Welcome Amanda Knepper-Gelpi, buyers agent with Abe and Wags

We want to announce and welcome Amanda Knepper-Gelpi to the Abe and Wags Real Estate Team. Our aggressive and encompassing marketing and internet presence was creating so many buyer leads for our listings we could no longer handle them all. Amanda joins us with a great deal of personal experience and enthusiasm and the same ethical and professional value system we have used as a standard to provide the client the highest level of real estate brokerage. Here is her story and we are very excited having her part of our team and efforts.

I am an only child who grew up as a Country Girl nestled outside of both Seven Springs and Hidden Valley Resorts.  My teenage years, I aspired to venture into a life based in New York City…I enveloped the Modeling and Acting industry by competing in events such as the Miss PA Teen, I was cast as an extra for the movies, Sudden Death and Wonder Boys, both filmed in Pittsburgh.  I was a Jennerstown Speedway queen for one race season, where I discovered modeling assisted in developing self-confidence.

My high school summer breaks consisted of being a “Shop Girl” at Hidden Valley Resort Golf Club for two consecutive years.  I ventured into the business curriculum at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg and Allegheny College of Maryland and still had the desire to head to the big city.

I became a Modeling/Acting Instructor in Pittsburgh for 3 years.  From this experience, it was determined that to prosper further in the Modeling industry, a move to New York was necessary.  My heart kept me anchored in the country lifestyle and to this day, I don’t regret my decision.

I made a choice to deter my intended career path and quickly shifted into the Cosmetic Industry.  I achieved 15 years of successful industry experience.  I was employed by major brands such as, Origins, Bobbi Brown, Trish McEvoy, L’Oreal, and most recently Bare Essentials.  I managed nearly a 10 million dollar territory, was a road warrior, and with the companies I was employed with, based in both New York and San Francisco, I traveled to the big cities multiple times a year.

I got married in 1999 during Hurricane Dennis, which was downgraded to a Tropical Storm, in Corolla, North Carolina. We bought our first home in 2003, had a Daughter the same year, and I vowed to stay a Country Girl, alongside my Daughter, as my family operates a four generation dairy farm, which is located in my backyard.  The country lifestyle peaked my fascination with Interior Design and Landscaping.   My interest is country cottage and I love to develop my flower beds into eye-catching colors.  Life made a quick change and my creativity sparked…again…Real Estate  was a very different industry from what I was used to doing, but I was, and still very much so, intrigued by the housing industry.  There is so many home options, locations, amenities, characters….all available to just the right future homeowner…the quickest discoverer and the highest bidder!

Regardless of my various industry experiences, I still feel empowered each day by establishing great relationships, I have a great skill in talking, I strive to achieve great sales knowledge, and to obtain successful experiences in both my personal and professional life.

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