In 1991, I earned my Real Estate License, and quickly realized that I had found my true calling.  Armed with the skills I had honed as an educator, designer, and therapist, I found immense satisfaction in ushering real estate clients through the process of buying and selling homes.

Being a Realtor has become more than a vocation - it has become a passion.  Buying or selling a home nearly always signifies a major transition in one’s life.  Even the most positive change is bound to induce stressful feelings, and I am eager to help you ease the stress of relocation as you transition from one place to another, geographically and metaphorically.  The sparkle in new homeowners’ eyes is such a rush!

I was born and raised in Williamsport, in the Northern Pennsylvania mountains that skirt the Susquehanna River.  Here my family instilled in me the sense that a house is more than bricks and mortar – a house is a home, a haven.  I carry this philosophy with me to every showing. 

I graduated from Susquehanna University in 1969, and moved to the blossoming community of Athens as a young faculty wife and graduate student at Ohio University.  We intended to stay for only three years, but fell deeply in love with the community and bought an old farm – a log house and 120 acres.  We amassed a menagerie of two cows, three goats, three cats, two hives of bees, and a dog named L.P. (“Low Profile”). 

Soon after, my partner and I started a museum design firm to best utilize our design, writing, research, and organizational skills.  Within ten years, we had built a nationally respected firm. 

            Throughout the 1980’s and 90’s, my daughter and I lived in several homes throughout Athens County, from the rolling countryside to Athens’ historic East Side neighborhood.  Falling in love with beautiful houses became a hobby of mine (and an occupational hazard). 

            In July of 2000, I married the man of my dreams and moved into a contemporary home, perched on a ridge overlooking Athens.  My husband had moved to Athens in 1967, fell in love with the town just as I did, and served as an Ohio University administrator and psychology professor for over forty years. 

            My daughter Ashley teaches high school English in San Francisco, and loves the fast pace of city life.  Nevertheless, she misses the Athens of her youth.  As a young girl, thanks to the safe and insular nature of Athens, she enjoyed a bicycle-propelled freedom unheard of in urban and suburban areas.  She spent her childhood building clubhouses in the woods, riding her bike along the bike path to the city pool, walking to school, and visiting her East Side friends.  Having gained the perspective of the perils of urban living, she speaks of moving home to Athens once she has children of her own.   

            After fifteen years as a Realtor, in the winter of 2006 I earned my Brokers’ license.  In August of 2006, my Realtors, Katrina Exline and Jen Beach, and I “spread our wings” and founded Liz Maule Realty.  We restored a historic East Side Victorian home to use as our office, and the rest is history!  We are now six Realtors strong – all of us women – and have become one of the top two producing real estate offices in the local market, with 96 transactions and well over 100 listings in our first year.

Liz's Local Favorites:

Causes

• Planned Parenthood of Southeast Ohio
• My Sister's Place
• Habitat for Humanity
• Ohio Valley Summer Theatre
• Several local arts groups, including the Dairy Barn, Calliope Chorus, Sweet Adeline’s, Arts West, The Athens City Schools Music Program, The OU Music Program, and The Factory Street Dance Studio
• O’Bleness Hospital and Holzer Clinic

Fine Dining

• 7 Sauces
• Toscano’s
• Stephen's 
• Casa Nueva
• Purple Chopstix
• Jana’s Soul Food (Eclipse)
• Zoe’s (Eclipse)
• Rhapsody (Nelsonville)
• Colonnade (Parkersburg)
• Wild Horse Cafe (Pomeroy)

Treats

• Cold Stone Creamery
• The Village Bakery
• My husband's cooking

Fun

• Enjoying a movie at  the Athena Grande (E.State St), Athena Cinema (Court St), or Movies 10 (near Nelsonville)
• Meandering down our lane, the bike path, or through local parks
• Spending time with family and friends
• Rooting for the OU football and basketball teams and The Marching 110
• Enjoying the Artist Series, concerts, lectures, and theatre performances at OU and Stuart's Opera House in Nelsonville
• Reading, gardening, dancing, and cooking

Family

• Ashley, my smart and beautiful daughter
• Jim, my husband and hero
• My stepchildren and grandchildren
• My two kitties, Emily and Sunshine