Every story has a beginning and for Holly Dumont's real estate career we’ll have to go back to Middle Georgia in the late 80’s. Her mother recalls, "She would get so excited when she'd see balloons tied to a mailbox! She would beg us to stop at every open house. When she got home, she would call her friends and tell them about the fabulous house she had found for them."

After high school, Holly followed in the Dumont family tradition and joined t...