Name: Melissa MacKimm
Company: RE/MAX Renaissance
Address: 305 Harrison St., Suite 200, Leesburg, VA 20175
Phone: 703/771-2345
Fax: 703/771-0906
E-mail: MelissaMacKimm@remax.net
Web site: www.MelissaMacKimm.com
Year started: 2002
How did you get started in real estate? After a successful 21-year career with American Express, I wanted to move into a role closer to home where I was able to utilize my sales, relationship management and customer service skills. Real estate was the perfect fit.
How long with the current company? 2½ years
Licenses and designations: Accredited buyers representative; certified residential specialist; graduate, Realtor institute
Associations: Dulles Area Association of Realtors
Awards: RE/MAX national 100 percent club; Loudoun County Outstanding Woman of the Year, 2005
Greatest accomplishment in the past 12 months: Being elected Area 4 Director of Zonta International, a women’s service organization
What is your area of specialty? Northern Virginia area
Highest-priced home sold: $1,500,000
Most memorable house: A wonderful historic home in Waterford, Va. It has always been one of my favorite properties in the area. It has a 1790s Quaker origin and an 1830s addition, wonderful hardwood and slate floors, enormous charm and a fabulous bank barn with five stalls and an artist’s studio, all on 30 acres. It was a joy to represent.
Worst experience: When my husband and I had found our dream home, an 1880s farmhouse in northern Loudoun County, we used a great RE/MAX agent to purchase the house but decided to sell our home in Leesburg ourselves as a “for sale by owner.” It was before I had even thought about getting my real estate license. It was truly difficult to remove myself emotionally when selling my home. It was a very stressful time, and if it wasn’t for the agent representing the purchasers, I’m not sure we would have known what all to do to get the transaction closed. Knowing what I know now, as a licensed agent, I would never buy or sell without a professional.
Family: Married
Pets: Two Bernese mountain dogs, Ueli and Ursa
Education: Bachelor of arts in English and sociology, Hartwick College (Oneonta, N.Y.), 1977
Community service/outside interests: Zonta Club of Loudoun County; Area 4 director, Zonta International
Last book read: “Simple Genius,” by David Baldacci
Last movie seen: “Ocean’s Thirteen”
What kind of cars do you drive? Mercedes and Volkswagen Cabriolet
What is your personal dream house? Something with a first-floor master bedroom on the Piankatank River in Virginia’s middle peninsula.
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