Trisha Lauter, Broker

I grew up in a small town in Oklahoma, close to an Air Force Base - as many members of my family were in the Military. Many of my uncles and cousins were Real Estate Developers and owned Real Estate Brokerages. In 1986, my first job out of college was working for a large, country-wide Mortgage Company - Gibralter/First Texas Savings that later included Unified Mortgage. I worked at that Company in various positions in the REO and Underwriting departments. I loved my job, but realized that although the desk job/paperwork part of the real estate process was important, it was impersonal and often times seen as "files" and not "families." It was then I decided that I wanted to further my career, helping people as "people" not just "files." In 2005, I received my Real Estate license and worked with my first Broker who mentored me for several years, I then went to a larger Firm as a ...