"My mother passed away. She lived in Tryon for 30 years. The house is full of everything she ever owned. We're spread across three different states and we don't know where to begin."

Lynne's answer is always the same: "Okay. I've got you. Let's talk through it."

Twenty-five years in real estate will do that to you. Not just selling houses — appraising them, analyzing them as investments, managing them for out-of-town owners, coordinating the messy, complicated sales that other agents don't quite know how to handle. Lynne has done all of it, long enough that very little surprises her anymore and almost nothing stumps her.

She came to real estate the long way around. Before this, she worked in public television, financial PR, publishing, and film — a career built entirely around understanding people, telling stories, and figuring out what actually matters in a situation. That background shaped how she works. She doesn't just see a property. She sees the family behind it, the decision they're facing, and the fastest, most sensible path through.

She's licensed in NC, SC, and Florida. She speaks Spanish, French, and Portuguese. She studied at Vanderbilt, the University of Paris, and the University of Florida. She has spent a quarter century learning exactly how Tryon's market works — and why it works so differently from everywhere else.

But credentials only tell part of the story.

The rest of it is this: Lynne is the person who walks through a cluttered house with an overwhelmed family and calmly figures out what's worth fixing and what isn't. Who calls the right estate sale company. Who coordinates the repairs, the staging, the pricing, the marketing — and gets it sold for the best possible number. She has helped families close on estate properties without ever having to make an emergency flight to Tryon. She's helped clients in Costa Rica and Europe make major financial decisions about property they couldn't be there to see. She once negotiated two simultaneous closings at the same price, on the same day, because it was the only way to make both transactions work — and she did it.

She calls herself a fixer. Her clients might use stronger words.

If you're facing something complicated — an estate, a decision between selling and renting, a property that needs more than just a listing — Lynne is exactly who you want to call.

📞 828-817-1800 | lynne@aroundtryon.com

Chrelle Booker can tell you things about Tryon that you simply cannot Google.

Which roads feel different after a hard rain. Which neighborhoods shift personality once the leaves come down. Which street has the kind of morning quiet that makes you feel like you made the right decision moving here. She knows these things not because she researched them — but because she grew up here. Third-generation Polk County. And then, instead of leaving, she stayed and spent her career in service to the place that raised her.

That's not a typical real estate bio. But Chrelle isn't a typical agent.

She served as a Town of Tryon Commissioner and Mayor Pro-Tem. She advocated for Tryon's water infrastructure before Congress. She chaired the National League of Cities' Information, Technology & Communications Committee — bringing a small town's voice into rooms where small towns don't always get a seat. She ran for U.S. Senate and Governor of North Carolina, not because she expected to win, but because she believed more women — especially women of color — needed to see themselves in those races. She's a public radio personality and a multi-award-winning television producer. She has contributed to national programs on civil discourse in government and served on the Eastside Citizens Advisory Committee.

All of that shapes how she does real estate.

When Chrelle works with a first-time buyer — which is where her heart is — she's not just helping someone find a house. She's helping them understand a community she knows from the inside out. She's licensed in both NC and SC, which matters more than it sounds in a market that straddles the state line the way the Tryon area does. And she brings to every transaction the patience and clarity that first-time buyers actually need: someone who will slow down, explain what needs explaining, and never make you feel like a question is too small to ask.

What she's really doing is helping people orient themselves. Helping them understand not just whether a house is a good deal, but whether it's the right fit for the life they're trying to build here. That takes someone who genuinely knows the community — who can tell you what a neighborhood is actually like on a Tuesday afternoon in November, not just on a sunny Saturday when the azaleas are out.

Chrelle can tell you that. She grew up here. She served here. She takes it personally when her clients end up somewhere that feels like home.