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OBAR History

Originally named “The Dare County Board of REALTORS®”, The Outer Banks Association of REALTORS®(OBAR) was formed in 1962 by 12 men; Bill Anderson, Bill Foreman, Harry Lawrence, David Stick, Ted Wood, Bob Young, Ernest Meekins, Orrville Baum, Bill Fletcher, George McGaw, Eddie Melson, & John Lawrence.

However, the Dare County Board of REALTORS® did not become incorporated until 1988.  The Articles of Incorporation included Board of Director members: Paul Breaux, Doug Langford, Jackie Ricks-Sample, Bobby Harrell, Jim McCreery, Bill Wheeler, David Perrot, Cathy Hoppe, and Joe Smith.

By 1994 the Board had grown to 379 REALTOR® members and 42 Associate Members (Community Partners & Affiliates).  After expanding the Board’s territory to include other counties on November 7, 1994, NAR approved the Dare County Board of REALTORS® request to change their name to the Outer Banks Association of REALTORS®.

Today there are over 1,000 members of the Association, including over 900 REALTORS®, over 100 Property Managers, and almost 40 Community Partners and Affiliates.

The Outer Banks Association of REALTORS® jurisdiction spans over 2 counties including Dare County and parts of Currituck County. It includes the following townships:

Poplar Branch
Fruitville
Carova
Corolla
Duck
Southern
Shores
Kitty Hawk
Kill Devil Hills
Nags Head

Manteo
Wachese
Rodanthe
Waves
Salvo
Avon
Buxton
Frisco
Hatteras Island
Ocracoke Island

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Our Boundaries Include:

NORTHERN BOUNDARY - Beginning at the Currituck Sound and proceeding across the boundary line where the Poplar Branch Township Outer Banks limits meets the Fruitville Township line to the Virginia state line.

EASTERN BOUNDARY - The Atlantic Ocean.

SOUTHERN BOUNDARY - The Southernmost Boundary of Dare County.

WESTERN BOUNDARY - The Westernmost Boundary of Dare County proceeding north up the Currituck Sound to the western boundary of the Currituck area of the Fruitville Township.

Read the full David Stick history of the Dare County Board of REALTORS®

Lifetime (25+ years) Members* & Past Recipients

Anderson Midgett – 2012 Recipient
T. Stockton Midgett – 2012 Recipient
James F. Perry – 2012 Recipient
Stephanie Walker – 2013 Recipient
Rosemarie Doshier – 2014 Recipient
Artie Ange – 2015 Recipient
Jackie Ricks-Sample – 2017 Recipient

Kimberly Ansell of Sun Realty – KDH
George Banks of Outer Beaches Realty – Hatteras
Ronald Barnes of Beach Realty & Construction – KH North
Ronald Barrett of Brindley Beach Vacations & Sales-Main
Vicky Barris of Hatteras Realty – Avon
Marlene Brantley of Coldwell Banker-Seaside Realty – KDH
James Breashears of Beach Realty & Construction – Duck
Paul Breaux of Sun Realty – KDH
Douglas Brindley of Brindley Beach Vacations & Sales-Duck
Marsha Brown of Surf or Sound Realty – Rodanthe
Brian Brumfield of Brumfield Realty & Construction
Charles Byrne of Southern Shores Realty
Kay Cole of Resort Realty
Phyllis Cole of Resort Realty
Durwood Cooper of Village Realty Holdings, LLC – Columbia
Otis Culpepper of Culpepper & Associates
Michael Davenport of Sun Realty – KDH
Doug DuVal of Douglas DuVal, Broker
Karen Etheridge of Sun Realty – Kitty Hawk
Bob Evans of Bob Evans, Broker
Janice Farr of Sun Realty – KDH
Daniel Fenyak of Outer Banks Blue Realty Srvcs.
Helen Ford of Ford Management, Inc.
James Forrest of Southern Shores Realty
Dorothy Fuller of Village Realty Holdings, LLC – NH
Edward Goodrich of Village Realty Holdings, LLC – NH
Denise Graham of Corolla Real Estate
Thomas Harper of Resort Realty – NH
Robert Harrell of Harrell & Associates
William Hogan of Twiddy and Co. – Duck
Brenda Horne of Sun Realty – Duck
Carol Hunsecker of Due East Real Estate
Gordon Jones of Coldwell Banker-Seaside Realty
Robert Ladd of Twiddy and Co. – Duck
Myra Ladd-Bone of Atlantic Realty
Ann Lamb of Joe Lamb, Jr & Associates

Joseph Lamb of Joe Lamb, Jr & Associates
John Leatherwood of Coldwell Banker-Seaside Realty
Virginia Ligon of Virginia Ligon, Broker
Brad Loy of Brad Loy Realty
Mary McGoye of Outer Banks Appraisal Services
Manuel Medeiros of Southern Shores Realty
Timothy Midgett of Midgett Realty – Hatteras
Kimberly Minton of Roanoke Homes
Rodney Minton of Roanoke Homes
Lilias Morrison of Real Escapes Properties
Jacqueline Myers of Village Realty Holdings, LLC – NH
John Myers of Twiddy and Co. – Duck
Richard Neher of Brindley Beach Vacations & Sales-Main
Robert Oakes of Village Realty Holdings, LLC – NH
Richard Perkins of Perkins & Company
David Perrot of Coldwell Banker-Seaside Realty – KDH
Kathy Radmore of A&K Appraisals, Inc
Maryruth Reiss of Coldwell Banker-Seaside Realty – KDH
Stephanie Reutlinger of Beach Realty & Construction – KH North
Jacqueline Ricks-Sample of Sun Realty – KDH
John Riggle of Resort Realty
Lawrence Riggs of Riggs Realty
Alexander Risser of Outer Beaches Realty – Avon
Charles Rocknak of Beach Realty & Construction – KH North
Sherelene Rollason of Rollason & Wood Realty
Michael Ross of Southern Shores Realty
Ronald Ryan of Resort Realty – Duck
F. Jeffrey Scott of Scott Team Realty
Peggy Self of Peggy Self, Broker
Deborah Shealey of Coldwell Banker-Seaside Realty
James Stone of Southern Shores Realty
Jim Stone of Southern Shores Realty
Katherine Stormont of Brindley Beach Vacations & Sales-Main
Mercedes Tabano of Resort Realty – Duck
Richard Thompson of Coldwell Banker-Seaside Realty – KDH
Richard Tolson of RE/MAX Surfside
Douglas Twiddy of Twiddy and Co. – Duck
Madonna VanCuren of Sun Realty – KDH
Cola Vaughan of Cola F. Vaughan Realty
Carolyn Wakeley of Carolyn L. Wakeley, Broker
David Watson of Southern Shores Realty
David Weybright of Coastal Outer Banks Realty
Stanford White of Stan White Realty & Const – NH

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