Michael Nuzzo’s trademark is his amazing work ethic. As a kid, his first job was at ten years old as a paperboy in his native Ohioville, Beaver County.

After attending Western Beaver High School, Michael attended the University of Pittsburgh where he majored in Communications and participated on the cheerleading team.

Shortly after graduating from college in 1981, Michael founded a cheerleading school that now conducts training camps in 40+ states and provides guidance to over 12,000 young cheerleaders annually.

Although he has enjoyed professional success already, Michael refuses to rest. Since Michael’s business partner now runs the cheerleading business, Michael is practicing real estate in Southwestern Pennsylvania full time.

Michael is ethical, honest, innovative and an effective negotiator. These traits helped Michael achieve business success and they create very satisfied real estate clients.

Before joining Achieve Realty, Michael worked at a large national franchise for 6 years. His real estate practice focuses primarily on the places where he has lived over the years: the City of Pittsburgh, the North Hills and, of course, Beaver County.

Kristen Stokes, Achieve Realty’s president, recently stated, “everybody loves Michael Nuzzo. He’s a pleasure to work with and he’s a wonderful person.”

Michael is married and has a 16 year old son. His hobbies include exercise and real estate investing.

P. Andrew “Drew” Waters was born and raised in the Northern Pittsburgh, PA suburb of Allison Park. He is the youngest of 5 brothers.

After graduating from the University of Pittsburgh in 1988 with a B.A. in Business Administration, Drew began a journey of diverse business experiences.

From 1988-1993, Drew worked as an investment broker in Los Angeles, California. There, he met his wife Nadine and they moved back to the Pittsburgh area to settle down.

Drew worked for a medical supply company for a short time and then founded and operated his own medical supply company, Keystone Medical Supply, from 1994-1999.

In 2000, Drew obtained his real estate license. He most recently practiced real estate at WHY USA Homes For You.

Drew is an analytical thinker with strong problem solving skills. These traits helped him succeed in the investment brokerage, medical supply and real estate fields.

Drew is a very active member of Northway Christian Community Church in Wexford, PA, where he serves as Small Group Leader. He resides in Gibsonia with his wife and two children.

Achieve Realty is proud to announce the addition of its newest agent, Denise LeClere. Denise has been a full time Realtor® since 1991. Since then, she has left a trail of very satisfied customers in her wake, and has received numerous complimentary letters from all types of customers.

A first-time homebuyer wrote, “you made buying our first house an enjoyable experience.” Another wrote, “you helped me hang in there and believe owning a home was possible….you’re our #1 Agent!” A seller recently wrote, “Denise did a superb job in marketing our home—she was very supportive in suggestions that we had and also was very truthful in letting us know what she felt we needed to do to sell our home.”

Denise loves helping people, which is why real estate comes so easy to her. She makes every effort to make the home buying or selling process a very pleasant experience with as little stress as possible.

Denise lists and sells in all price ranges. Her geographic area of concentration is wide-ranging. It is all of the Northern Suburbs from the Rt. 65 corridor all the way to the Rt. 28 corridor.

Denise is a graduate of North Allegheny High School and graduated with a B.S. in Elementary Education from Edinboro University. She is married to Paul LeClere. Included among her many interests are reading, cooking, doing crossword puzzles, and doting on her cat, “Alice”.

After all that Dori has done in real estate over her 30+ years successful career, she describes her greatest compliment as “compassionate.” She’s heard other compliments like, “professional, diligent and experienced,” but Dori most prides herself on being a nurturer.

“I absolutely love discovering my clients’ needs and concerns, helping them identify their goals and then encouraging them to obtain them,” said Dori. Nurturing comes naturally to Dori, the mother of three and grandmother of three (soon to be four.)

Dori was raised in Shaler, PA, where she met and married her high school sweetheart, Ed Thaner. (Ed is a Land Planner and owner of E.A. Thaner & Associates in Wexford, PA).

They now live in Wexford, PA.

Dori has extensive experience in New Construction. She has served as Site Coordinator for several developments, including The Registry, Cranberry West, Manor Creek Farms. She also was a member of the on-site team at Bennington Woods.

As Site Coordinator, her duties included: conducting lottery for lots, creating printed marketing materials, coordinating house plans, preparing builder profiles and managing the on-site team of Realtors®.

Achieve Realty President Kristen Stokes stated, “We’re so excited to work with Dori. I believe that we’re a perfect match for each other.”

Dori also has extensive experience working with homebuyers relocating from outside Pittsburgh and listing and selling “luxury” properties.

Dori is a Facilitator with BSF International, an organization dedicated to studying the Bible. Her hobbies include, golfing, biking, walking and fishing.

As of March 1, 2005—after only 11 months into business -Achieve Realty marks the 10 Realtor® milestone.

“I’m delighted with the pace of our growth,” stated Kristen Stokes, President of Achieve Realty.

One of the most interesting aspects of our growth so far has been the number of Realtors® choosing to work from home.

“We’re working with very independent people who look at their careers as their own small business. Home is where they can work uninterrupted,” said Vice-President Lawton Stokes.

Lawton also pointed out that by industry standards, 10 Realtors® recruited in one year is phenomenal.

As for future growth: “I expect our Wexford office to level off at 30 agents within 18 months,” Lawton said. That way, we’re retain our character as a boutique, yet accumulate a disproportionate share of the market in terms of sales volume.