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JP & Associates Metro Atlanta Chris and Lisa Schlitz bring JP & Associates to the metro Atlanta market with a beautiful new office in Suwanee Town Center, offering first class service to buyers and sellers backed by a family-oriented spirit. By Alicia Carter / Photos by Karl Lamb
past 30 years, Chris and Lisa Schlitz have made a name for themselves in the real estate industry. Moving from New York to Florida to Georgia, the husband-and-wife team have obtained a wealth of knowledge of the industry as they’ve navigated the milestones of their lives, including cross-country moves and growing their family. From their time in South Florida in the late ’90s when they began buying RE/MAX franchises all the way to their relocation to Georgia in 2018, where they discovered JP & Associates, Chris and Lisa have continued to learn and grow within the industry. During this time, Lisa took some time off to raise their children but kept her license active, not knowing that one day the brokerage business would become a family business. “In 2018 we met with the CEO of Franchising at JP & Associates,” Chris says. ‘We decided to purchase franchises for the Atlanta market. We purchased four franchises — we have two offices open already; one in Brookhaven and the one we just opened in Suwanee. We’re opening another office before the end of 2021 in the southside of Atlanta. Our fourth location is undetermined, but we will be open by June 2022. We’ve been doing this for about - Chris and Lisa Schlitz CEO and COO, JP & Associates 30 years. Our whole world is Metro Atlanta based around real estate.” OR THE
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JP & Associates Real Estate Metro Atlanta (JPAR) found great success with its first location in Brookhaven, becoming the fastest-growing real estate brokerage in Atlanta in 2019-2020 with well over 100 agents joining them in their first year. Spearheaded by Chris and Lisa, CEO and COO respectively, their son Michael joined as Vice President of Operations, fulfilling their vision to become a truly family-oriented business. The Suwanee location opened in January 2021, marking an exciting change for the team. “It was a big leap of faith to go into
