Jessi Sgarlata Institute

jessi began her real estate career in 2005, earning her real estate license before graduating with her undergraduate degree from the university of tennessee, knoxville in public speaking. after gaining some experience in real estate, she relocated to nashville for more real estate opportunities and obtained a masters degree in education from belmont university. over the years, she has consistently ranked in the top 1% of realtors® in the nashville area and has won multiple awards each year for production and involvement in the industry and community. in 2014, she formed a real estate team, the southbound group, out of necessity due to consistent growth in business. the team consists of buyers’ agents, showing specialists, transaction coordinators, listing coordinators, marketing coordinators, and a relocation division. now that the team nearly runs itself, jessi has been given the tremendous opportunity to combine her public speaking degree, her teaching degree, and her real estate ex