Seven years in.
Two with a license.
I staged the houses before I sold them, and I found the land before it was houses. That order matters more than you’d think.
The agent who knew
the land before the house.
Licensed Georgia REALTOR® · Real Broker, LLC · #449482
Staging taught me what makes a buyer say yes. Land taught me what makes a builder say yes. Now I do both — across Metro Atlanta and North Georgia.
I came in through the back door
of this industry. It was the right one.
Most agents start by getting a license and then figuring out what they know. I did it the other way around. Seven years ago my introduction to real estate was staging homes with Maria of Designer Designs — and staging teaches you something no course does. You stand in a room and watch a buyer decide, in about eight seconds, whether they can see their life in it. Then you learn which eight hundred dollars changes that answer, and which eight thousand doesn’t.
From there I moved to the very front of the pipeline: land. Finding parcels, understanding what a developer could actually build on them, and putting that dirt in front of the builders who wanted it. I did that acquisition work for years and built the relationships that come with it. Then the houses went up — and I was the one who got to list them.
So by the time I was licensed and holding my own listings, I had already staged the houses, sourced the land, and sat across from the builders. My first listing went under contract in twenty-two days, in a market where rates were punishing everybody. That wasn’t luck. That was preparation, pricing, and knowing exactly who the buyer was going to be.
Four doors, and none of them
are the wrong one to walk through.
Buyers
First-time, move-up, or building new. Including the ones who’ve been told no somewhere else — especially those.
Sellers
Real comps, a ranked prep list, and pricing I can defend line by line. Staging is included in how I think, not billed as an extra idea.
Investors
Buy-and-hold, BRRRR, short-term, land banking, and builder-direct multi-door deals most buyers never get offered.
Renters
Small commission, same effort. Most renters are future owners, and the year in between is exactly when the work should happen.
The part most agents
hand back to you.
Here is the moment that separates agents. A buyer says “my credit is 580” or “I haven’t filed in three years,” and most of the industry hands them a business card and moves on to someone easier. I don’t, because that person isn’t a dead lead — they’re a buyer on a timeline nobody has bothered to draw for them.
Credit repair
Disputes, timelines, and what actually moves a score. A 580 is a plan, not a verdict.
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Tax preparation
Unfiled years kill more mortgage approvals than credit scores do. Fixable, and usually faster than people think.
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Home-buying education
Free guides and down payment assistance breakdowns. Most people need far less money than they’ve been told.
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On the record.
Licensed
Georgia REALTOR®, license #449482, with Real Broker, LLC.
In the industry
Seven years — staging, land acquisition, and now sales.
Territory
Metro Atlanta and North Georgia. South Fulton to Lake Lanier.
Specialties
Land and development, new construction, luxury, and first-time buyers.
However you found me — let’s talk.
Buying, selling, investing, renting, or trying to figure out whether any of it is possible yet. That last one is a real question and it deserves a real answer.