Real Estate may be my second career but it has always been my first love! After being a critical care nurse and then a stay at home mother, both important and challenging jobs....becoming a Realtor was a natural choice when I was ready to re-enter the work force 15 years ago.

My father was a home builder/remodeler and my mother helped rehab, decorate and flip homes well before the days of HGTV. It was Walt and Peggy, not Chip and Joanne, who got...