I'm Bob Wallace of Allison James Estates and Homes in Venice Florida. My wife and I have been in Southwest Florida since 1993 and are full-time realtors, based on Venice Island, serving southern Sarasota and northern Charlotte counties. We enjoy the business of Real Estate. Helping people understand market conditions and the issues affecting real property values. That's why we're in real estate.

I tend to work with buyers and Johanne, my wife, works with sellers. In today's market I'm the one with more free time. I do miss being overloaded, and look forward to when the market normalizes.

Since moving to Florida from Maryland, we've lived in Naples, Punta Gorda, and now Venice. We have a preference for small towns.

Punta Gorda is where we started our careers in real estate. The waterfront community of Punta Gorda Isles was where we focused much of our business.

We moved from Punta Gorda to Venice Island after hurricane Charlie. We love the well designed city that is the Island of Venice.

This beach friendly community makes a great place to work. If you are interested in real estate in Venice Florida give us a call.

Bob and Johanne Wallace (941)-485-4240 We'd love to help you find your place in the sun.

My background is high-tech. I spent 20 years designing computing systems, networks, and software. I try to bring my technical expertise to the job of real estate when appropriate. I've used the web as a primary marketing source.

Johanne and I specialize in waterfront and beach access property. We specialize in this type of property because if we were looking to buy property we'd make waterfront and or beach access top on our list of must haves. I understand what is important in waterfront property, I boat and fish the waters here in South West Florida.

Johanne and I migrated to the business of real estate because we believe in home ownership. We understand the value of location. I want to help people find the right property and Johanne strives to help people understand the value of their property.

We live on the Island of Venice and think it is one of the best places in Florida to call home. Most of the homes on the Island are older homes that in many cases have been updated. The resulting feel is that of a peaceful beach front neighborhood. For information on Venice Florida real estate and to search for available property

One of the premier waterfront communities is Punta Gorda Isles this wonder community is located on the eastern shores of Charlotte harbor. Most of the homes are on deep and wide canals. The waters of Charlotte Harbor provide for world class fishing and boating. Tarpon, Redfish, Snook, and Sea Trout can be caught year round.

Life on the west coast of Florida can be special. The emeral green waters of the Gulf of Mexico are great for boating and fishing. Many people dream of living near the beach and on the water. Englewood Florida can provide both. With miles of shoreline on Lemon Bay as well as on saltwater creeks know as Forked Creek, Gottfried Creek, Angier Creek, and Oyster Creek. Its posible to live on the water and be within a few miles of Gulf beaches. You will be able to locate waterfront homes forsale in Englewood using my website.

We have had the great good fortune to work with some wonderful people in the sale and/or purchase of local real estate. Here are just a few of the comments we've received from some of them.

"Recently I had the privilege of buying a house listed by Johanne and Bob. It was their professionalism, attention to details, and practical experience combined with their caring attitudes that made the transaction a pleasurable one. 

Not only did I buy a house they listed, but the Wallace team then became my listing agent to sell the house I was leaving. Their professional skills were used to showcase my home's best features and assisted me in making the house more presentable.

Of course all those efforts worked... my house sold in less than a month.

From the initial listing to the final closing, the Wallace team was always available and hardworking, making my home's sale as easy as possible for me."

Vicky Allen, 2-time buyer and seller

"I want to thank you for doing such a good job on selling my house. I had such a bad experience with [another realty company]. They had my house for 162 days and brought 2 people to my house. You went above and beyond my expectations. You had my house 42 days, brought 26 people over, and had my house sold. You took care of all the headaches of [various pre-settlement issues]. So in closing, I would just like to thank you very much again."  

Howard Evans, seller

"We are thrilled to death! Can't wait to move to Punta Gorda. Thanks for your willingness to... work through the weekend to the very last second! I will definitely be giving your name out! You were the best we've every worked with and we've bought 7 houses!"

Walt and Angela Black, buyers

"We really enjoyed working with you and appreciated all you did for us while selling our house in Harbour Heights.

The following things made the sale of our house a wonderful thing. Four open houses brought many folks in to view the house who otherwise would not have inquired about it. We got a great price for the house in a record amount of time on the market. We liked your website promotion and the flyers you made up and distributed with floor plans and color photos.

But most of all, we enjoyed working with our new neighbors and friends, our real estate agents, Johanne and Bob Wallace. Would we use you guys again? You bet we would. Thanks again."

Molly and Roger Marks, 2-time sellers

"[You] calmly and effectively resolved issues. The range and number of showings was impressive. I saw enough to make a comfortable decision. You were both great! I couldn't have asked for more."

Sharon Beck and James Weiner, buyers

"What did [you] do best? Getting top dollar for land."

Bill Lyon, seller

"Sorry for the delay, but this is a little note to say a big THANK YOU!! to both of you for all your help, advice and support in our quest to buy this beautiful house! I know I couldn't have survived this process without the thousands of emails back and forth over the Atlantic! If you're nearby, please do pop in and say 'hi.' Thanks again for everything!"

Christine and Lester Williams, buyers

"I am quite satisfied with your service and will likely use it again."

Jim and Doreen Cook, sellers

"[They] explained every aspect and got us the best house available. They were not only our realtors but became good friends."

John and Patricia Hills, buyers

"Susann and I just wanted to thank you for all the help you gave us in finding and achieving the purchase of a property in Punta Gorda. We are very pleased with the outcome and look forward to spending many enjoyable times at our new house. Without your assistance I do not think we would have made it especially in the difficult post- hurricane times. We look forward to meeting you again hopefully on our next visit but in the meantime keep up the good work."

Nigel Hubble, buyer

"Thanks so much for all your help. Your professionalism and attention to detail are greatly appreciated and were very reassuring during this process. Truc-Ha and I will visit the Port Charlotte area periodically and would like very much at some point to meet you. If you don't mind, we'll call the next time we are headed your way. Once again, our sincere thanks and best wishes."

Michael and Truc-Ha Ashton, buyers

"I thought that living in Virginia and trying to sell property in Florida was going to be a nightmare. Much to my surprise, your team (one I found on the Internet) did an outstanding job. You answered all my endless questions and kept me informed as to how things were going. Although we never met in person, I felt that we had a face-to-face relationship. I will highly recommend your team to anyone I know.

Thanks for all your help, patience and professional manner in which you handled my transaction. Wishing you continued success in your business endeavors."

Jill Whritenour, seller

"Thanks again for all your help.  I know this was 'your job', but not everyone does their job as well as you did.  We truly appreciate everything.  We are thankful God led us to you."

Dina & Chris Capuano, sellers

"Just a note.  We got home without a hitch - extremely tired but we got so much done I truly believe you would have been amazed.  Now when we go back - just the fun decorating things.

We love the new place and wish to thank you immensely for all you have done and for all your help scheduling inspections, etc.  Nothing went unnoticed and without appreciation."

Sherry & Bill Ballou, buyers

"Our home purchase experience in Venice, Florida was simplified with the assistance of Johanne Wallace at RE/MAX. 

We found Johanne through her website.  We lived in Massachusetts and her multiple e-mails of listings, additional detailed research, many visits to properties on our behalf, and additional pictures, made our long-distance home search easy.  Her knowledge of the neighborhoods and current market conditions were invaluable when it came time to make a final decision.

Johanne's advice and expertise during our search was welcome and did not end at closing.  She went way above and beyond our expectations. 

We are delighted with our purchase and highly recommend Johanne to anyone looking for property in the Florida Gulf Coast area."

Jayne & Don Beland, buyers