About John Arena

Professional Association

-Chairman's Elite Club 2017 & 2018 -Top Associate closed units in office 2017 & 2018 -Top Listing Sales Associate in office 2017 & 2018 -Top Producing Associate in office 2018 -Chairmen's Club 2019 -Chairman's Elite Club 2020 -#7 Producing Associate in MA Sales Volume 2020 -#19 Producing Associate - Company-wide 2020 -Top 10 sales volume in Massachusetts 2021 -Chairman's Platinum Club 2021 -Chairman's Elite Club 2022 -Top listing Sales Associate Raveis Nantucket -Chairman's Elite Club 2023

Education

Xavier High School, Middletown CT 1984 Semester at Sea, University of Pitt, Spring '87 University of Vermont 1988 Degree: Political Science and Economics

Achievements

John is an accomplished mountain climber having reached two of the seven summits Kilimanjaro and Aconcagua. His recent summits include Pico de Orizaba, in Mexico, in February of 2017, and Mount Rainier in 2016, and Mt. Whitney in September 2017, and Ruku Pichincha, Iliniza Norte,and Cotopaxi - all in Ecuador, January 2019.

Professional Specialty

Certified Homeownership Professional

Community Involvement

John is also involved in a handful of philanthropic efforts including The Nantucket Cottage Hospital, Nantucket Hospice, American Diabetes Association, Joslin Diabetes Foundaion, Nantucket Community Sailing, Fairwinds Counseling,The Nantucket Food Pantry, The Inky Santa Toy Drive and the Nantucket Fund.

Bilingual Talents

English and un peu de Francais.

Personal

John first started spending summers on Nantucket in the 1980's. After graduating from the University of Vermont, with a degree in Political Science and Economics, John traveled extensively, lived in Colorado and Australia before finally settling in Boston. After working for over twelve years as an investment adviser at Fidelity Investments, John moved back to Nantucket full time. He's lived here for over 22 years working as a real estate broker and part-time developer. His brother, Tommy, owns Arena Construction, a local residential and commercial construction company. Together, they have bought, sold, built, renovated and rented many Nantucket properties over the past twenty years. With his deep passion for Nantucket* and vast real estate experience, not only as a real estate broker, but also as an investor, developer and homeowner, John is uniquely qualified to help you with all of your Nantucket real estate needs. When not doing real estate, John enjoys traveling, fishing, skiing, relaxing on the beach, and high altitude mountain climbing.

Experience

Worked at Fidelity Investments, mostly in high net worth sales, as a registered investment advisor, from 1990-2002. Has worked in real estate sales and rentals on Nantucket, and St. Barths, for over 22 years.

Areas Covered

In addition to Nantucket Island sales and rentals, John is also available to help with any of your St. Barth's Island sales and rental requests.

Niche Marketing

One of the producers on Nantucket from Zillow advertising.

In The News

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