Austin Quick spent years engineering suspensions for Stewart-Haas Racing before trading race weekends for family dinners and a real estate career. He's a third-generation Realtor with Ivester Jackson Christie's International Real Estate. His grandmother started the family business in Flagstaff in the '70s, and he grew up cleaning rental houses on weekends.

Austin and Jeff talk about how his mom got through the 2008 downturn by switching from sales to buying and renovating. They also dig into why the Townes at Maxwell in downtown Huntersville are drawing investors, with new construction, strong rents and the future Red Line commuter rail nearby. Plus: why human connection matters more than ever in the age of AI, and what Austin loves most about living on the lake.

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Jeff Hamm
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Jeff Hamm is a North Carolina real estate broker with Ivester Jackson | Christie's International Real Estate, serving Lake Norman, North Carolina. He specializes in luxury and waterfront property, golf and lakefront communities, condominiums, active adult and family-friendly neighborhoods, and short-term rental and investment purchases – with a particular focus on buyer representation, where his relationships with the region's top listing brokers, builders, and designers give his clients a measurable edge.

Jeff is also the founder and host of The Best of LKN, a podcast, newsletter, and media platform that has spotlighted the Lake Norman area's most admired small businesses, nonprofits, and entrepreneurs since 2020. He publishes the annual Lake Norman Visitors Guide, regular market reports, and hosts The Best of Lake Norman Business Network.

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