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Wayne Welsh
Broker-Owner

 
Office: 941-488-6644
Fax: (888)370-2030
Mobile: 941-234-6070
Email: WayneSellsFL@gmail.com
 

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My Featured Property Listings

				
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Movie Theater Included
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Blocks to the Beach
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I have been blessed to live the Florida dream and am reminded of my good fortune with every boat and scuba trip into clear Gulf waters, where the "visibility" stretches from my mask to the fossilized shark's teeth nestled in the sands below. Venice is not only my home but my paradise. As a seasoned Real Estate professional, I perform every day and each transaction with handshake integrity and continuously work to maintain a reputation of quality and kindness that our neighbors can rely on.

Prior to real estate, I served the community as a Firefighter/Paramedic for 25 years, working for Sarasota County Emergency Services, retiring as a Battalion Chief. I am also a published author.

I began my journey into the Florida housing market, by starting a Real Estate investment company, Partnership Properties, Inc. Through the daily challenges of a small business owner, I gained expertise in every aspect of Real Estate from hammering nails to hammering out contracts and realized, as entrepreneurs quickly do: with personal money at stake, one learns to pay attention to detail. I quickly found myself mastering construction, insurance, contracts, finance, marketing, negotiation strategies and troubleshooting, all involving my personal properties and all presented with a sense of urgency. Nearly a decade later, my desire to remodel and resell homes matured into a passion to place the clients with whom I had developed close relationships into their dream homes. To me, the most rewarding part of being a Realtor® is the impact I make in my clients lives when together, we find the perfect place for them to call home.

I could not have achieved any of these goals without my lovely wife Ida, "Hap," whom I adore and two wonderful daughters, Amy and Brittney.

 

 My Family

pix_6821red_120My wonderful wife Hap and I share a passion for life and for boating.

photo1red_120A day at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers game with my daughter Amy.  It was such a fun day, I hardly noticed we lost.

 brittpromred_120 My daughter Brittney is leaving for the Senior Prom. 

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Tropical drinks taste better with fresh cocoanuts.

kaseyred_120Kasey is one of our family pets.  She is a Yorkshire Terrior, is an insulin dependent diabetic and nearly blind.  In spite of it all, she still has attitude.

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A great day of boating.  Grilling lunch aboard, then a dip in the Gulf of Mexico.

chewyred_120We adopted Chewy from Eyes of an Angel Pet Rescue.  He was injured and neglected and now has  a loving home.

 

Recent Awards Include:

  • 2013 Feb: Business of the Month Award- Venice Area Chamber of Commerce 
  • 2012 BEST OF VENICE; Best Real Estate Independent Office 
  • 2012 Oct.  VENICE AREA BEAUTIFICATION AWARD from Venice Area Chamber of Commerce 
  • 2012 FIVE STAR:  Best in Client Satisfaction Real Estate 
  • 2011 BEST OF VENICE; Best Real Estate Team by the readers of the Venice Gondolier Sun 
  • 2011 FIVE STAR:  Best in Client Satisfaction Real Estate
  • 2010 RE/MAX International 100% Club 
  • 2010 FIVE STAR:  Best in Client Satisfaction Real Estate 
  • 2009 Venice Fire Department Helping Hands Lifesaving Award
  • 2009 RE/MAX International 100% Club
  • 2009 FIVE STAR:  Best in Client Satisfaction Real Estate
  • 2008 RE/MAX Alliance Group Spirit Award 
  • 2008 FIVE STAR:  Best in Client Satisfaction Real Estate
  • 2008 RE/MAX International 100% Club
Best of Venice 2012|Venice Shores Realty|Best Real Estate Independent Office