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79 Getting to Know You REALTORS BECKY FREY, COMPASS Becky Frey PAPERCITY PROMOTION 11422 E Ricks Circle I ' M PA R T I A L T O C O L O R A D O . Number of years in real estate business. 35. Area of expertise. My team and I specialize in Park Cities, Devonshire, Bluffview, Greenway Parks, Preston Hollow, Uptown, Lakewood, M Streets, and Lake Highlands. A favorite listing. Currently, the beautiful creekside home on Cochran Chapel. Best location for purchasing a second home or vacation home. I'm partial to Colorado. We love working with Bill Fandel, a fellow Compass agent in Telluride. Best advice for buying a home. I'm asked this question a lot, and my best advice is to use a realtor. Your realtor should be a trusted advisor and can help you navigate from start to fi nish. We treat our clients like family and want to make sure they are taken care of in all aspects of the transaction. Best advice for selling your home. Prep! My team and I do extensive prep before we put a listing on the market. You only get one fi rst impression. With so many buyers starting their home search online, photos are everything. We have a team of stagers, landscapers, and painters that helps us get each listing prepped and ready for the market. A real estate trend you're excited about. Clients restoring historical homes. We just sold a beautiful 1920s Tudor on Princeton in Highland Park, and our clients are going to restore it to its original beauty. It's refreshing for people, especially younger clients, to see the value in such a historical home. The zip code/ neighborhood you call home. I've lived all over D a l l a s , b u t I currently live in Devonshire — 75209 — and have for over 20 years. T h e m o s t - u s e d room in your house. My back screened porch. I could sit there all day and pretend I'm at the lake and watch my dogs play. How to make a house a home. By hosting friends and family and adding personal touches, like photos of the people and memories I cherish the most. Community involvement/ philanthropic affi liations. I'm a founding member of the Katy Trail 5K, and I'm involved with The Family Place and Genesis Women's Shelter. Your home away from home. My log-cabin lake house on Lake Winnsboro and my home in Crested Butte. Dallas restaurants you couldn't live without. Parigi, Mi Cocina, and Empire Bakery. Most-shopped stores in Dallas. Rag & Bone, Gap, Tootsies. If you weren't in your current profession, what you would be doing. I would work for National Geographic as a photographer. Secret skill. Green thumb. Guilty pleasure. Going to Max Feet Relax Center on Lovers Lane for a foot massage. Becky Frey, 214.536.4727, becky.frey@compass.com I W O U L D W O R K F O R N AT I O N A L G E O G R A P H I C . . .