Meet Mary
Mary Bell leads Sold by the Bell, a real estate team operating in two markets at once: Palm Beach, Florida and Birmingham/Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Almost no one in the industry does that. Mary does — and it's exactly why clients moving money, families, and portfolios across state lines trust her to lead the transaction.
She advises the way she invests. Mary has built her own long-term wealth through new construction, which means when she walks a client through a deal, she's giving the same counsel she'd act on with her own capital. No inflated promises. No telling you what you want to hear. Her clients get the truth about pricing, timing, and risk — delivered early, when it's still useful.
She also knows relocation from the inside. Mary has moved her own family multiple times, across markets and market cycles. She and her husband have been married 27 years and have three children — one serving in the U.S. Air Force, one in high school and one in middle school. She's navigated the schools, the neighborhoods, the logistics, and the emotional weight of starting over somewhere new. That's not a service she offers. It's a life she's lived.
Whether a client is purchasing a family home, relocating between states, or building an investment portfolio, Mary's approach doesn't change: honest counsel, a clear plan, and an agent who stays in it until it's done.