This is my family's home, not merely a property I own for rental purposes. As such, I am careful to rent it to visitors who will appreciate and respect its history and the care I have put into preserving both the house and its furnishings. However, it's a comfortable house meant to be lived in, and it's important to me that guests relax and enjoy it as much as my children and I do.
I've had an eclectic and interesting work life, including being an international banker on Wall Street, head of a wine importing and distributing company (yes, for a time I got paid to drink wine), a business workout and turnaround consultant, and now a real estate broker.
I was raised on the North Shore of Boston, but have traveled extensively around the world. I have degrees from Georgetown University and University of Chicago, and have been a Fellow and faculty member at Harvard University. I have lived in New York, London, Chicago, Washington, and Cambridge before moving to Salem 20 years ago. I was attracted to Salem not just for its outstanding history and culture, but because, if one is so inclined, there is something fun and different to do here every day. There are always music, literary events, museum shows, history talks, political events, and lively restaurants and bars. I also enjoy the opportunity to bike, run, stand-up paddleboard, sail, kayak, practice yoga, and many other active lifestyle activities available in Salem.
One of the reasons I rent out the house is to help pay for the large expense of maintaining a house like this, and also to give people who may not otherwise have the opportunity or inclination to own this kind of property themselves a chance to experience it firsthand.. However, I also do it because I have met some wonderful and fascinating people this way. I look forward to meeting you.