Strong 30 years ago and stronger TODAY — that is United Country Ridgeway Real EstateRidU’s statement for 2009 (http://www.ridgewayrealestate.com)
Mansfield can be proud to have a steady business thrive in the economic soup of the community for thirty years. In conversation with Sue Fuge, broker at Ridgeway this week, we visited the real estate environment in the 1970s and 1980s. “There was a real estate boom for properties with water frontage. People wanted live and water and seclusion, pretty much the same as other parts of the country. Farmers came then as they do today because the property prices were lower. ”
Sue went on to observe that property prices and lower real estate taxes have attracted the retirement market steadily since the doors at Ridgeway opened thirty years ago. “The eighties were good in Missouri.” she added.
Sue and Devon Campbell started Ridgeway Real Estate thirty years ago and have been building since. Sue worked with another brokerage for about a year; that brokerage is no longer in business. Several years ago, they decided to add the nationwide franchise United Country to their services. That let them offer national options to their listings while contacting people all over who would be interested in a home in the beautiful Ozarks.
I have some experience with real estate and know that I thrived on the adrenalin of the ‘deal’, chaos of keeping offers juggled, and loved the administrative side of getting all the paperwork in order. I asked Sue what had motivated her to get into and she candidly answered, ” I was looking for a way to make a living and raise my two children.” She continued that she found she really loved working with the people and meeting the challenge of finding just the right property for each customer. “It is very interesting to talk with people from other areas and learn about their ways of gardening, farming and other culture aspects from all over the United States of America.”
Sue told me more about her perception of the successful aspects of Ridgeway Real Estate’s business history and about the vision for their future in the real estate business.
