Meet AJ Vetter — Your Florida Keys Broker
Keys native. Top 1% in the Upper Keys. Fifteen-plus years of putting the right buyers on the right islands.
Most agents can tell you what a listing says. AJ Vetter can tell you what the canal behind it does at a spring low tide.
AJ grew up in the Upper Keys — on the water that out-of-town buyers spend years dreaming about — and has spent more than fifteen years turning that local knowledge into one of the strongest track records in the islands: a top-1% agent in the Upper Keys, and the founder and broker of Palm House Real Estate in Islamorada.
Palm House was built around a simple observation: most Keys buyers aren't from the Keys. They're searching from New York, Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta, Boston — and what they need isn't another portal. It's someone on the ground who answers honestly: which streets flood the insurance math, which "deep water" claims survive a tide chart, which islands still allow the rental plan they're counting on, and when the right answer is a different mile marker than the one they searched.
That's the job here. Among Islamorada realtors, AJ's practice is distinct for how much of it happens before the flight — video walk-throughs, canal-by-canal comparisons, insurance quotes run in parallel — so that when you do come down, you're touring finalists, not maybes.
And while home base is Islamorada, the practice runs the whole chain. Whether you need an Upper Keys specialist or a Key West realtor who can compare Old Town against Casa Marina against Key Haven dockage, the search starts from the same place: what do you want your week in the Keys to look like?
Credentials
AJ Vetter — Broker
Palm House Real Estate
Florida Broker License BK3296730
Office: Islamorada, Florida — serving Key Largo to Key West
Track record
Top 1% agent, Upper Keys · Keys native · 15+ years
Brand site: palmhouserealestate.com
What clients say
“AJ Vetter is the best realtor/broker we have ever known. He and his team were able to quickly sell our home, holding our hands every step of the way. His team goes above and beyond the standard. We would recommend him to anyone in the keys.”
Ana Walter Google review“AJ, was very professional, experienced and easy to work with. Excellent service with my transactions.”
John Walsh Google review“Professional and business savvy! I will use them again.”
Thomas Nagy Google reviewHow AJ works with out-of-town buyers
- A real conversation first. Budget, boat, timeline, rental plans — twenty minutes that saves you three wrong trips.
- Search + alerts on this site. Your saved searches come straight to AJ; when something fits, you hear about it the hour it lists.
- Video tours before flights. Live walk-throughs, canal checks at low tide, straight answers on what the listing leaves out.
- One trip, the right trip. When you fly down, you tour finalists. When you're ready, AJ's team handles inspections, insurance, and a mail-away closing if you need one.
Speed matters here: during business hours, expect a personal reply — often on video — within the hour.