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 My Son and I
at the Tacking of the Crow Ceremony the day he made Petty Officer in the US
Coast Guard
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Operation Deep Freeze
1968-Antarctica |
A native of Kentucky, Ron entered the
U.S. Coast Guard at age seventeen and traveled extensively during his
career. His travels included the Artic, Antarctic, Alaska, Hawaii, Fiji,
Tonga, Japan, and numerous South American, Caribbean and South Pacific cities
and islands. The "iceberg experience" in his travels to the "Top and Bottom" of
the world gave him a great appreciation for the milder South Carolina
climate.
Dad's Best
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He fell in love with the Charleston area
during his last career tour and he selected Real Estate as his new career
choice. Ron settled in the bedroom community of Goose Creek. He and his
wife "Birdie" have three children. Elizabeth, Kelly Ryan and Faith. Kelly
recently married, serves on active duty in the U.S. Coast Guard and Elizabeth
is married and has blessed Ron and Birdie with three grandchildren. Last to be
at home is their fourteen-year-old daughter Faith, the apple of her dad's eyes.
She keeps her dad young with softball, horseback riding and other
activities.
I won this one! Five
fish--24.11 lbs! |
Ron loves to fish and competes as an
amateur in bass fishing tournaments. He teaches adult Sunday school and
serves as Senior Deacon at his Church. Ron is a volunteer instructor for
"Getting Started" in at the Charleston Trident Association of Realtors. He is
also a Charter member of the Goose Creek Economic Development Committee. He
participates in coaching the girls fast pitch softball team.
Ron is a member of the National Association
of REALTORS (NAR). He holds the Certified Buyer Representative (CBR), Certified
Residential Specialist (CRS), Graduate Realtor Institute (GRI) professional
designations. He is a member of the Real Estate Buyer Agent Council and has
earned the Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR) designation. Ron has over 21
years full time professional experience. Ron was inducted into the Real Estate
Buyer Agent Council's Hall of Fame for year 2003 and was elected President of
the North Area Top Producers Club for year 2005. He is a Century 21 Centurion
Producer.
Ron likes using his experience and
negotiating skills to save his client time, money and effort. His consumers,
either buyer or seller, are better informed. Ron believes that through
technology and the news media homebuyers are becoming more educated and once
they become aware that they can have agent representation at no additional cost
they will seek out an experienced agent online. Ron has helped hundreds of
homebuyers find their dream home.
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Where in the United States will you find the largest concentration of million-dollar homes?
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There are almost 314,000 million-dollar homes in the United States, and 41% of these are located in California.
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