About the author

Betty Carpenter

<p>Betty Carpenter backed into real estate by accepting a challenge to work a front desk and busy switchboard in a thriving property management company&mdash;a job famous for sending employees screaming into the street within a week.&nbsp;</p> <p>She stayed in that position six months before boredom led her to becoming a rental agent and then a sales associate. Her next real estate move resulted in running and then&nbsp;owning&nbsp;her own property management company for twenty-seven years.</p> <p>Betty lives and works in Florida, the state of our union that prides itself for having the toughest regulations anywhere for real estate sales and management. She is&nbsp;thoroughly&nbsp;convinced its rules, laws, and regulations are a direct result of the carpetbaggers that invaded the south after the War Between the States.</p> <p>Betty has reinvented herself&nbsp;more than once&nbsp;in her business career, from apartment management and part-time supervisor at a UPS customer counter, to homeowner association and condominium management. Her Southern roots have grounded her belief in God, family, and country. She believes life is best handled with a great big dose of humor.</p> <p>Next to property management, Betty knows Southern. Born and raised in Jacksonville, her latest life reinvention includes writing about southern-grown life, love, and laughter made to share.</p> <p>When she&rsquo;s not ruling her business domain, spending time with her family, or serving her church, she loves dressing up and playing with her Red Hat Society Chapter, Dolly&rsquo;s Dolls. Betty and her sisters formed the chapter over ten years ago and named it in honor of their mom, Dolly, their Queen Mother. (Because who else could take on that job?)</p> <p>With Dolly&rsquo;s Dolls, her job, her church, her family, and her new career as an author, Betty leads a fast-paced and fulfilling life as a Southern whirlwind that keeps all her guardian angels on their toes and the Lord shaking His head.</p> <p><em>Betty is proud to be a part of MAY Management Services Inc; the premier provider of homeowner, condominium and commercial property management services. MAY Management&rsquo;s 130 associates represent 135 communities in Northeast Florida, and 75% of MAY&rsquo;s associates are women.&nbsp;https://maymgt.com/</em></p>