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Purrfect Realty was born from Gloria Ferrier’s love of animals, and she’s been caring for them for more than the 10 years she’s been running her real estate agency. But back when both Gloria and her husband were working for AT&T, and  Gloria got involved in pet rescue, they could afford to use their salaries on the needy animals.

But once Gloria retired, she realized that her retirement pay was not going to allow her to keep paying the bills AND rescuing pets! And that meant no more spays and neuters, rescues or boarding strays on her property. Gloria wasn’t prepared to let that happen. And that’s what led her to real estate, she says. “I didn’t know what to do. I looked and looked for a new job. It was kind of funny—real estate was never a dream of mine! I was just looking through the newspaper at all the jobs, saw the ad and decided I’d go see what they had to say. This could work for me, I thought. And it did.”

Gloria actually found herself enjoying real estate, and has been doing it for the last 10 years. A few years ago, she earned her broker’s license and founded her non-profit real estate company, Purrfect Realty. Read the rest of this entry »