Profile

Name: Sara Hourihan-Taylor

Company: Century 21 HT Brown Real Estate Inc.

Address: 5801 Deale Churchton Road, Deale, MD 20751

Phone: 888/756-2121

Fax: 301/261-5307

E-mail: 813shourihan@comcast.net

Web site: www.homesdatabase.com/ sarataylor

Year started: 1983

How did you get started in real estate? I signed up for a real estate class to learn about investing in real estate, and I met a woman in class. We got our licenses and teamed up for six months. It was a good jump start.

How long with the current company? Three months

Licenses and designations: Maryland associate broker; Notary; certified residential specialist; graduate, Realtor institute; accredited buyer representative

Awards: Life member, masters club; life member, distinguished sales club; hall of fame

Greatest accomplishment in the past 12 months: I changed brokers.

What is your area of specialty? Residential waterfront/water view/water-oriented properties

Highest-priced home sold: $964,000

Most memorable house: It was a waterfront boathouse converted into a charming home on pilings. It was grandfathered in as a residential home, but no lender would grant a mortgage on it because it was not on land. The seller ended up holding the mortgage when it sold.

Worst experience: It was a lovely home, but a nasty divorce. Over and over Mr. Seller had hallucinations of bugs crawling all over him and being everywhere in the house. I would go there, and, of course, there were no bugs. It was a very strange experience, but the house sold.

Age: 62

Education: Bachelor of science in biology, University of Maryland at College Park, 1967

Community affiliations/community service/outside interests: South Anne Arundel Chamber of Commerce; Shady Side Rural Heritage Society; Women of the Moose Lodge, South County/Deale

Last book read: “Beach Road,” by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge

Last movie seen: “The Queen”

What kind of car do you drive? Cadillac DTS 2006

What is your personal dream house? A one-level home, stone front, master bedroom on opposite end of house from other bedrooms, great room with a stone fireplace and an open kitchen with eat-at counters. A two- or three-car garage, on about 3 to 5 acres with a pond or overlooking a lake.