approached with both a compassionate eye and a sharp one, weighing the financial and the personal in equal measure.

At the end of the day, it comes down to relationships — with clients, with the community, and with the city itself.  Because in a market this personal, the right guide makes all the difference.