Riezl Baker | Luxury Lake Oconee - Realtors Lake Oconee

RIEZL BAKER
Realtor/Founding Principal
706-347-2625
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Riezl is a veteran realtor with over 20 years of experience representing buyers and sellers in the Lake Oconee area. She is a consummate professional and has received numerous awards for her business accomplishments and community involvement. Riezl launched Luxury Lake Oconee Real Estate Group with husband Ted in January 2020 and she personally finished the year with 56 transactions amounting to over $59 million in total sales.

Riezl graduated with a bachelors degree in Hotel and Restaurant Administration. She had a successful hospitality career with Hyatt Hotels and Corporation in Houston and Atlanta where she held different positions in Operations Management and Sales. She met her husband Ted in Atlanta during the 1996 Olympic Games and the couple moved to Lake Oconee in 1997. Riezl was the Convention Sales Director for the Athens Georgia Convention and Visitors Bureau where she developed strategic plans to drive convention business to the city of Athens
before joining Reynolds Lake Oconee as Catering and Events Director, and eventually as a Real Estate Sales Executive after obtaining her license in 2000.

Riezl was a consistent top producer for Reynolds Lake Oconee Properties for 20 years and assisted hundreds of families in their property search and/or sale of their homes. She has been honored with real estate awards including Rookie of the Year, Realtor of the Year, Eagle Award, Phoenix Award and Good Neighbor Award. Riezl believes in giving back to the community and has been involved in leadership roles for various boards and organizations. She and her husband founded the Lake Oconee Food and Wine Festival in 2010 to benefit education. She is the Immediate Past Chair of the St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation Board and was part of the original Foundation Board that helped opened the local hospital. She was the Chairman of the Heart and Soul Gala at the Ritz Carlton for three years, one of the lake's biggest fundraising events. She was the President of the Lake Country Board of Realtors in 2016. Currently, she is a Board Director for the Oconee Performing Arts Society and a Board Member for the St. Marys Good Samaritan Hospital Board.

Riezl and husband formed Luxury Lake Oconee Real Estate Group with a mission to provide luxury service and represent their clients' best interests with their experience, product knowledge, professional service, unparalleled marketing and extensive network in the community. The firm had a very successful first year and was involved in over 100 transactions with a total volume of over $81 million.

Riezl enjoys cooking and entertaining friends, golfing and boating with their two children Stuart (18), and Remi (14).

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