Lighthouse Real Estate, Inc.

The Kettel Team offers clients superior marketing, planning, construction and transaction analysis. Comprised of three principle members Cynthia Kettel, Broker, David Kettel, Associate Broker and Jeremy Kettel, Licensed Agent and Transaction Coordinator.

Cynthia Kettel

Cyn@CooperPointLighthouse.com

360 528-3315
360 701-4700 (cellular)

Specializing in:
  Commercial Properties
  Investment Properties
  Waterfront Residences

Cynthia specializes in working with discerning investors who expect advice and counsel in property acquisition, income analysis, finance packaging, construction and inspection recommendations.

Cynthia has worked with builders developing plats, discriminating waterfront home buyers, first time home buyers and downtown office building developers. Her unique perspective on buying and selling real estate crystallized as she worked with new investors to build retirement incomes. Here are some of the comments found in "thank you letters" from her clients.

Prior to working in real estate, Cynthia was a director for four major international and national airlines, based in the United States and Europe. She was the first woman promoted to management at National Airlines in 1972 during the "I´m Cindy. Fly Me" advertising campaign. She directed ad budgets in excess of $80mm dollars and introduced two new airlines to the flying public, Altair Airlines in Philadelphia and Midway Airlines in Chicago.

Cynthia has owned her own multi-million dollar advertising agency and co-created a $26mm toy "Flying Fighters," sold to Hasbro as their top toy line in 1989. When she relocated to the Pacific Northwest, she published autographed sports lithographs and serigraphs featuring top drawer athletes: Joe Montana, Nolan Ryan, Ken Griffey Jr. and Sr., Fred Couples and Steve Largent. Her first real estate investments in the Olympia area were made with her good

friend, Tim Abbey, Broker, Abbey Realty Inc. She loved working with Tim during the acquisition of several salt waterfront homes and decided to try her hand at real estate. Her friend and broker said:

The common thread in her diverse career has been an uncanny ability to "read the market" to determine how best to position a property or concept, price it, promote it and sell it. Cynthia treats her clients objectives and properties with care and diligence. A fundamental goal in every transaction is to make the process stress-free and fun.

Cynthia is married to the love of her life, David Kettel. They have two children at home, Tyler and Hunter plus three grown children. Jeremy, our eldest, works as an Associate in the business, Meagan is a student pursuing a legal career and Jordan is serving his country in the United States Coast Guard.

David H. Kettel, President
Lighthouse Construction Inc.

David Kettel began his career selling real estate to support his schooling. He graduated with a degree from Washington State University in Veterinary Nutrition with minors in chemistry and physics. David spent twenty years working with animals until his desire to spend more time with his family conflicted with his corporation´s travel requirements in the ever-declining agricultural business. David determined to re-invent his life with his wife and children and began selling real estate with his wife, which was a return to a business he´d relied on to put himself through college. While studying the Thurston County market, David discovered a need for moderately priced custom construction and upscale remodels. He launched a new business that has successfully built custom homes, duplexes and commercial buildings in every price range from $50,000 - $650,000.

David´s first duplexes in Tumwater set a record high for selling price and a record rental income for the investors who purchased the units. All three of his first duplexes were sold before construction was completed. David accepts a limited number of new projects each year to assure his own personal attention to detail applied to every aspect of a new project.

Jeremy Kettel

The eldest of the Kettel kids, Jeremy's training as a Microsoft Network Engineer gives Kettel Team clients a clear advantage in automated prospecting and transaction processing. Utilizing state-of-the-art technology, Jeremy assures clients of first viewings of new listings. Jeremy's specialty is first-time homebuyers. Always ready with a lock box opener, Jeremy's car keys are always in his hand and he loves to show property.

In addition to coordinating sales and listings, Jeremy helps the Kettel Team respond to client calls within minutes – not hours or days! He is most valuable to the Team as he streamlines procedures, implements systems for high volume processing and certifies our website dominance and relevance.

The Lighthouse Team

Rick Ashton

Rick Ashton has been a top producing commercial agent in Thurston County for over 22 years. His knowledge of multi-plex residential complexes, large lot developments, short plats and commercial sales is invaluable to investors.

Rick is an excellent negotiator and problem solver, a very important asset to a real estate buyer or seller.

Monica Moudy

Monica provides the company and its clients a diverse set of leasing and sales skills.

Her portfolio of managed rental properties include multi-family, single family residential, apartments, mini-storage and commercial office and retail.

Listing properties for lease/sale
Full bookkeeping and management of leased properties
Evaluating tenants - including interviews, applications and credit reports
Preparation of Leases, Rental Agreements and Purchase and Sale Agreements
Performing inspections
Arranging repairs and working with vendors

Helping you define your investment needs and management options are part of "Charting Your Course," a journey made easy and successful with Monica's professional expertise.

John Crain

John Crain is a 15 year veteran of the real estate development and investment business. He has successfully negotiated many transactions for developers and individuals building their own residential and commercial projects. He loves working with first time home buyers who can benefit from his many years of experience. John is patiently persistent and well respected in the community.

The Warwick Team

Dr. Dave and Karen Warwick are customer-service specialists and excellent communicators dedicated to helping you achieve your next reality in real estate.

After running a successful healthcare practice for 10 years on Seattle's Eastside, Dr. Dave was contacted by the Department of Defense to help expand a newly developed and much needed chiropractic program at Madigan Army Medical Center. He has received numerous customer service awards and recognitions since he joined Madigan's healthcare team in early 2007. The underlying theme of his patient care lies in taking care of the patient's needs first. This transfers to his real estate practice as Dr. Dave puts the needs of his real estate clients first, listening carefully, being available for questions.

After moving to Olympia in 2007, Dr. Dave and Karen quickly made Olympia their new home, enjoying many of the city's outstanding activities and events with their daughter. Knowing that Olympia is a great place to raise a family, as well as understanding the needs of people moving to Olympia who may be unfamiliar with the area, Dr. Dave and Karen are focusing on residential relocation, specifically in the Cooper Point area of Olympia's Westside. Residents of Cooper Point themselves, Dr. Dave and Karen are knowledgeable about the area and all the great benefits it provides to individuals and families looking for a great place to call home.

Together the Warwick team will help you light the way to your next real estate reality!

Toby Dubes

Toby has recently relocated to Olympia from Marin County (Mill Valley), CA. She has secured the Exclusive Realtor position for United Builders, LLC and United Properties, LLC, Western Washington’s Premier Design-Build-Develop Group, where she is also the Project Manager for Real Estate Development.

Toby has been an Independent Contractor for nearly 20 years in the San Francisco Bay Area Real Estate industry, consulting for leasing, sales and Property Management for a private firm, Piazza Trading & Co., Ltd.

She joined Hovorka Realty & Investments, as a Sales Agent in 2001. From 1989 to 2004, she sold and leased residential and commercial property in San Francisco, Sausalito, Tiburon and Novato, California. She continues to work for her California clients as a licensed California Realtor under Broker, Tom Hovorka through ReMax Realtors.

Toby founded her Business Development company, Qua, Unltd. in 1982, providing Contract Negotiation, Legal Liaison and International Representation. Qua, Unltd.’s Cultural Event Production Division, Future Earth Productions, is the U.S. Agent for Indigenous Sustainability, on many global tours and events as part of it’s Community Relations commitment. She is the Orientation Instructor for Volunteer Services and sits on the Real Heroes Breakfast Committee for the Mount Rainier Chapter of the American Red Cross in Olympia, WA.

May O'Hara, Transaction Coordinator

May O’Hara is our terrific transaction coordinator. She has worked for Cynthia Kettel since October, 2003. Her previous work experience includes seven years with Washington State Employees Credit Union as a Mortgage Loan Officer where she processed, underwrote, and serviced mortgage loans. She left her position to be a stay-at-home mom but was recruited by Continental Mortgage (now Homestreet Bank) to work as an on-call processing assistant for six years. After that, she started her own business as an office assistant and worked in the Construction Loan Dept. at South Sound Bank and still provides her services when they are requested. Another client of hers has been Wells Fargo Escrow where she worked on-call for approximately one year.

"I have worked in almost every aspect of the real estate lending process. Working at Lighthouse Real Estate, Inc. rounds out my education by providing me with the experience of working from the agent’s part of the transaction." May is a valuable asset to the realtors and theirclients as she is impeccably organized and detail oriented.

The Lighthouse

David and Cynthia have chosen a lighthouse as their corporate logo. The lighthouse is a dependable, shining sentinel guiding seafarers through mist, fog, darkness and threatening storms, a directional beacon even in fair weather. These structures have withstood the test of time and the Kettel couple believe long-lasting friendships function like lighthouses through the challenges of life. "Many of the same qualities that have endeared these national treasures to collectors are attributes we cherish as we navigate our business and personal lives."

Lighthouse Real Estate, Inc.
1510 Cooper Point Rd. SW, Suite 110
Olympia, WA 98502

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