About Eric

I’ve always worked in sales, face to face with customers. I spent about 15 years selling musical instruments, then about 11 more at a family-owned dealership selling tractors, construction equipment and power sports vehicles. I’m someone who stays with things for a long time.

An old house taught me a lot

In December 1999 I bought a farmhouse on 30 acres in East Randolph. As near as we can tell it was built around 1865: we found newspapers from the Civil War stuffed in the walls. I’d come from central Florida, where water and septic were town systems, so private wells and septic were brand new to me.

The house had good bones and a lot of needs. The stone foundation had water running through it, and in the end the whole thing had to be replaced: two men, eleven weeks. I added a bulkhead while we were at it, and now when I show an old house with no way out of the basement, I notice. Since then there’s been a new standing-seam roof, one of the first pellet stoves around, and most recently a heat pump. There’s almost nothing in that house I haven’t been involved in.

So when a seller or buyer asks about a roof, a foundation or a heating system, I can usually say: I’ve been there.

How I got into real estate

The agent who sold me that house became a good friend and a hunting buddy. Every year I’d ask him how the market was. One day he said, “If you’re serious, get your license,” and dropped off a textbook. It’s still on my shelf.

I took the class in Montpelier and got my license in April 2017. In August 2020 I earned my broker’s license, the highest license level in Vermont.

In January 2021 I joined Paul Rea at Rural Vermont Real Estate. Paul founded the business in 2001, and we worked side by side for four years. In January 2025 I took over as owner, and today I’m the owner and principal broker.

How I work

I stay local, and I’m hands-on. That can mean checking on a vacant listing in winter, shoveling a path to the door, or finding you the right plow guy, electrician or propane company. I keep my clients updated even when there’s no big news. A quick check-in goes a long way. Every listing gets treated as its own project.

The thing I hear most at the closing table is, “I couldn’t have done this without you.” Selling a property involves deadlines, taxes, easements and attorneys, and I’m there for all of it.

Email: [email protected]
Cell: 802-431-7909