This feature is a question-and-answer session with a new Blount County Chamber member. So, here we go with our 183rd installment visiting with Jamie Dorn-Lane, principal broker/realtor with Michael Carr & Associates, Inc. – TN, who help people list and locate a home and area to better suit their changing lifestyle. That is how we became known as the Lifestyle LocatorĀ® REALTORSĀ®.

Tell me more about your firm. We help people seeking to relocate for a more ideal lifestyle list or locate a home and area to better suit their changing needs. Experienced in buying, selling, relocation, second homes, vacation homes, property management, and lifestyle communities. We focus on locating the right home at the right price and getting to the closing table on time and have an extraordinary ability to provide a stress-free experience and optimistic approach to each situation.

How did you get started? I started in the real estate industry over 20 years ago and have experience in several aspects of the industry from property management, new home construction sales as well as residential real estate working with home buyers, home sellers and investors.

What is your background? How did you get the background and skills necessary to run or work in this type of business? It has been a lot of education and experience that has lead to the success of my business. Over the span of my career, I have successfully completed well over 700 transactions. I’ve seen a lot of things happen and have always been able to get to the closing table by providing solutions to challenges that come up in a real estate transaction.

Who is your mentor? I have had several mentors throughout my career and now make sure to be that mentor to others. My biggest supporter and mentor has always been my mother Niki who is now my business partner in the real estate business. Her knowledge and expertise in being a small business owner as well as payroll directors for major Fortune 500 companies has helped us grow our business both her in Tennessee as well as Florida.

Describe your customers. Our motto is, “we sell the lifestyle and the home comes with it!” Ones home is so much more than a place to stay, its the way you live and where you make memories. We help those Buyers and Sellers who are looking to list and locate the right home and the right community to fit their changing needs.

What do you enjoy most about working? I enjoy helping people find that perfect home for their family, helping someone who needs to sell their home in order to find one that fits their changing lifestyle. No day is ever the same which is both exciting and exhausting at the same time. I love that I get to work with my mother everyday and I really love being part of an everchanging community.