A house is made of bricks and beams, but a home is made of hopes and dreams.”

As a military kid who moved often, I always longed for a place to truly call home. I found it in Tennessee my freshman year of college — and I’ve never left.

My path to real estate was unexpected but meant to be. After careers in higher education and corporate marketing, my husband asked what I really wanted to do. The answer was simple: real estate. For my birthday, h...