Mark Grosse and his wife, Carolyn, moved to Port Aransas in 1971 after having visited the island with his family since he was a little kid. It was 1972 when Mark first started selling real estate in Port A as an agent for Ed Tarrant. Mr. Tarrant had been selling and developing property in Port Aransas since the 1930s and encouraged Mark to get a broker’s license. In 1973, upon Mr. Tarrant’s passing, Mark opened Mark Grosse Real Estate. Through all sorts of markets, Mark continued selling Port Aransas for more than five decades, and, in many instances, sold the same property five or more times during his lengthy tenure as the most knowledgeable broker on the island.

Mark lost his battle with cancer on April 1, 2024 and left his real estate team equipped to continue his legacy. Mark Grosse Real Estate is carried on by Realtors Linda Johnson, Jana Snow, Chris Shanklin, Tara Hogan, Ashleigh Robertson, and support team Cindy Zufall and Hans Socha. With a combined 105 years at Mark Grosse Real Estate, we pride ourselves in working as a team and in our unequaled knowledge of all things real estate in Port Aransas. We have a lot of fun working together, and, while we don’t take ourselves too seriously, we take your business very seriously. As Mark Grosse always said, “Every deal’s a big deal!” And it is. 

All of our team members live in Port Aransas, and we give in Port Aransas, too. Volunteer capacities we’ve taken on over the years include City of Port Aransas Planning & Zoning Commission, City of Port Aransas Fire Chief, founding board member and board members of the Port Aransas Education Foundation, Charity League, founder and members of Port Aransas’ Operation Santa Claus, Kiwanis Club of Port Aransas, American Cancer Society Relay for Life, Youth Development Foundation of Port Aransas, PAHS Project Graduation, PAYLL Softball Coach, PAYSL Soccer Coach, PAISD Volunteers, and many more. Each month, we give a portion of our sales commissions to a local charity or need, and proudly award PAHS graduates with scholarships annually. We love this community and are proud to support our unique island home.

We’re the best real estate team on the island, too! Our team has consistently, according to South Texas MLS data, and Coastal Bend MLS data before that, been at the top of the market in sales year after year. According to aforementioned data, in 2024, although our small team makes up a small fraction of the total number of agents in Port Aransas, we closed more transactions AND more transactions per agent AND more listings AND higher list side sales volume AND higher total sales volume than any other island-wide real estate outfit in Port Aransas. (By “island-wide,” we mean any real estate brokerage besides a certain master-planned community developer sales office which had us in a couple of the above categories.) We’d love to help you with all your real estate needs, residential or commercial. Our small but mighty team is here to help. Contact us – we’d love to meet you!