Real Estate Broker & Instructor

It's not transactional.
It's relational.

I'm Dave Petkovsek, broker and co-owner of Realty Exchange in Palm Coast, Florida, and an instructor for Florida Realtors. I've spent more than 30 years in real estate, 22 of them here in Flagler County.

Dave Petkovsek in a navy blazer and light blue shirt, smiling

Dave Petkovsek at a glance

Every year since 2009#1

Office in Flagler County

Realty Exchange has closed more transactions than any other office in Flagler County for 17 straight years.

Real Estate Education Association GOLD

GOLD Standard Certified Instructor

Awarded by the Real Estate Education Association. I'm Florida Realtors staff faculty. I teach contracts and a variety of other topics to agents across Florida.

More than1,500

Homes sold

Personally. Including the hardest years this market has seen.

Market Update & More · August 2026

Flagler & Volusia Homes for Sale Fell 15% While the Nation's Piled Up

  • 5Months of supply
    down from 6.3 last August
  • $350,000Middle price
    up from $340,000
  • 98%Sold vs. asking
    price, on average

Two minutes on what the Flagler and Volusia housing market did in August, why it went the opposite direction from the national numbers, and one thing to check before you compare a builder's rate to a resale.

My story

2008 gave me a huge belief in myself.

Before 2008, I thought of myself as an average agent, maybe a little above average. I never imagined being where I am today.

Then the market crashed. In a good year I'd done about 30 transactions. It wasn't a gradual build.

I went from 30 to 80 to 150.

That taught me I can do a lot of work. It also taught me you can't do that kind of volume without systems and controls, and without finding people to do what you can't. Honestly, I struggled with how much work there was, and I learned from that too.

I'm an ordinary agent, an ordinary manager, an ordinary teacher and an ordinary owner. But stack those up for 30 years and they add up to something.

For buyers and sellers

Buying or selling a home?
You won't do it alone.

Buying or selling a home is one of the biggest decisions most people ever make. I've sold more than 1,500 homes myself, including in the hardest years this market has seen. Understanding the contract matters. But what gets a deal done is the relationship you have with people.

At Realty Exchange, nobody works a deal alone. Your agent has our whole office behind them, and our office has closed more transactions than any other in Flagler County every year since 2009.

Start on the Realty Exchange website. You can search homes for sale, find out what your home is worth, or reach one of our agents.

Dave Petkovsek in a blue polo shirt, arms crossed, smiling in the hallway of the Realty Exchange office
For agents

My agents are my customers.

  • Florida Realtors Staff Faculty, teaching contracts
  • Teaches continuing education to hundreds of Realtors every year
  • Realty Exchange: #1 office in Flagler County every year since 2009

At Realty Exchange, the agents drive the engine. My job is keeping them resourced, keeping them motivated, and keeping them in the family.

When an agent walks in ready to quit, I start with the person, not the rule. Understanding the contract isn't what gets deals done. It's the relationship you have with people. And nobody here works a deal alone. It's you and Realty Exchange helping that buyer.

I also teach the contract class for Florida Realtors, and I read and explain that contract for people every day. When you know the material that well, you can stop performing and focus on the person in front of you.

My agents could finish this sentence for me: real estate isn't transactional, it's relational. That's how we run our office.

For asset managers and lenders

Local knowledge for your portfolio.

Asset managers: I've handled bank-owned and distressed property in this market since the 2008 cycle. If you need a local read you can trust, call me.

  • Bank-owned (REO) property: listing and selling it
  • Short sales
  • Broker price opinions (BPOs)
  • A monthly read on the Flagler and Volusia County numbers, in my Market Update & More

Designations: SFR · CDPE · CSSE

Where I work

Flagler and Volusia County, Florida

My office is in Palm Coast. My agents and I work across Flagler County and neighboring Volusia County. My monthly Market Update covers both.

Flagler County

Palm Coast · Flagler Beach

Volusia County

Ormond Beach · Daytona Beach

Dave Petkovsek at his desk in Palm Coast, smiling while on a phone call
Talk to me

Call me.

Buying, selling or managing a portfolio in Flagler or Volusia County? Call me, and we'll talk it through.