About Us
DAPHNE
Hometown Portland, Oregon. Mercer Island resident since 1987.
Family: husband and real estate partner Terry, devoted mother of Taylor, Alexa, Treston. College: Oregon State University Clothing & Textiles Major. Background: Nordstrom Pacesetter & All-Star; Sales Representative – Head Sportswear, Helly Hansen, Speedo USA, Obermeyer Skiwear Involved/Served: MI community – PTSA Boards; Island Chorale Experience Board; National Charity League Board; MI Boys Basketball Booster Club Board; CBS Passions: Interior decorating…baking cookies…anything creative…helping people. Hopes: to make a difference.
I have spent a lifetime in my business experience finding people just the things they were looking for…quite a usable skill in real estate. I believe anything is possible…that sums up my approach to real estate. I simply do not hold back. I’m excited and energized and inspired by the daily possibility of excellence, by the privilege of matching people with their dreams. How do I work? I am comfortable. I will take the pressure off what might otherwise be considered stressful decisions. I listen hard, think differently & creatively, and study every possibility. My instincts are good. I am enthusiastic…that’s putting it mildly! I have an energy level that won’t quit. And while I’m fast tracking, I have this focus that never lets a detail slip by. They are everything to me. People I’ve just met feel like they know me. Truthfully, there isn’t a personality I haven’t loved working with. I stay in close working touch, am relentlessly optimistic and refuse to fall short of our goal.
Words I’d claim? Organized, creative, tasteful, intuitive, knowledgeable, trustworthy, caring. Words I’d lose? Impossible.
TERRY
“Real estate doesn’t feel like work to me…it’s simply challenges waiting for solutions.”
I think real estate is about trust. About having it all handled. I get great satisfaction from that moment when a client relaxes, leaves it all to me. It’s a moment I work hard for.
I’m here to discover what makes people happy, beyond home… How do they want to live life? There are thousands of details beyond
4 bedrooms/.25 acres. I listen with zeal & ask a lot of questions…
This is my map, my guide to what people really want.
What excites me these days are the personal relationships that form in the midst of doing business. Clients trust me. They rely on my intuition.
Real estate here is as competitive and challenging as it gets. Great properties come and go quickly. When you work with me, you won’t have to daydream about the one that got away. You’ll already have it.
Creed I value every minute of every day, take nothing for granted, and treasure life’s adventures
