Agents

Preferred Properties Agents

Harriet Noland Laurence, professional real estate broker, loves her job and it shows! A native of North Carolina (hailing from Winston-Salem) and a frequent visitor to Highlands, she became a permanent resident in 1990. Harriet is familiar with properties in Highlands, Cashiers and the nearby areas.

Harriet's dedication to the Highlands community is validated by her participation in the Western North carolina Orchid Society, Macon County Senior Games as a gold medal winner in table tennis singles and doubles, as well as volunteering at the Eckard Center.

She has won numerous top awards for sales and listings. Preferred Properties is where she calls home and acquainting newcomers and visitors to the wonderful Highlands/Cashiers area is one of the things she enjoys most.

Name: Harriet Laurence

Licensure: Broker

Office Phone: (828) 526-5587

Office Fax: (828) 526-4281

Mobile: (828) 200-1585

Home: (828) 526-2002

Email:

Anna W. Scott is a true southern girl born in Richmond Virginia. She lived in Boca Raton for eight years prior to moving to the mountains of North Carolina.

Coming to Highlands to escape the “rat race” of south Florida, Ann has been a full time resident of Highlands since 1982. Before entering real estate in 1989, she owned and operated a small boutique shoe store called Happy Feet.

Besides being one of the first female members of the Highlands Rotary Club, Ann was also on the Board of the Bascom-Louise Gallery and the Hudson Library.

Name: Ann Scott

Licensure: Broker

Office Phone: (828) 526-5587

Office Fax: (828) 526-4281

Email:

North Carolina Association of Realtors

Highlands / Cashiers Board of Realtors

Winner of Rookie of the Year Award, 1998

Sept. 1999 - Two Million Dollar Council

Licensed in North Carolina since 1993

North Carolina Association of Realtors

Highlands / Cashiers Board of Realtors

Multi-Million Dollar Producer

Graduate - REALTOR Institute GRI

Licensed in North Carolina since 1989

Rayfield is a native of Macon, Georgia where he was involved in Historic Preservation with Macon Heritage.

He and his wife Carolyn moved to Highlands in 1996 and Rayfield received his Brokers license in 1997. Since that time, he has helped many clients find their perfect piece of Highlands - whether it is acreage, a move-in home or a fixer-upper.

Name: Rayfield E. Lines, III

Licensure: Broker

Office Phone: (828) 526-5587

Office Fax: (828) 526-4281

Home: (828) 526-0036

Email:

North Carolina Association of Realtors

Highlands / Cashiers Board of Realtors

Multi-Million Dollar Producer

National Association of Realtors

Licensed in North Carolina since 1996

A native Floridian, Sonny has been in the real estate business in Highlands since 1972. He is completely familiar with the marketplace and has a vast amount of knowledge and sales experience - not to mention SUCCESS!

“The real enjoyment I have had in 36 years of real estate sales in the Highlands - Cashiers area has been serving a large number of clients who have become friends”

Name: Sonny Parrish

Licensure: Broker

Office Phone: (828) 526-5587

Office Fax: (828) 526-4281

Email:

North Carolina Association of Realtors

Highlands / Cashiers Board of Realtors

Multi-Million Dollar Producer

National Association of Realtors

Licensed in North Carolina since 1973

The Professional Agents Affiliated with Preferred Properties of Highlands, Inc.

Having lived full time in Highlands since 1986, John - better known as “Buz” is intimately familiar with Highlands and the surrounding area.

Buz's wife, Mary is a native of Highlands and they have enjoyed raising their two daughters in such a wonderful environment.

The first time Buz stumbled onto Highlands was in 1970 after an interview with an old guy named Tommy Barnes for Foxfire Magazine. That was before Buck Creek Road was paved all the way. “When I finally found myself on Main Street in Highlands, I thought I had hit Heaven” Buz eventually got the opportunity to move to Highlands in 1986 and hasn’t looked back!

"Living in Highlands is a dream of so many people, I feel blessed to make that dream my reality and the reality of so many others!".

Name: Russ Cochrane

Licensure: Broker

Office Phone: (828) 526-5587

Office Fax: (828) 526-4281

Email:

North Carolina Association of Realtors

Highlands / Cashiers Board of Realtors

Multi-Million Dollar Producer

Licensed in North Carolina since 1987

Russ Cochrane was born in Euclid, Ohio, on the shores of Lake Erie. After graduating from high school the family moved to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida in 1955 when Florida was still pristine.

After meeting and marrying his wife Jackie in 1961, Russ owned and operated Cochrane Heating & Air Conditioning & Electrical Contracting in Sebring, Florida for over 20 years.

Russ purchased his first home in Highlands in 1974. He and Jackie and their four boys moved here permanently in 1986.

He has had his North Carolina real estate license since 1987

An Atlanta native, but wanting out of the rat race, Chuck and his wife decided that the Highlands area was a better place to live than to visit.

They made the move to Highlands in 1998. Both feel privileged to live in one of the most sought after towns in the southeast.

Chuck grew up in the contracting industry in a family business, building custom and spec homes in three counties north of Atlanta. He built his first home in 1985. In 1992 he was called to duty at a small hardware store called the Home Depot. A manager there for five of seven years, he still bleeds orange!

Years later, Chuck still recalls the Home Depot culture...and knows how to “take care of the customer”

Give him a call at (828) 526-5587

Name: Chuck Dempsey

Licensure: Broker

Office Phone: (828) 526-5587

Office Fax: (828) 526-4281

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