Your Trusted Guide in Florida Luxury Real Estate
Expertise, Elegance, Excellence with Lana Parks
Your Trusted Guide in Florida Luxury Real Estate
Expertise, Elegance, Excellence with Lana Parks
About Aloha Destin Beach Properties
Lana Parks, Realtor
Lana Parks is a luxury real estate agent specializing in the Emerald Coast’s most desirable properties, from waterfront estates and beachfront condos to second homes and investment opportunities. Serving Destin, Fort Walton Beach, Miramar Beach, Santa Rosa Beach, and the surrounding Emerald Coast, She combines over a decade of real estate and construction experience with prestigious certifications, including Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist (CLHMS), Resort & Second Home Property Specialist (RSPS), and Military Relocation Professional (MRP).
As a former licensed contractor, Lana brings an expert eye for quality and detail that gives her clients a competitive advantage. She approaches every transaction with professionalism, integrity, and the Hawaiian “Spirit of Aloha,” ensuring a seamless and rewarding experience for buyers and sellers in Florida’s luxury real estate market.
Whether you’re seeking a waterfront estate, a sophisticated investment, or a seamless sale at top value, Lana Parks is your key to success on the Emerald Coast.
Lana Parks knows what it’s like to move around the country. She was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, moved to Bend, Oregon, in 2001, to Gulf Breeze, Florida, in 2006, and finally to Fort Walton Beach, Florida, in 2018. Lana also understands the military moving process.
Permanent Change of Station (PCS). Not only is she designated a Military Relocation Professional (MRP) and a Florida Military Specialist (FMS), but she also served for 15 years in the Army Reserve.
A realtor for 10 years, Lana also holds the distinction of being a licensed contractor during her time in Oregon.
She worked for a home builder, overseeing the superintendents and project managers, and was a painting contractor for three years.
Buyers and sellers working with Lana have the additional benefit of knowing Lana looks beyond just the cosmetic attributes of a home.
Lana’s other certifications include:
- Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist (CLHMS)
- Resort and Second Home Property Specialist (RSPS)
- Real Estate Negotiation Expert (RENE)
- Accredited Buyers Representative (ABR)
Being raised in Hawaii has formed Lana’s professional work ethic.
She works with the “spirit of Aloha.” While many know Aloha as a Hawaiian greeting, it means much more.
There’s a legend that says Hawaiian children were taught the meaning of Aloha with the following acronym:
- A: Akahai – kindness, expressed with tenderness
- L: Lokahi – unity, expressed with harmony
- O: Oluolu – agreeable, expressed with pleasantness
- H: Haahaa – humility, expressed with modesty
- A: Ahonui – patience, expressed with perseverance
Passionate about helping people find a home, Lana takes this responsibility seriously. She is committed to a personal and professional life of compassion, kindness, happiness, humility, and perseverance.
Lana has three daughters and four grandchildren. She enjoys fishing and reading real estate and self-improvement books. Though she has lived on a boat traveling to the Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Turks and Caicos Islands, and Puerto Rico; skydiving remains on her bucket list.
She ends her emails with the word “Mahalo.” It means to live in gratitude.
Born and raised in Honolulu, Lana Parks currently resides in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, where she works as a real estate professional. She serves communities along the Emerald Coast, including Gulf Breeze, Navarre and Navarre Beach, Fort Walton Beach, Shalimar, Valparaiso, Niceville, Destin, Miramar Beach, and Santa Rosa Beach.
Lana works with a variety of customers but is particularly interested in serving first- and second-time homebuyers, investors, military customers, and veterans. Intent on delivering exceptional customer care, she provides thorough guidance throughout the buying and selling processes.
Prior to pursuing her career as a real estate agent, Lana worked in the construction industry, completing hotel renovations at a global hotel chain in Hawaii. Through this position, she honed her project management skills. Licensed in Florida since 2016, Lana has also worked in Hawaii and Oregon. In the latter, she worked in residential development and new construction, combining her construction background with her real estate credentials.
Passionate about expanding her professional skill set, Lana holds certifications as a Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist, Real Estate Negotiation Expert, Pricing Strategy Adviser, Resort and Second-Home Property Specialist, and Military Relocation Professional. She is also fluent in Cantonese. Attentive to her customers’ unique needs, she strives to create a professional working environment predicated on integrity, respect, reliability, and compassion.
Discover the art of exceptional real estate. Partner with Lana today.
