{"id":6209,"date":"2019-11-26T13:30:40","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T18:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/?p=6209"},"modified":"2019-11-26T13:30:40","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T18:30:40","slug":"get-to-know-joiray-khalfani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/get-to-know-joiray-khalfani\/","title":{"rendered":"Get to Know \u2026 Joiray Khalfani"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Cassy Fiano-Chesser<\/span>
\n<\/span>mail@floridanewsline.com<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Joiray Khalfani was a New York girl who never thought she would live anywhere else. But after moving to Florida, she found a new home that offered her a second chance at love, and a friendly, welcoming community that felt like a vacation every day. A real estate agent, Khalfani loves to spend her time meeting new people, volunteering with the elderly, and as a self-professed foodie, enjoying the amazing food the First Coast has to offer. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span>1. How did you come to live in the St. Johns area?<\/b>
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\n<\/span>I am originally from the Bronx, NY. I came down here after my mother and brother moved; I swore I would never leave the city, but I came to visit, and fell in love. It\u2019s been 20 years. I moved here right after Thanksgiving, and my first Christmas here was sunny, and people were barbecuing, and I was like, \u201cWhat is this?\u201d I got in the pool with Anthony in February. It\u2019s wonderful! But try to get me in the pool now in February \u2014 no way, Jose! <\/span>
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\n<\/span>2. What made you decide to settle in Julington Creek?<\/b>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>We were in the Southside area at first, and I was married when I came down, like a year later. But my husband ended up passing away, and I was a widow with three children. And I was thinking to myself, \u201cWhere can I live where I can provide something good for my children?\u201d I knew I couldn\u2019t send them to private school or anything like that. I wanted to be in an area that had amenities, since as a single mom, I couldn\u2019t take them on all the vacations I could with their dad, but they could still have a good life, and feel like they were on vacation, with the amenities and swimming pool. And they have the good schools. St. Johns really gave me that homey feeling, helped me to feel complete, even if we couldn\u2019t do all the wonderful things we used to do. It helped them not feel the impact as much. They ended up feeling like, \u201cWow, we\u2019re at Disney World without being at Disney World!\u201d They were very, very little when we moved here, and now my oldest is in the military, so that tells you how long we\u2019ve been here.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>3. What is your favorite thing about living in the St. Johns area?<\/b>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>It\u2019s family oriented. I got remarried, and we have seven children now \u2014 he had four kids, and I had three, so we have seven now. So I have two that have graduated from Bartram Trail, and three that are there now. There\u2019s such great community. We have Principal Anderson, who was at Cunningham Creek and now is my youngest son\u2019s principal at Freedom Crossing Academy. The best feeling you have here is community. You have to be involved with the people in your community, have a relationship, and I have that here.<\/span>
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\n<\/b>4. You\u2019re a realtor now. What made you decide to pursue that career?<\/b>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>I\u2019ve always had mortgage backgrounds. I\u2019ve done everything from processing to underwriting. And what made me want to be a realtor is that I wanted to be on the front end. I\u2019ve always been on the back end, making deals happen. But I like talking to people; I like to be face-to-face, helping them solve problems. Not only can I help you find a house, but I can help tell you about rates, or why the underwriting does this or that. When I decided to do it, this is an example of community. I called Mark Greenwell, who our kids had played football with, and asked him what he thought. He brought me into the office, really guided me, and helped me get up and running. <\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>5. What do you like to do in your spare time?<\/b>
\n<\/b>
\n<\/span>I\u2019m a foodie! And I\u2019m a people person. So we always like to find the best restaurants to eat, especially seafood. We love J. Alexander\u2019s carrot cake \u2014 it\u2019s the best, and I don\u2019t like carrot cake! They also have great crab cakes. Local in St. Johns though, I give my number one to Taps. They have great music, bands coming in, great wings. They have great drinks, too. It\u2019s one of my favorites. We like to watch movies, and I do a lot of reading on holistic foods and medicines. That\u2019s appealing to me.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo courtesy Joiray Khalfani\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Joiray Khalfani and family.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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