Linda has lived in Southern Nevada for more than 18 years.  She is a native of Buffalo, N.Y., and grew up in Parkersburg, W.V.  She has worked as a top-producing REALTOR® for No Ka Oi Realty, Inc. (now called One Source Realty and Management) in Las Vegas since 1991.  Before that, she worked in the new home industry, the mortgage industry, and in private funding for special projects.

Linda’s education and training includes a degree in business administration and marketing from West Virginia University, and a masters degree in business administration from UNLV.  An expert on residential real estate and property management, Linda holds the professional designations of ABR, CRS, LTG, and SRES, in addition to a residential relocation certification, and a property management permit.

As of Jan. 1, 2006, she is president on the Greater Las Vegas Association of REALTORS® Board of Directors and its Executive Committee.  In 2005, she served as GLVAR president-elect.

In 2003, then-GLVAR President Lee Barrett appointed Linda as the director-liaison charged with creating new work groups serving the interests of the more than 14,000 GLVAR members.  She has also worked with the REALTOR®-Builder Relations Work Group (leading to a local Builder-REALTOR® Council), and served on work groups devoted to land investment and risk management.

In addition to her involvement with the GLVAR, she is actively involved in the Nevada Association of REALTORS®, and National Association of REALTORS®.  She is a member of the Women’s Council of REALTORS®, serving as the Nevada State Chapter president for 2004, and a member of Certified Residential Specialists, National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals and others. 

When she’s not working, she enjoys teaching, mediating, and volunteering as a mentor with Clark High School and UNLV’s Lied Institute for Real Estate Studies.  She also works as a consultant and expert witness in residential property management and sales cases. 

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