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Leslye brings a wealth of real estate knowledge to the classroom. She has personally managed thousands of residential real estate transactions. Additionally, she has served as the property manager for a prominent real estate developer in the Triangle handling the daily operation of a rental portfolio of hundreds of properties.

Leslye is a native of Tuxpan, Nayarit, Mexico, and is fluent in Spanish and English. Her ability to answer questions to our licensees who speak Spanish as their primary language is invaluable. She is probably the #1 resource for the North Carolina Latino real estate professional community. She came to the United States in August of 1990 with her family and has been here in the Triangle area of North Carolina. She currently resides in Zebulon with her husband, two children, and a small zoo of animals.

One of the reasons Brian is so popular as a real estate instructor is the fact that he has a team with Keller Williams Realty in Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina that sells over $12 million annually. During his career as an agent, instructor, manager and coach in the real estate industry, he has participated in over $800 million in real estate transactions.

He has also owned investment property for over 15 years along with coaching new and experienced investors in their purchases.

A fun classroom atmosphere, quality materials and extensive knowledge of the subject matter are the reasons students return to his classes over and over again to participate.

After growing up in Eastern, NC and moving around to different areas of the state, Laurie Ann was drawn back east by her love for the beach and Wilmington’s relaxed, coastal lifestyle. Her passion for real estate was born out of many years of property management, buying and selling houses and home renovations. She graduated from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and earned an MBA from Duke University. Prior to obtaining her real estate license, Laurie Ann specialized in marketing communications for over 20 years. She decided to apply this knowledge and experience to her real estate business and to teaching prelicensing, postlicensing and continuing education across North Carolina. Laurie Ann is an active real estate broker assisting both buyers and sellers in the Wilmington area. She loves working with people and strives to provide the highest level of personal customer service to her clients and students.

Melea’s vast career in sales earned her numerous sales awards with her REALTOR® momma, Billie Lemon, whom Melea worked with for decades. In addition to sales and real estate education, Melea has enjoyed being a Broker-in-Charge as well as training new agents. Melea has received several real estate instructor designations including: Distinguished Real Estate Instructor (DREI), Gold Standard Instructor (GSI) and Certified Distance Education Instructor (CDEI). Melea has presented at national and state educator’s conferences for both real estate and adult education. Furthermore, Melea received the Rising Star Award in 2018 from the national organization, Real Estate Educators Association (REEA). Melea has served on the Board of Directors for REEA from 2019 – 2021 and was co-chair for the REEA Education Committee as well.

Seth has lived in the Triangle area of North Carolina for nearly 30 years. As a full-time real estate broker, he brings extensive knowledge and experience in all residential real estate areas. His career includes new construction sales, recruitment and training of new agents, and handling of technology and productivity coaching. Becoming a real estate instructor was an obvious choice, with a natural love for educating others.

Before real estate, Seth attended a local culinary school, leading to a hospitality manager and chef career in the food art industry.In his free time, he loves to cook, travel, and spend time with his wife and three young sons. But, when it comes to his passion, Seth expresses, " A real estate career is such a fun adventure, and I look forward to meeting new students and furthering their knowledge!"

Since 1992 Kim has been educating real estate brokers in North Carolina. It is her passion for real estate education that has driven the mission of KimCo Real Estate Education Services to provide engaging and relevant education environments for all students.

Kim has a long list of accomplishments that she brings to NCREEA. 2022 Member of the Year, REEA, Past President, NCREEA, Educator of the Year, NCREEA, Most Outstanding Program of the Year, NCREEA, Billie J. Mercer Excellence in Education Award, NCREC and designations & licenses such as Graduate of the Real Estate Institute (GRI), Distinguished Real Estate Instructor (DREI), and a Gold Standard Instructor (GSI).

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