About Ray & Team
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Ray Vorell has been licensed in Florida real estate since 1999 — 27 years in the business, 20 of them as a licensed Florida Real Estate Broker, and 200+ closed transactions across his career. Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, he moved to South Florida and stayed, spending decades learning every corner of the market: new construction high-rise towers, waterfront estates, single-family homes, condominiums, co-ops, investment portfolios, and second homes across both coasts of Florida. He knows what works and what doesn't because he's lived through every cycle of it.
As a Principal Broker Associate with Compass, Ray brings deep market knowledge and a direct approach to every transaction. Whether you're buying your first investment property or a waterfront home, the process gets the same level of attention and the same honesty. Clients stay in touch because the experience warrants it.
"I've been around long enough to know which questions to ask before you ask them — and which markets to trust and which ones to be careful about. Fort Lauderdale right now is one of those rare moments where the fundamentals actually line up. I want the people I work with to understand exactly why."
Today, Ray and the Shore & Skyline team are deeply focused on Fort Lauderdale and Coastal Pompano Beach's new construction market — a cycle he's been tracking closely for years. His personal relationships with developer sales teams across all 21 properties in the Shore & Skyline portfolio go well beyond professional contacts. They're the product of showing up, following through, and being known as someone developers trust to work with serious buyers. That access matters — we can bring clients to developer events they wouldn't otherwise attend, share project intelligence that isn't publicly available, and navigate pre-release pricing, design center decisions, and construction timelines with the kind of insight that only comes from being in the room.
Ray lives in East Fort Lauderdale. On weekends you'll find him on the Intracoastal, at Las Olas, or at FLIBS in the fall. He eats at the restaurants, walks the neighborhoods, knows which streets flood and which ones don't, and understands what it actually feels like to live here. That's not a marketing point — it's just what 20+ years of being a local looks like.
He's also genuinely part of the community — Founding President of the Fort Lauderdale Cleveland Browns Backers (yes, that's a thing, and it matters here), and a six-year president of his neighborhood HOA. His network of developers, lenders, attorneys, inspectors, and designers isn't a curated list. It's the result of 20+ years of being involved, being reliable, and building real relationships in a city he's proud to call home.
S&S
Your Team. Start to Finish.
From first call to closing — and well beyond.
We're personally with you at every milestone — developer sales meetings, design center appointments, construction walkthroughs, pre-close inspections, and punch list reviews. If you can't be there, we'll attend on your behalf. We can also bring you to exclusive developer events and share project updates that aren't publicly available.
Most clients have more going on than a single purchase — homes to sell, second homes to consider, family relocating to the area, business partners exploring opportunities. We handle all of it.
