Professional …

• Voted 2009 Ms Congeniality of Greenwood Association of REALTORS^®
• 2004 REALTOR^® of the Year for the Greenwood Association of REALTORS^®
• ABR – Accredited Buyers Representative
• BIC – Broker-in-Charge/Owner of LAKELANDS REALTY LLC
• CRS – Certified Residential Specialist
• GRI- Graduate, REALTOR^®Institute
• Greenwood Association of REALTORS^®Honor Award for Years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 in recognition of outstanding professionalism & community service.
• MLS President of the Greenwood Association of REALTORS^®2004
• 2005 Treasurer of Greenwood Association of REALTORS^®
• South Carolina and National Association of REALTORS^®Member
• Greenwood Association of REALTORS^®Board Member
• Greenwood Association of REALTORS^®& Greenwood MLS Member
• Ninety Six Lions Club Member
• Ninety Six Chamber of Commerce Member

Professional …

• Licensed REALTOR^® since 1997
• Member of NAR (National Association of REALTORS^®) and Greenwood Association of REALTORS^®
• Lifelong resident of Ninety Six, South Carolina
• Graduated from Newberry College
• 38 Year Banking Career
• Active in many local Associations & Clubs throughout the years

Personal …

My family and I moved to Lake Greenwood in June of 2006. It took two years to locate the spot, and build the courage, to leave our home in Sonoma County, California. Located just an hour North of San Francisco, we lived in the beautiful wine country of California. While it was a wonderful place to grow up, and raise a family of our own, it was time for a change.

We had grown tired of the continual overcrowding, congested highways, agitated people, and overall declining quality of life. That, mixed with five straight years of ridiculous appreciation in the California real estate market, made it a perfect time to leave. Seeing the inevitable decline quickly approaching, we decided to make our move.

Countless hours were spent excitedly searching Lakehouse.com, one day Tennessee and Kentucky. The next day it would be lakes in Georgia and Alabama, then on to North and South Carolina. We would find a lake we liked, then checked out listings, then surrounding communities, schools in the area, lake restrictions, water levels (learned that the hard way), who controls the lake (VERY IMPORTANT), then weather.com for a comparison search. That was the first criteria.

We decided pretty quickly we wanted to go to the South. Wonderful climate, no snow, friendly people, warm lakes, not over crowded. Then we would hold our breath and check out the most important criteria of all….GATORS! We really prefer not to have them in the water with us!

As you have probably summed up by now, Lake Greenwood fit the bill for us. We quickly fell in love with the area. The day we moved in, we put the boat in the water and took a ride. I quickly realized that we had made a great move! Nicest people I have ever met. Beautiful lake in a great community, it really does feel like we are on vacation every day. The real bottom line for us quite simply, living at Lake Greenwood has exceeded what we hoped it would be.