March 2, 1950 – June 21, 2024
NEFAR was greatly saddened to learn of the unexpected death of longtime member Timothy David Seise, a REALTOR® with Hometown Realty of Duval, Inc. Tim passed away June 21 of unexpected complications following a heart valve replacement.
A memorial service will be held for Tim at 11 am on Saturday, August 3, at Christ Church Presbyterian, 3794 Old St. Augustine Road, Jacksonville, Florida, 32257.
A native of Hackensack, New Jersey, Tim graduated from Hope College in Holland, Michigan, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Business Administration. He later served for six years in the United States National Guard before returning to Teaneck, New Jersey where he earned an Accounting and Taxation Master’s degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 1979.
Tim worked for Public Service Electric & Gas in New Jersey during his college years until 1980. He then began a 23-year career as a professional management consultant with various consulting firms, including several projects for the United Nations and the World Bank. During this time, he traveled throughout the United States and overseas to the countries of Canada, Abu Dhabi, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Jordan, Egypt, England, Germany, Greece, Saudi Arabia, and several Caribbean islands.
Retiring from his consulting career in 2003, Tim turned to the world of real estate. He obtained his real estate license in 2004 and kept himself busy as a REALTOR/broker as well as an adjunct professor at Virginia College, a tax preparer and office manager during tax season, and a substitute teacher for Duval County Public Schools.
“As he put it, never worked so hard for so little in his life. And it wasn’t just real estate, it was everything that he was doing,” said Denise Seise, his wife of 44 years.
“He started in real estate when real estate went into the ash can,” she said, referring to the recession of 2008. “I always told people that he was a full-service REALTOR, and I think he thought of it more as a ministry instead of a job because he did so much stuff that no one else would do.
“When he first started selling, he would sell houses that nobody else would touch for like $100,000. He would crawl under them to fix things. He would buy things for the clients, and he would say to me, I can’t have them buy that. And I would say, are we going to make any money on this sale?
“He was such a people person and so kind,” she recalled. “He was a devout Christian, and he worked with people that others wouldn’t work with from all nationalities and races. Most people wouldn’t touch houses for less than $300,000 or $400,000, but not Tim. He took on whatever came his way. He did a lot of stuff other agents would never do. He went above and beyond,” she said.
