My first real estate transaction transpired in the spring of 1987. At the ripe age of six, I became the proud owner of a Hawaiian estate also known as the Barbie Island Fun Hut. Sixteen years later, my husband and I purchased our first full-sized home in St. Cloud, Minnesota.

A Bismarck-Mandan native, we have called this community home since our return in 2003. We currently reside in Mandan, but have made our home in seven different houses. Real...