Between selling houses and devoting himself to numerous community organizations, he found time to complete a couple of residential redesign projects and constructed a new home in Old Town.Įleven years ago he started Bone Island Bare It All as a way to gather naturists for a weekend of camaraderie and share with them the beauty and fun of Key West.
Dean found his place in the sun.ĭean dove into Key West real estate head first, becoming a Realtor® shortly after settling in. Captivated by the island’s tropical charms, he returned to the frozen north, quit his engineering job, sold his house, and moved into his first Key West cottage within a few months. In 2002, escaping a cold Chicago winter, Dean first visited Key West. After attending McGill University, he toiled away as a thermal dynamics engineer by day so he could invest in real estate by night-buying and selling thirty homes by the age of forty. Your Host: Dean Townsend, The Naked Realtorĭean Townsend was born in Montréal, grew up on Chicago’s North Shore and spent his childhood summers in the English countryside.
