Meet Elaine

Special Announcement

Elaine will be the featured real estate agent on TLC's "My First Home" episode scheduled for showing on April 6th.

Hi! My name is Elaine Eschert and I love calling Charlotte, NC home. It has been my home since 1978. That’s when my husband, our two sons, and I relocated to South Charlotte. Today, our sons and their families along with my mother and father and other relatives are residents of the area.

"You were our House Angel"        Ken, Cindy & Savanna

Those five words best express the relationship I try to establish with my clients. What it says about me came from the heart and represents in the nicest way the person and Realtor I am.

Over the years my family, friends and clients constantly tell me I have found the perfect career because I get so excited about assisting others in becoming a part of our community. From the moment we meet, all during the real estate process and after the closing, you can depend on me to be there for you.

Experience and Knowledge

I attribute my success to my experience and knowledge of the area. The simple fact is I don’t just show the area I know the area. My clients benefit from my experience and extensive long term knowledge of the homes, communities, builders, developers, service providers, elected officials and amenities. If you’re considering purchasing or selling a home or just need information about the area please allow me to put my experience and knowledge to work for you.

Community Involvement

Ever since we moved here, my business partner and husband Ray or I have always been involved with our community…school volunteer, founding board members of homeowners associations, Presidents of Homeowners Associations, Board of Election Judge, Campaign co-chairperson for a two term city council representative, campaign worker for two different mayors, sponsors for community swim and soccer teams, little league coach, community food drive organizer, numerous guest speaking engagements for community organizations including the Communities of America homeowners forum, Ballantyne Chapter of the Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors & public policy chairperson, founder of the Ballantyne Breakfast Club community information forum, selected by the Charlotte City Manager to be the representative for the South Charlotte area on the Road Committee of 21 in 2008. Ray has also been recognized twice by the City of Charlotte. The most recent one was a proclamation signed by the mayor declaring December 5, 2009 as Ballantyne Breakfast Day in recognition of the community service that organization which Ray founded in 2001 provides.

Ballantyne Breakfast Club meeting with Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory	Ray with George Sheilds, the developer of Ballantyne Village, at Ballantyne Breakfast Club meeting.	Ballantyne Breakfast Club meeting with District 6 CMS Board Representative Ken Gjertsen and Dr.Peter Gorman, Supt. of CMS.

Facts & Credentials

• Married to Ray since 1967, who is also a licensed real estate broker and works with me full time
• Son, Jason, and our grandson’s Grayson and Hunter and their three Golden’s…..Timber, Reilly and Buddy
• Son, Eric and his wife Ava and our granddaughter Madison
• Our Family of Golden’s…… Tazer, Jack & Timber and our much missed Rugby, Hunter, Tyler, Muggsey and our inspiration for “Golden Properties”....Piper
• Resident of South Charlotte since 1978.
• Licensed Real Estate Broker in North Carolina
• Member of National Association of REALTORS (NAR)
• Member of the Charlotte Regional REALTORS Association (CRRA)
• Member of the Carolinas Multiple Listing Service (CLMS)
• Member of the Real Estate Buyer’s Agent Council (REBAC)
• Accredited Buyer’s Representative (ABR)
• Certified by the National Association of Home Builders as a “New Home Sales Professional” (CSP).
• Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist (CLHMS)
• Repeat "Five Star Best in Client Satisfaction Real Estate Award" winner.
• Broker owner of Golden Properties Realty of Metro Charlotte
• Formerly a member of RE/MAX from 1994-2009 and one of the longest serving RE/MAX agents in Charlotte
• RE/MAX Hall of Fame
• RE/MAX Platinum Club
• Repeatedly the #1 or #2 individual agent in yearly dollar volume or home sales productivity while with RE/MAX Metro
• Ranked by volume as one of the top 100 RE/MAX teams in both of the Carolinas by RE/MAX
• Ranked in the top 5% of all Carolina Regional agents for sales in 2008
• With RE/MAX Metro from 1994 to 2003 as one of the original 16 agents at their South Charlotte office
• With RE/MAX Executive from 2003 to 2007 as one of their first agents to open their Ballantyne area office
• Joined RE/MAX Select in the summer of 2007 at their new Ballantyne area office 
• In 2009 RE/MAX Executive and RE/MAX Select merged under the RE/MAX Executive banner.
• In 2009 I established my own firm, Golden Properties Realty of Metro Charlotte in Ballantyne
• Ranked by “Real Trend” magazine as one of the top 1% of real estate sales professionals in the nation
• Featured guest speaker at the Charlotte “Star Power” real estate sales seminar
• Subject of real estate and community articles in the Ballantyne Magazine, the Charlotte Observer “Living Here”, “Focus on Realtors”, “Union County Magazine”, “Ballantyne Times”, and the Observer “Southern Mecklenburg” publications 
• Featured NC Realtor on TLC TV program "My First Home" which was filmed in Charlotte in 2009 for release in early 2010.
• Only agent to be featured in a full page "Team Ballantyne" article in the Ballantyne Magazine
• Featured in the "Ballantyne Community" article in the Charlotte Magazine
• Repeatedly featured in real estate or community articles in the Ballantyne Magazine
• Featured in a national real estate article for Portrait Homes.
• Contributor to articles in US Banker magazine, Realty Times, Charlotte Observer, Ballantyne magazine and Builder/Architect, Southern Piedmont Edition
• Former charter member of the David Weekley homebuilder Advisory Board
• Recipient of multiple Internet real estate and design awards including being featured on Realty Times
• Featured Realtor on Relocation Central
• Founding members and former ambassadors for Ballantyne County Club
• Ray has been a featured guest speaker for several local organizations including the Community Neighborhood League’s annual meeting for property managers, the Kiwanis Club, the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce in Ballantyne and many others.
• Ray is the founder of the Ballantyne Breakfast Club, a community forum for the exchange of information between local area residents and the areas business leaders, developers, elected officials, and services providers
• Ray was featured in the “Portraits of a Community” article dedicated to people who make a difference in Ballantyne in the Ballantyne Magazine
• Ray was appointed by the Charlotte City Manager to serve on the Committee of 21 for Roads in 2008
• Ray was appointed to the Ballantyne Chamber of Commerce Chapter Board of Directors and serves as the chairperson for public policy
• Ray has been recognized twice by the City of Charlotte for his contributions to the community
• Contributor to the Children’s Miracle Network, Sister of Mercy and several other local charities and causes.

  Perhaps I’m exactly the type of person you
would like to have working for you!