My name is Wright Taylor and I am a native of the state of Texas and I just couldn't get enough of what Florida had to offer. Trip after trip, I would come to Florida on fishing adventures and would go back to Texas and like most of us would mope around for several weeks and wonder what it must be like to just not come home after one of these fabulous fishing trips. Well along came the fork in the road and I decided to take the turn to the right (no pun intended), and make my move while I could. I had always gone to the Keys or to Flamingo for these great adventures but I knew that I couldn't go to either of these locations and make any kind of living, unless I wanted to get a job that the law wouldn't approve of, if you know what I mean. So one day I literally took out a map of Florida and sat down and studied my options. What about this place called Marco Island? I had never been there before. So I left after work one day and came to Southwest Florida to check this place out. Once again I found myself asking the question, why was I still living in Texas. I'm two hours to the keys, an hour and a half to Miami, an hour to Pine Island Sound, and five minutes to the Ten Thousand Islands. To put this into perspective, I was “strategically” located in the fishing capital of the world! Now all I had to do was to figure out what I was going to do for money.
I had always been in sales since I had graduated from Sam Houston State University and had always wanted to sell real estate and this looked like the perfect spot. I'm a water person by nature and Marco Island is surrounded by water, plus has almost as many miles of waterway canals as it does roads. There were lots for sale, condos for sale, homes of every shape and size for sale, so I was sold. Marco Island was the place for me! So I went back to Texas and packed all my stuff, which consisted mostly of fishing tackle, told all my friends and family that I was retiring (just kidding) and moving to Florida! And the rest is history.
Now you may ask yourself, why is all of this important? Because like I said earlier, I'm like everyone else that comes to Florida for a vacation and doesn't want to go home. I am living proof that if you want something bad enough, you just have to do it, because deep down you know it's the best thing for you!
Wright Taylor
