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About Team Jodi

We love our business and enjoy bringing exceptionally high quality service to our clients. Over the years we have learned that to maintain seamless service throughout this business, having high quality support is essential. To provide outstanding service to our buyers and sellers, we have formed a partnership and built a team of top professionals. We meet and talk about our clients everyday. We truly work together as a team and support one another. When you work with any of our team members, it is just as good as working with us. Of course, we are always just a phone call away.

Biographies

  • Jodi Bakst
    Broker, CRS, ABR, GRI, CLHMS, CDPE
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    6011 Farrington Road, Ste 102
    Chapel Hill
    NC 27517
    919-697-5014

    A Chapel Hill resident since 1990 and a Realtor since 1997, Jodi has rapidly achieved recognition through both her market performance and her professional growth as an expert Chapel Hill realtor and expert Durham realtor and an expert in Chapel Hill Real Estate and Durham Homes for Sale. She has been a consistent top producer and has a deep and full understanding of the real estate markets in Chapel Hill and Durham as well as the surrounding area.  She is known for staying on top of technology and the real estate market.  She has numerous professional designations including Broker, Certified Residential Specialist, Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist, Graduate Realtor Institute and Accredited Buyer Representative. and Certified Distressed Property Expert.  Jodi has built a successful Team of Chapel Hill realtors and Durham realtors that help deliver her clients seamless, high quality service.   She is on the North Carolina Association of Realtors Forms Committee and is a past member of the Greater Chapel Hill Association of Realtors Board of Directors.  Jodi is married with two children and is an active volunteer in the Jewish community.  She holds an MA in Public Health from UNC-Chapel Hill and a BA in Economics from the University of California Santa Cruz.

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  • Susan Morris
    Broker
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    6011 Farrington Road, Ste 102
    Chapel Hill
    NC 27517
    919-215-5520

    As a resident of Chapel Hill for 32 years, Susan has built strong and rewarding relationships in the community.   She dedicated 25 years to her own retail business, which introduced her to Chapel Hill’s business world, and gave her invaluable contacts and recognition throughout the area.  Susan has been a Realtor for 10 years and has worked with countless buyers and sellers.  She has made the decision to focus her efforts on working with buyers and providing support to the Team with sellers.  Susan has two children who attended Carolina Friends School.  She maintains a strong connection to this community.  Her volunteer activities include being on the Advisory Committee for Jewish Family Services and working with the Inter-Faith Council.

    Susan is committed to providing buyers with the services they need in an efficient and timely manner.  She is an excellent agent who brings a wealth of knowledge and dedication to the table.  Susan is a valued member of the Team.

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  • Lynn Tomkins
    Broker, Team Manager
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    6011 Farrington Road, Ste 102
    Chapel Hill
    NC 27517
    919-357-0286

    Lynn was born and raised in England and is now residing in Chapel Hill, NC since 1999.   Her professional background has been working in large corporations in England in a huge multi-cultural environment and then in a variety of different roles here in the US.  Lynn obtained her Brokers license in February 2006.  As our Team Manager she coordinates the assignment of buyers with the appropriate TeamJodi team member.  She also handles all our Internet buyer's needs and concerns. When you register for our email home searches, Lynn makes sure you get the homes you want in a timely fashion.

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  • Bill Matthes
    Closing Coordinator & Property Manager
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    6011 Farrington Road, Ste 102
    Chapel Hill
    NC 27517
    919-618-9239

    Bill brings to Team Jodi more than 30 years of successful business management experience and in-depth knowledge of law, accounting and customer service.  With a proven track record in building business networks, he will be doing Closing Coordination for the Team and working with buyers and property management clients.

    He has lived in Chapel Hill/Durham since 1999, and understands the Triangle area real estate market from the buyer, seller and owner perspectives.

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  • Linda Cromartie
    Broker, CRS, ABR, CNHS, GREEN
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    6011 Farrington Road, Ste 102
    Chapel Hill
    NC 27517
    919-265-4990

    Linda is a Buyer Specialist with Team Jodi.  She first came to Chapel Hill in 1970 as an undergraduate. After receiving a B.A. degree in English, she went on to earn certification teaching English/Language Arts in grades K-12. She remained in Chapel Hill to teach Remedial Reading in the Orange County School System until 1978 when she relocated to Washington, DC. After a successful career as a broker with RE/MAX Allegiance in Northern Virginia, she returned to Chapel Hill and affiliated with RE/MAX Winning Edge.

    In Washington she established the Jenkins Hill Child Development Center on Capitol Hill behind the Library of Congress. The school still provides superior pre-school education as a parents cooperative which she helped form when she left. While there she also published Potomac Children, the first parenting newspaper in Washington, which later merged into Washington Parent.

    A life-long writer and foodie I created Metropolitan Menus, a collection of restaurant menus and local food articles with recipes from top chefs, along with other local Washington, DC, publications.
    With the birth of her son she retired from work outside the home but remained active in community and school activities. During this period she helped develop the neighborhood schools biggest participant fundraiser, Get Fit, which also continues to this day.

    A Realtor since 2001 she continues to use the professional, proactive and personal skills she developed over her lifetime. When you work with Linda, She handles your transaction personally in every aspect. She is there when you need her, she will respect your home buying or selling process as a unique experience.
    She is a Realtor, GREEN, a Certified Residential Specialist, a long-time member of REBAC, the organization for Accredited Buyers Representatives. She is also a Certified New Homes Specialist, as well as Residential Construction Certified. Linda lives by a pond in Carrboro with her son Christopher and their pesky English Springer Spaniel, inappropriately named Lady. She enjoys reading, writing, gardening, and fishing.

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  • Kathy Goldman
    Listing Coordinator
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    6011 Farrington Road, Ste 102
    Chapel Hill
    NC 27517
    414-235-9101

    Kathy is a seasoned off-site Real Estate Technology Professional who keeps Jodi’s Team up-to-date with the latest innovations and software to make buying or selling your home more efficient and effective. The information that you find on Jodi’s website is kept accurate and current by Kathy and her team of Real Estate Assistants.  Kathy and her Team ensure that Jodi's listings are marketed quickly and efficiently, her seller clients are kept up to date on the results of Jodi's market efforts and that all Team Transactions run smoothly from the point of contract through closing.  Always eager to learn, Kathy has earned her Bachelor of Science in Business/Marketing, and obtained these Real Estate Industry Certifications: CRESS, PREVA and REVA, as well.  To learn more about what Kathy and her team of experts do for Jodi, visit her website at www.REVAonline.com

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Jodi Bakst on Zillow

Contact Information

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Team Jodi
Chapel Hill Realty Group
6011 Farrington Road, Ste 102
Chapel Hill NC 27517
919-697-5014
Fax: 1-877-206-5036

Jodi Bakst on Zillow

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