Instructor's Biography
















Mary Burns    


Mary Burns moved to Georgia from North Carolina in January of 1970.  Mary’s home is in the Milledgeville-Sandersville area.  She has three grown children and six grandchildren.  From 107- until January 2003, Mary was in Accounting and Management.  Mary has been in real estate since January 2003.  She is a REALTOR with membership in the Northeast Atlanta Metro Association of Realtors, National Association of Realtors, and Georgia Association of Realtors.  Mary is also a member of the Georgia Real Estate Educators Association.











Louise Hudder

Louise Hudder is a real estate salesperson and Georgia Licensed School Instructor.  A resident of Gwinnett County since 1976, Louise has been active in real estate since 1999.  Prior to her real estate career, she was involved in software training, support and sales for over 25 years.  She is currently an active member of the Northeast Atlanta Metro Association of Realtors, with the last five years being a member of their Million Dollar club.  Louise is also a member of the Georgia Real Estate Educators Association.  She and her husband Kam have a married daughter, a married son, and four wonderful grandchildren.










Roy Jones


Mr. Roy Jones has resided in Gwinnett County since 1971.  Roy obtained his real estate salesperson’s license 35 years ago.  After being licensed for three years as a salesperson, Roy went on to obtain his associate broker’s license.  Over the last 32 years, he has maintained his associate broker’s license.  He has years of experience in the real estate industry.  Roy worked as a real estate branch office manager for 24 years and has been a prelicense instructor for 23 years.  He is a active member of the Georgia Real Estate Educators Association.  Roy and his wife Julia have been married for 52 years; they have three grown children, three grandchildren, and one great grandchild.











George Lakes


George Lakes has demonstrated outstanding performance over the past 8 years as a Top Producing agent, Instructor, and Office Manager.  George obtained his real estate license in 1998.  In the year 2000, at age 21, George was named listing agent of the year for his company and was inducted into the Million Dollar Club.  In 2001, George received the prestigious Accredited Buyers Representative & Certified Buyers Representative designations. George went on to receive numberous awards as a top producing agent over the next few years.  In 2003, he was named as a Life Member of the Million Dollar Club.  The following year, he earned his Real Estate Instructors License from the Georgia Real Estate Commission and has been instructing prelicense and postlicense courses ever since.  He currently manages a real estate branch office with over 65 agents and presents advanced sales training courses on a weekly basis.

George is a designated REALTOR member of the Northeast Atlanta Metro Association of Realtors, the National Association of Realtors, the Georgia Association of Realtors, the Real Estate Buyers Agent Council, and the Georgia Real Estate Educators Association.  George’s in depth training includes special real estate courses such as Real Estate Practice, Economics, Financing, Property Management, Legal Aspects, Creative Financing, Advanced Buyer Representation, Advanced Seller Representation, Real Estate Instructor Training, and Real Estate Investments.












Liz Vanover


Elizabeth (Liz) Vanover, a native Atlantan, has been with Bob Wood Realty since 1994.  Prior to that, she was an Executive Secretary fro an international company and upon retirement became a full-time real estate salesperson.  Liz is a licensed instructor with the Georgia Real Estate Commission and is a member of the Georgia Real Estate Educators Association.

Liz has two grown sons, three grandsons, two granddaughters, and one great grandson.  She enjoys doing volunteer work answering the phone at Peachtree Christian Hospice in Duluth and for Alsac, the Norcross office of St. Jude’s Children Cancer Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.  Liz has also been active in the Duluth Fall Festival for over twenty years.











Paul Wiley


Paul Wiley is a licensed real estate instructor with A Bob Wood Real Estate Academy, as well as a real estate salesperson with Bob Wood Realty Company.  A native of Atlanta, he has lived in Gwinnett County since 1983.  Mr. Wiley has been adctive in real estate since 1994.  Prior to his real estate career, he worked for16 years as a consultant for rural electric cooperatives.  Paul is currently a manager at the Bob Wood Realty Sugar Hill office.  He is a member of the Georgia Real Estate Educators Association (GREEA) and the Northeast Atlanta Metro Association of Realtors (NAMAR).  Paul resides in Duluth with his wife and two sons.













FRANK WOOD

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