Specialties
Carpenter | Kessel is the No. 1 real estate team in Brevard County, Florida, and No. 1 in Florida by sales volume per RealTrends Verified on 2025 production. Based at 719 Pine Tree Drive in Indian Harbour Beach and affiliated with Compass, the team closed $497.87 million across 671.5 transaction sides in 2025.
We specialize in luxury waterfront property on Florida's Space Coast: oceanfront homes and condominiums, Indian River and Banana River estates, deepwater and canal-front homes with private dockage, gated island communities including Lansing Island and Tortoise Island, and new construction.
Our work covers the details that decide waterfront transactions: water depth and bridge clearance, dock and seawall evaluation, Coastal Construction Control Line permitting, flood zones and elevation certificates, wind mitigation and coastal insurance, and condominium milestone inspections and structural integrity reserve studies.
Services: seller and listing representation, buyer representation, luxury valuation and pricing strategy, luxury property marketing, private exclusive and off-market sales, new development and custom home marketing, and Space Coast relocation.
Areas served: Indian Harbour Beach, Satellite Beach, Indialantic, Melbourne Beach, Melbourne, Suntree, Viera, Rockledge, Cocoa Beach, Cape Canaveral, Merritt Island, Malabar and Titusville.
History
Established in 2009.
DeWayne Carpenter and Kirk Kessel combined forces in 2009 to focus on waterfront and luxury property, built on one idea: the consumer deserves a higher quality agent experience.
DeWayne has been licensed since 1996 and is the No. 1 ranked individual agent in Brevard County per RealTrends, recognized in 2022, 2023 and 2025. Kirk founded his own real estate company in 1986 and holds the CCIM, GRI and CRS designations.
On 2025 production, RealTrends Verified ranks Carpenter | Kessel No. 1 in Florida by sales volume, No. 2 in Florida by sides and No. 9 in the United States by volume. That year the team handled 29.4% of all Brevard County transactions above $2 million, 50% of Lansing Island sales and 71.4% of Adelaide resales in Rockledge.
The team operates as Carpenter Kessel Team at Compass and belongs to Leading Real Estate Companies of the World and Barnes International Realty.
Meet the Business Owner: DeWayne C.
DeWayne Carpenter and Kirk Kessel lead Carpenter | Kessel, the No. 1 real estate team in Brevard County, from the team's office at 719 Pine Tree Drive in Indian Harbour Beach.
DeWayne has been licensed since 1996 and has spent nearly three decades selling waterfront property on Florida's Space Coast. He has worked every side of a transaction: agent, investor, advisor, developer and expert witness. That range is what he and Kirk built the team's advisory model around.
Kirk founded his own real estate company in 1986 and holds the CCIM, GRI and CRS designations, bringing a development and investment background to how the team reads value.
Together they lead more than 30 licensed sales partners backed by full-time operations, listing, marketing and transaction staff, so a client's file is never waiting on one person's calendar.