Jack Lingo News
We are excited to announce Terry Millman as our first Featured Agent of 2020! We sat down with Terry to hear all about his experiences at Jack Lingo, REALTOR®. Keep reading to learn more!
How long have you been with Jack Lingo, REALTOR®?
14 years.
How did you know that Jack Lingo, REALTOR® was the right fit for you?
Working with a family like the Lingos felt right from the very beginning. They have always been very supportive and looked out for the agents working with them.
When did you know you wanted to work in the real estate industry?
I was working for the Postal Service many years ago and I decided to get my real estate license. I began working on a part-time basis, but after a year I decided I wanted to do this full time. I have never regretted that decision.
How do you think Jack Lingo, REALTOR® differs from other real estate companies?
They have always provided the latest in technology, support staff, and education for their agents. They are very family oriented and once you work with them you become part of that large family.
How long have you been in the real estate business?
1981.
Name something you couldn't live without.
My wonderful wife, Bonnie.
What is your favorite hobby?
I love to hunt and fish, and I enjoy all of the outdoor activities available in this beautiful place we live.
View Terry's agent profile and current listings here!
Jack Lingo, REALTOR® is proud to welcome sales agent Riess Livaudais to the Carrie Lingo Team! Riess was born and raised in New Orleans, with family roots in the area going back to the mid-1700s. He grew up sailing at the Southern Yacht Club as well as fishing and duck hunting at the Tally Ho Club (the oldest such club in the country). After studying at the University of New Orleans, he taught sailing to children and teenagers. He then worked in the insurance business until Hurricane Katrina hit in August 2005. Following the devastation to his hometown and beloved Mississippi Gulf Coast, Riess threw caution to the wind and moved to Annapolis, Maryland to follow his lifelong love of and passion for competitive sailing. Shortly after moving to Annapolis, he met his husband, Brooks, while working for a sailing supplier in sales & customer service. His passion for real estate drove him to pursue a career as a REALTOR® in 2008. He began his career in the Baltimore, Annapolis, and Maryland Eastern Shore areas, specializing in historic homes.
In the past, Riess has been involved with fundraising and has served on the regatta committee for the Louisiana and Maryland chapters of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. He has chaired the event twice. He's also served as regatta chairman for numerous local and national championship events at Southern Yacht Club, where he is a fourth-generation member.
Riess's husband, Brooks, has been coming to Rehoboth Beach his entire life. He and Riess first visited together in Summer 2008 and subsequently spent every weekend with friends in Henlopen Acres. Riess fell in love with Rehoboth Beach immediately. Shortly thereafter, they purchased their first cottage in Broadkill Beach, which they outgrew rather quickly. Riess obtained his Delaware real estate license in 2012. They sold their historic home in Baltimore and purchased their full-time residence on the Rehoboth Beach Yacht & Country Club golf course in 2017. They also own a condo on the harbor in Baltimore, where Brooks has a dental practice.
Riess loves helping buyers find their perfect property, whether it's a beach getaway, full-time, investment, or retirement home. His clients have always ended up becoming close friends with whom he and Brooks socialize frequently. He enjoys home renovation projects and has undertaken several over the years. He has designed and constructed these renovations himself. He also loves volunteering his time for good causes.
Riess and Brooks have an English springer spaniel, Roux, who is spoiled rotten. They are active members of the Rehoboth Beach Country Club and play tennis. They may learn to enjoy golf one day, since they live on the course. In his downtime, Riess enjoys going to the beach with friends, boating in the area's picturesque inland waterways, or dining out and supporting the area's many amazing local restaurants. Riess and Brooks know almost all the local restaurant owners.
Throughout the month of November, Jack Lingo, REALTOR® agents and staff were enthusiastic to participate in a holiday food drive on behalf of the Food Bank of Delaware. In addition to inspiring generous monetary donations, the brokerage exceeded its goal of collecting over 20 large boxes of food and household items for needy families throughout the state of Delaware. The donated items and funds were picked up by the Food Bank on Friday, December 6, at the brokerage's Rehoboth Beach office. All donated items will be sorted and distributed by the Food Bank's Milford branch.
Aaron Stone, Milford Volunteer Coordinator at the Food Bank, states, "The Food Bank of Delaware serves more than 117,000 food-insecure households throughout the First State, and we are always thrilled to receive such large donations of food. Deliveries like this help us to achieve our mission of ensuring that no Delawarean suffers from food insecurity." Jack Lingo, REALTOR® is proud to partner with this terrific organization in order to serve the hungry people of Delaware!
The paper bags in which the food was collected were beautifully and thoughtfully decorated by students from Rehoboth Beach Montessori School. What a terrific opportunity for a future generation of community leaders to engage in an act of public service!
Jack Lingo, REALTOR® would like to thank the Food Bank of Delaware for all the wonderful work it does for residents of the First State. The brokerage would also like to extend gratitude to Rehoboth Beach Montessori School for allowing students to engage so actively in the company's food drive campaign.
Pictured, left to right: Front row - April Irelan, Luanne Lawrence, Sandy Miller, Ramona Zoccola, Ava Cannon; Middle row - Sheila Davolos, Sarah Davis, Kathy Reinhart, Molly Bayard; Back row - Rachel Ribeiro, Renee Robinson, Randy Mason, Lynn Larkins, Amanda Ryan, Steven Rowan, Tjark Bateman
Pictured: Donated Food & Bags Decorated by Rehoboth Beach Montessori School Students
Pictured: Associate Broker Carrie Lingo Helps Rehoboth Beach Montessori School Children Decorate Bags
On Tuesday, December 3, "Santa's Helpers" from SCAOR's Sussex Strong congregated in Rehoboth Beach Walmart to purchase Christmas gifts for needy children throughout Sussex County. Sussex Strong members donned their favorite elf outfits and selected presents for over 300 children who might otherwise receive nothing for Christmas. The team provided necessities such as coats, socks, gloves, hats, and (of course) a toy or two! Over 60 volunteers and 20 Cape Henlopen High School DECA students participated in this event. Included among the volunteers were a number of Jack Lingo, REALTOR® agents, including Kristina Lingo, Karen Maull, April Irelan, Molly Bayard, Melinda Ingram, Jessica Shomper, Tracy Kelley, Ava Cannon, and 2020 Sussex Strong President Robb Kimbles.
Before the gifts could be distributed, they needed to be wrapped! Almost 100 volunteers came out to the Rusty Rudder in Dewey Beach on Thursday, December 12, in order to wrap the gifts. Volunteers included local REALTORS®, affiliates, and family and friends of SCAOR board members. After the wrapping was complete, local service centers picked up the gifts for distribution to families. Wrapping volunteers from Jack Lingo, REALTOR® included Robb Kimbles, Kristina Lingo, Rick Zimmerman, Camilla Conlon, Jessica Bradley, Marissa Murr, Sherri Martin, Karen Maull, Marylou Reynolds, Ian Lawrence, Michael Edelin, and Meghan Shupe.
Kristina Lingo, rental agent at Jack Lingo, REALTOR® and past president of Sussex Strong, stated, "This year's wrapping event seems to have drawn a much larger number of volunteers than previous years! Everyone involved was extremely grateful for and touched by the opportunity to help serve our neighbors in need."
Jack Lingo, REALTOR® is immensely proud of all its agents and staff who give back to their communities. The company remains fully and proudly committed to #GivingWhereYouLive.
Pictured, left to right: Tabitha Golt, Brigit Taylor, Joe Della Torre, Kathy Douglass, Adriane Gallagher, Jenn Barrows, Josette Castiglione, Audrey Serio, and Kristina Lingo
Pictured, left to right: Meghan Shupe, Dave Temby, Sherri Martin, Marissa Murr, Marylou Reynolds, Jessica Bradley, Robb Kimbles, Kristina Lingo, Michael Edelin, and Ian Lawrence
By Dennis Forney for Cape Gazette
For dozens of centuries, it’s been highly prized land.
Long before it was part of the United States and Delaware, natural assets drew Native Americans to the coastal land between freshwater lakes and Atlantic Ocean now known as Rehoboth Beach. Freshwater for obvious reasons; the beach and ocean for summer breezes.
Archaeological studies have determined that this area of Delaware, for a long period of pre-colonial time, hosted the largest seasonal encampment of Native Americans along the North American continent’s Eastern Seaboard.
In the colonial period, pirates anchored off the Delaware coast to row ashore and fill casks with freshwater from the lakes. When troops from invading British ships in the War of 1812 left the mouth of Delaware Bay and headed down the coast to get freshwater denied them by an unaccommodating Lewes, local militia beat them to the punch and drove them off the beach in front of the largest of the lakes.
Now those unusual freshwater lakes so close to the sea - which may have once had Native American names - are called Lake Comegys, Silver Lake and Lake Gerar. At the southern edge of Rehoboth Beach’s corporate limits, Silver Lake is the largest of the three.
Between the lake and the ocean is a dune-protected strip of land studded with low-profile pines and houses. Margaretta Lammot duPont Carpenter bought that unique stretch of property between Rehoboth Beach and Dewey Beach in the early 20th century. She and her husband, Robert Ruliph Morgan Carpenter, nestled a classic, shake-shingled beach cottage behind the dunes there as a summer retreat. Her father, Lammot du Pont, was one of the early principals in the DuPont Company, and her husband worked for and was also an officer in the rapidly expanding enterprise.
Photo Courtesy of Jack Lingo, REALTOR®
On October 19, the Carrie Lingo Team was pleased to present the first-ever Showfield Daffodil Dig. This fun-filled event brought together numerous Showfield homeowners and offered them the opportunity to both beautify their community and get to know their neighbors. The Carrie Lingo Team provided over 2,000 daffodil bulbs to participating Showfield residents, who then planted the bulbs throughout the natural area surrounding the community clubhouse. Special thanks to Rise Up Coffee Roasters for supplying the gardening fuel and Carolina Sugar Fairy Custom Cakes and Sweets for baking delicious daffodil-shaped cookies. In the springtime, Showfield's clubhouse will be surrounded by 2,000 bright and beautiful daffodil flowers!
Showfield is now 95% sold out! This iconic 132-acre community, a project of Jack Lingo Asset Management, is situated along a portion of the 16-mile Junction & Breakwater Trail loop in Lewes. Community amenities include a clubhouse, outdoor pool, wooded walking trails, and multiple ponds. Located within a half mile of Lewes Beach, Cape Henlopen State Park, and downtown restaurants and shopping opportunities, Showfield is the most exciting opportunity at the Delaware Beaches. Learn more about this premier neighborhood here.
Pictured: Carrie Lingo and her son Marsh.
