Introducing Wendy Harris 2022 NC REALTORS® President Why did you decide to become a REALTOR®? It began as a business decision to assume my father’s business. It became a passion as I experienced the impact and influence the profession brings to our communities. Where do you see the real estate industry headed in the next 100 years? In a hundred years, we will be building fully sustainable homes and all waste will either be recyclable or biodegradable. We will live inside more compact living spaces and have more multi-generational homes or homescapes. There will be more communal green space areas and less impermeable parking and driving space. We may also be buying and selling re-estate on other planets. Perhaps this is where i-buyers and i-sellers will excel in the future, but on this planet, there will always be a place for relationships and personal service. What makes you proud to be an NC REALTOR®? My fellow REALTORS® make me most proud to be an NC REALTOR®. I am proud to know them and proud to learn from them. I am especially proud that they have chosen me and trust me to represent them this year. It is humbling and a responsibility I take seriously. What is your favorite part about living/working in your area? Fayetteville is completely unpretentious. It is a balanced community, full of American pride in the most embracing American way. Living in a military community is seldom a beautiful place to live, but it is incredibly humbling to be surrounded by people and families who have given some or all for a higher purpose. You are constantly reminded without being told that you, too, can do more.
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