About Our Company

VR Sarasota is dedicated to providing our clients with the best service and the best results.
We are a member in good standing of VR Business Brokers, which is the largest nationwide business brokerage network. VR was established in 1979 and has been the leader since.
We have helped a wide range of clients, in buying a business as well as selling their business. All VR Associates of Sarasota have owned and operated their own businesses. We can be of assistance with your business as well. We Do Deals!

The VR Network provides client companies with winning representation in the crowded world of business sales. You can depend on us. Call or contact us today.

William T. Hayes
Senior Sales Consultant

Bill Hayes has the background to work with all client situations. Bill has worked with small and large businesses alike. He is the former owner of a successful Investment Company in Florida and was the President of a National Commercial Real Estate management company that had retail shopping centers in 26 states. In addition, Bill has been a retail leasing manager, small business consultant and a residential sales manager. Bill believes in rolling up his sleeves, delving into the task at hand and focusing all his skills and energy to every transaction. Bill is dedicated to providing the best representation available to meet your needs.
Call him at 941-906-8722 or his private line 941-914-2683.

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Alan Loring
Associate Broker

Alan Loring has a varied and extensive background in small business ownership, management and development. Alan's formal educational background includes both an undergraduate degree in business from the University of Virginia and a master's degree in business administration from Boston College. Alan's career has included the management and/or ownership of several successful small businesses including real estate development, road building, office supplies, vending machines and an employment agency. While living in Sarasota for the past 23 years Alan has obtained extensive business and market knowledge of the Tampa Bay region. His two Sarasota based businesses, Excellence in Vending and Office Beverages & More, expanded north into the Tampa/St. Petersburg market and south to North Port/Pt. Charlotte. The expansion of these businesses included several strategic acquisitions over the years and eventually included the successful sales of these same businesses. Alan understands the intricacies of a successful business sales transaction from both the buyer's and seller's perspective. Attention to contract details, local market knowledge, understanding the emotional side of buying and selling businesses and always upholding the highest professional standards can help create a winning environment for both buyers and sellers. To confidentially discuss your business needs you can reach Alan on his private line at 941-504-1838

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David Sinclair
President

David is the Owner, Broker, and President of Sinclair Brokerage, Inc. He came to Florida from the Long Island N.Y. area 20 years ago, and has been involved in hundreds of transactions. His background is the owner/operator of numerous small businesses including Import/Export, a Discount Drug Store Chain, Grocery Stores, Liquor Stores, Gas C-Stores, Wholesale Bakery and more. He can put himself in the "shoes" of the Buyer and the Seller which gives him a greater advantage when negotiating a deal. David also is an expert Valuator of Businesses and uses the most up to date info and "state of the art" packaging programs to produce the documentation that Buyers, CPA'S, Lending Institutions and of course Sellers rely on. Call David and experience working with a Professional Business Broker.

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Jim Allan
Senior Sales Consultant

Jim Allan’s background and experience include over 25 years in the commercial banking industry in Florida. He served in the Michigan Air National Guard as an Accounting and Finance Officer. He came to Sarasota from Michigan in 1984 as an organizer and president of a new bank being formed. After several successful years, the bank was profitably sold, and Jim continued working in key commercial lending and management positions. Jim holds a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration and Economics and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Michigan. His commercial banking experience has given him insight into a wide variety of businesses in both Sarasota and Manatee Counties. Jim obtained his license and joined VR to capitalize on his extensive contacts and experience in the Sarasota/Manatee business communities. He understands complex business transactions, and has a reputation for working relentlessly to make deals work. Put his abilities and experience to work for you as a buyer or seller by calling him on his private line at 941-228-9556.

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Ronda Ballog
Senior Sales Consultant

Ronda Ballog move to Sarasota more than two years ago from northwest Indiana. She graduated from Purdue University with degrees in Organizational Leadership & Supervision and Industrial Engineering Technology. She has more than 20 years in the food service industry, including restaurant ownership. Ronda is a licensed real estate professional. She began her association with VR Business Brokers while looking for a business to purchase.

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Bill Coleman
Senior Sales Consultant

Bill Coleman has an extensive background in business with a long career in the transportation rental-leasing, & the manufacturing industry. Bill has been in Florida since 1988 and became a small business owner in Bradenton. After many successful years Bill sold his business and joined VR. Bill is very active in the community, serving as a director of the area chamber of commerce.

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Christopher T. Hatton
Senior Sales Consultant

Chris Hatton. . .personable and easy going.
Born in Canada, Chris grew up in Woodbridge, Ontario. He played professional hockey in Holland before hanging up his skates in search of the sunshine.
Chris moved to Sarasota in 1980 where he purchased a small retail bakery (St. Armands Bakery) on St. Armands Circle, Lido Key. With that small business and a dream, the bakery grew into a 30,000 square foot wholesale facility in Bradenton.
Changing directions, Chris moved from the Bakery Operation to manage the corporations other large endeavor (the Flying Bridge Restaurant) in Osprey.
Chris has been on both the buying and selling end of the deal.
Expertise in small business ownership is what you need in one of the biggest decisions of your lifetime.
With 23 years of small business ownership, CHRIS IS THE ONE TO HANDLE YOUR NEEDS.

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Baila Miller
Senior Sales Consultant

Baila began her association with VR Business Brokers of Sarasota County when she inquired about franchising her current business. She was so impressed with the professionalism of the other brokers that she decided to obtain her license and join the firm. Baila has bought and sold a number of businesses in the last two decades. Her expertise lies in wholesale distribution, management, and sales. In recent years, Baila had developed a number of Programs for the Learning community. Miller Music Programs are sensory stimulation and educational activities for Senior Residential Communities. Miller Fine Arts Programs are multi-media lectures that explore the role of the arts in the development of modern culture. Baila’s multifaceted business experience makes her an ideal person to work with in the sale, purchase, and expansion of business interests.

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Tom Villani

Tom has an extensive background in small and large business ownership, management and development. Tom's formal educational background includes BS degree in Chemistry, Pace University, New York and an MBA in Marketing and Finance, Iona College, New Rochelle, New York. Tom has strong management and leadership skills in marketing, sales, operations, finance, purchasing and administration. He has been involved in several major product lines and company acquisitions and has owned a small reality support business in Sarasota. This background and knowledge can make the difference in maximizing the sale of your business.

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