Meet Our Team
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(269) 352-1381 |
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David Kreager, CFP®, Broker / Owner
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Dave has 30 years of sales management, marketing and real estate development experience. The majority of Dave’s professional career was spent in the financial services business, with American Express Financial Corporation. In 2001, he stepped out of a senior sales management position to devote more time to his family, community involvement, and to manage a number of business interests. He is a Past President of the Gull Lake Community Schools Board of Trustees, as well as the Gull Lake Area Rotary Club. His start in the real estate business came as an investor of Lake Michigan properties in the late 1990s. He has also developed and owns several commercial buildings. In 2009, he purchased Gull Lake Realty and renamed it Lake to Lake Realty, affiliating with United Country Real Estate. In 2010, he expanded to South Haven, under the name Michigan Lifestyle Properties, which is the only company of its kind that caters to buyers and sellers of lifestyle properties in Michigan. Dave and his family live in Richland and South Haven.
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(269) 629-4947 |
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(269) 629-4968 |
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(269) 806-4231 |
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Kelley Blacken, REALTOR®
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Kelley is a native of southwest Michigan and knows very well the unique qualities that make the area a great place to live and vacation. Licensed as a real estate agent since 2005, Kelley has extensive knowledge of the neighborhoods and lakes of the region. For 24 years, she published The Condominium & Apartment Guide, an invaluable resource for apartment dwellers throughout southwest Michigan. The marketing experience that Kelley gained from that endeavor, combined with United Country Real Estate’s unique marketing resources and capabilities, enable Kelley to serve her clients extremely well. She particularly enjoys working with buyers and sellers of lakefront property and country homes on acreage. Living with avid golfer, Kelley also welcomes the opportunity to work with golf properties. She and her family live in Barry County.
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(269) 629-4947 |
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(269) 629-4968 |
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(269) 568-1800 |
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Jane Carpenter, REALTOR®
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Jane has an exceptional work ethic and enthusiasm for serving clients. After retiring from a successful career as an educator, she decided to pursue the real estate field and obtained her license in 2006. Her many clients have been very glad that she did. She has successfully combined her outstanding people skills, her ability to communicate and teach, and her natural desire for helping people to bring great value to both buyers and sellers of a variety of properties. Of course, since she and her husband live on Gull Lake, Jane has a natural affinity for representing lake properties, and for helping buyers fulfill their lake living dreams.
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(269) 629-4947 |
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(269) 629-4968 |
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(269) 998-0908 |
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Terry Carpenter, Associate Broker
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Terry brings a wealth of banking and real estate experience to his client relationships. His very successful commercial banking career culminated with his retirement from Indiana Lawrence Bank, where he served as President and CEO. During his career, he personally originated hundreds of commercial and residential loans and managed over $200 million in corporate and trust assets. After leaving banking, Terry started Gull Lake Realty (later to become Lake to Lake Realty), which specialized in southwest Michigan lakefront property, and he created the extremely popular and highly rated Gull Lake Realty website, which allowed visitors to easily search for lake property on the most popular southwest Michigan lakes. Terry’s enterprise at Lake to Lake Realty is dedicated to the marketing of lakefront and extraordinary properties, including recreational land and commercial/industrial parcels. He and his wife live on Gull Lake.
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(269) 629-4947 |
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(269) 629-4968 |
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(269) 599-1045 |
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Michael Hutchinson, Attorney
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Michael, a licensed attorney, has been a member of the State Bar of Michigan since 1996, and is the owner of Michael J. Hutchinson, PLC, a specialty legal practice focused on estate planning and administration, and real estate law. Michael has represented developers, contractors, condominium associations, and individuals in all types of real estate matters. He grew up on Gull Lake, and has enjoyed the lake living lifestyle his entire life. He enjoys sailing, motor boating and water skiing, as well as fly fishing, which he’s done on many of Michigan’s rivers and streams. He’s also been active in both the Gull Lake and South Haven Yacht Clubs. Mike’s knowledge of the area, combined with his attention to detail, position him to bring great value to his clients.
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(269) 629-4947 |
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(269) 629-4968 |
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(269) 598-6567 |
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Joe Lukeman, REALTOR® / Appraiser
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Joe brings a broad and accomplished skill set to Lake to Lake Realty and Michigan Lifestyle Properties. In addition to his qualifications as a Realtor®, he also owns Spinnaker Appraisal Company, which he operates as a Michigan Certified Residential Real Estate Appraiser, and has extensive experience in the valuation of vacant land, waterfront properties, condominiums, small residential income properties, pre-construction projects and manufactured housing. In addition, having served a number of real estate investor clients, Joe manages an extensive property management portfolio. Joe grew up on Gull Lake and knows firsthand the quality of living that Michigan provides. His background and experience in a variety of real estate-related fields allow him to serve buyers and sellers of a wide variety of property types extremely well.
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(269) 629-4947 |
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(269) 203-5281 |
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Juan Mendez, REALTOR®
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Juan brings the value of over 25 years of marketing experience in retail and consumer products to his realty clients. He also has six years of experience in the business-to-business market environment, and has worked on over 100 merger & acquisition transactions, including those as small as $25,000 and as large as $75 Million. He currently serves in a variety of roles in the community, including those as President of the River Oaks Soccer Club, coach of two boys soccer teams, a den leader for Cub Scout pack 294, and a variety of others. He also is active in SCORE as a mentor and conducts marketing for small businesses and internet marketing seminars. Juan and his family live in Richland.
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(269) 420-4487 |
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Leslee Smith, Office Manager / REALTOR®
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Leslee has had her real estate license since 2006. She’s a native of Michigan, was raised in a farming community in mid-Michigan, and has lived throughout the upper Midwest. Her background and experience help her bring great value to her clients and the Lake to Lake Realty and Michigan Lifestyle Property teams. In addition, she and her husband own a radon inspection business, which brings an additional knowledge base to her real estate practice. Leslee particularly enjoys working with buyers and sellers of residential lakefront property and country homes on acreage throughout southwest Michigan. Leslee and her family live in Calhoun County.
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(630) 334-1142 |
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Steve Sprengel, REALTOR® /Waterfront Community Developer
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Steve specializes in waterfront communities. He has been involved in southwest Michigan lake properties for over ten years, and has extensive experience in the development, construction and marketing of lakefront cottages, as well as the purchase and development of vacant land, including designing and acting as general contractor. Steve is also a partner in Lakeside Properties, LLC, which specializes in southwest Michigan second homes. One of Lakeside Properties’ projects is the highly successful Lake Chapin Shores. Being ‘hands on’ with all of the essential aspects of fine residential building, Steve is able to assure buyers of the waterfront communities he represents an extra level of confidence. Steve and his family live in Willowbrook, IL and Bloomingdale, MI.
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