About Rick
The son of an Air Force Colonel, Rick has lived all over the country and the world. He and his wife relocated from Santa Barbara to Sandpoint to raise their young family in an outdoor town that offered true small town values. They had researched all of the emerging ski resort towns in the West and chose to make a life in Sandpoint.
Rick has a passion for living life to its fullest with his friends and family. He is an expert snow skier and enjoys all of the lake and mountain activities that North Idaho offers, including mountain biking, boating and kayaking, tennis and golf, and various racing competitions. Together with his wife Mandy, they also are very passionate about dogs and have started a non-profit named after their paralyzed pug, Molly: MollyInspiresFoundation.org. The Foundation was developed to help dogs with special needs and to provide the tools for owners of special needs dogs to help people.
Shortly after graduating with a Masters Degree in Business and Resort Administration from University of South Carolina, Rick began a distinguished career in the resort hotel business. His resume included Director of Sales for Four Seasons Resort Santa Barbara, and Kiawah Island Golf Resorts in Charleston, SC, and he set the sales record while with Grand Wailea Resort in Maui. Having been a real estate investor on the side, Rick pursued his Agent and then Broker license in California, where he worked for some time as an independent Mortgage Broker for both residential and commercial property (which has since proven an invaluable experience). He soon found himself drawn again to resort property and spent the next few years as national sales representative for various resort real estate developments in Hawaii, California, and throughout the West. Through this experience Rick was able to work with various development and marketing teams and learned what ingredients separated the resort communities that could sustain long term success and growth in value.
Rick and Mandy put a great deal of thought into their decision to move to Sandpoint. In addition to the personal reasons, Rick felt that this region had all the right ingredients to become a successful resort destination. They have planted roots and chosen to raise their kids here. Rick welcomes the opportunity to introduce you to the North Idaho lifestyle and all that it has to offer.
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