Ali Harrington Real Estate and Remodeling

Coming from a background in biology, I knew little about the daily workings of a construction company when I started building 8 years ago. Starting as a laborer on the job site, I saw what went into building a home. After some time, I was given the responsibility of ordering supplies, managing sub contractors, and designing the interiors of the homes. During my career as a partner to my husband, we constructed 35+ homes, including custom homes and spec homes, did several remodels, and infills on commercial property. I handled the draws, paid sub contractors, and procured insurances and permits for our projects. The most difficult aspect of the job was expecting the people that worked for me to give as much as I did. Although it was my company, and I felt every home was an extension of myself, to them it was just a job. Over time I believe I was able to create such a working relationship that my subcontractors felt part of a team and attitudes dramatically improved. The part of the job that I enjoyed the most was watching a home, part of the American dream, come out of the earth. I loved the design process and found the problems that arose daily to be challenges for which I enjoyed finding solutions. It is still gratifying to drive through a subdivision and see the homes I helped to construct. That passion moved me from the development side into sales. Just as I loved seeing a family move into a home I helped to build, I equally thrive on finding them the home of their dreams. Or at least what their dream is for that time in their lives. I hope to build lasting relationships with the buyers and sellers I represent that will follow them through many stages of life. I plan to give just as much of myself to the searching, showing and negotiating a home sale as I did when I was building the homes. My organization skills, paperwork tasks and customer service will be an equally integral part of my real estate career as it was in development. I am anxious to create mutually beneficial relationships in this field and expect an extremely rewarding future, both personally and monetarily.