I was raised in North Carolina’s High Country, and I bring a lifetime of local knowledge to helping people buy and sell homes throughout the region. After serving two tours in the U.S. Navy during the First Gulf War, I returned home, ran a construction company for more than a decade, and later became the inventor of Invis-A-Rack, which I presented on ABC’s Shark Tank.

Today, I use that combination of military discipline, construction experience,...