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L adies o f L and fall R ealty
Landfall Realty
1720 Drysdale Drive, Wilmington
910-256-6111
www.landfallrealty.com
Becky Sp ivey
A Broker for 13 years, Becky shares some
admittedly clichéd advice: “Don’t give up too
easily — especially in the real estate market
today.” She enjoys the family atmosphere at
Landfall Realty and throughout the community,
and appreciates the opportunity to become an
expert by focusing on one area. “Being exclusive
to Landfall gives us special focus on what’s
best for our customers,” Becky says.
A lison Bernhart
Alison, a Broker since 1976, moved to
Wilmington in 1990. As the Broker in Charge,
she is the point person for most of the transactions
that take place.
“And the job we do doesn’t end at closing,”
she says, adding that agents remain a source
of information and friendship to clients. Alison
sees mentors in every experience: “We are
influenced often by great stories and folks
around us who have had incredible careers.”
You don’t have to be an actual resident of
Landfall to understand that a community
of its size, scope and diversity supports
its own real estate agency. This gated community
— North Carolina’s first — includes 2,000
properties on 2,200 acres of land and a plethora
of homeowners’ associations, each with its own
bylaws and covenants. Landfall was established
in 1986, and while it is richly populated with
homes, condos and patio houses, there are 500
undeveloped sites.
“There are a lot of factors that go into purchasing
property here,” explains Alison Bernhart,
Broker in Charge, “And people who buy here are
taking on a lifestyle, not just a parcel of land.”
Visit their beautiful new office — now located
at 1720 Drysdale Drive just outside the Drysdale
gate in the Landfall Shopping Center — to meet
some of the agents, all Landfall residents, who
work at Landfall Realty. Each is a part owner of the
company with decision-making and marketing
responsibilities.
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Left t o r ight: Becky Spi vey, Ali s on Bern hart,
Karen Tho mps on and Mart ie D avy
Karen T ho mp son
Karen Thompson loves showing people
around the area and selling her favorite
neighborhood, Landfall. “Living here feels
like living on vacation,” she says. A neighborhood
advocate, family woman and
Sunday school teacher, this year, Karen
will also serve as president of the board of
Friends of the University of North Carolina
Wilmington.
Martie Davy
A six-day work week, three daughters
in college and a new puppy at home
leave little time for leisure for Martie
Davy, but she wouldn’t change a thing.
Davy, who moved to Wilmington in
1995, loves the small-town-on-a-fasttrack
business climate. She considers
herself lucky to work closely with her
mentor: Landfall Realty general manager,
Ken Kirkman.