A Virginia Beach native, Chris was born & raised in Hampton Roads and currently lives by the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia Beach with her husband Bryan. Chris knows the various cities & neighborhoods of Hampton Roads. The daughter and granddaughter of local builders/developers has made taking on a career as a real estate professional extremely natural to Chris. Being raised in a family where building was a focus, taught Chris the broad knowledge of the building and real estate industry as a whole. Chris loved real estate, interior design, architecture & remodeling from an early age, which led to her studies in construction management.
Commitment
Chris’s continuing success is attributed to her commitment and is based on the fact that her primary focus is the client. The clients’ best interest is what motivates Chris. She understands that buying and selling Real Estate, especially one’s own home is a very personal and at times, an emotional experience. Chris prides herself on being available to the client and following through even after the deal has closed. Chris’s many years in the construction and real estate industry have given her the vast knowledge and skill to guide you, the client, through every aspect of the transaction with as much care and as little stress as possible.
Market Savvy
Chris’s clients benefit from her experience, savvy marketing, enthusiastic attitude and local ties. She uses her marketing skills and a team of assistants to develop high quality marketing materials and visibility for each of her listings. Her business is largely based on appreciative past buyers and sellers. She has experience working with developers and builders which adds to her ability to be effective with both buyers and sellers. Chris is warm, caring, listens to her clients, provides first class service, is professional, efficient and detail oriented.
Awards
She is a multimillion dollar producer year after year. Chris has won numerous awards for website design, marketing and for production. In 2005, Chris was the ”Expert On Your Side for Wavy TV 10″, an NBC affiliate in Hampton Roads. In 2006, Chris was featured in an article by “Mr. Internet” Michael Russer about virtual assistants and marketing savvy in several national publications. In October of 2007, Chris was featured on the cover of Broker/Agent Magazine. In 2009 Chris earned her REO Trans Platinum Agent certification for Equator, an online platform which streamlines the short sale process with Bank of America. In 2010 she was nominated as Virginia Beach “Best of Virginia Beach” for Real Estate. In 2011, she earned the distinguished CDPE (Certified Distressed Property Expert) designation and was featured by the Virginian Pilot in an article on “How Real Estate Specialists Sell Homes Using Social Media” and “Making the most of what you’ve got”.
Profile of Success
Chris loves the entire process of helping people find the place they are going to call home. She gets to know each client really well and I take each transaction very personally. It’s her honesty & integrity that have carried her in this business. She creates a comfortable & confident feeling for her clients. A majority of her business comes from referrals. She says “The highest compliment she can receive is a referral from a present or past client”.
Chris currently authors a popular real estate blog and has been featured as a guest columnist in the Virginian Pilot on several occasions and on the cover of Broker Agent magazine as the premier agent in Hampton Roads. She held the title of Wavy TV 10′s “Expert on Your Side” for NBC’s local affiliate and was featured in an article by “Mr. Internet” Michael Russer for the use of virtual assistants in real estate. Find Chris on many of the social media networks or on her own YouTube channel. If you are looking for a market-savvy agent who combines the service of yesteryear with the technology of today, look no further!”