Micki Colquhoun brings tremendous grace and a wealth of life experience to her real estate clients. She's personable, social and very available, but she's also an energetic researcher who enjoys number-crunching and market analysis.

"I can't say, 'this is the house for you,' she said, "but if you can put a property into context, in terms of where the market is, and of what is distinctive about that property … if you can assign some numerical values to those factors, it helps people make decisions." Her clients marvel at her energy as well. "She's gung-ho from the start, really motivated, and she works so hard. She really listens to you," said one client recently.

A native of Nebraska, Micki graduated from Barnard and earned an MBA from Columbia. After fifteen years of working in finance, Micki moved from New York City to Castine, Maine in the late 1980's with her husband and three young children. She then worked for Eastern Maine Development Corporation, taught at Maine Maritime Academy, and served as head of her children's independent school. Once their children left home, Micki and her husband, artist Jeff Colquhoun, spent several winters in Venice, Italy. They moved to Camden in 1999 because of the town's vibrant year-round qualities.

"It's such a friendly and easy place to live compared to almost any place else on the Maine Coast. You can move here and people are happy to include you. The Camden area is so welcoming of new people and there's so much to do here," she says.

Micki began selling real estate in 2001, and since then she's carved out a reputation for excellence, having been top producer at her previous firm during her first two years in the business and consistently among the top producers at Camden Real Estate Company since then. "I love putting transactions together. And what I've found is, there's a way to do it where essentially everyone gets what they want, and they feel good about it."

Micki had no intention of changing firms when Camden Real Estate president Scott Horty called her. "I said, 'I'm not moving, but I'd be happy to talk with you.' By the end of the conversation I thought, that's how I'd run a real estate agency. It's the approach taken to presenting a property; it's the culture of teamwork in the organization. And because it's a small agency, it's flexible, responsive, and you have a sense of what's going on."

For Micki, this is the best of all possible worlds. "For us, part of the move to Maine was to lead a considered life. I happen to love doing real estate, but other things are important too … family, and taking advantage of Maine's wonderful outdoors. We try to get out there all year long, skiing in the winter and getting out on the boat in the summer, with as many scuba-diving trips as we can manage in between. When you look back at your life, the memories are your real treasure."

Micki Colquhoun may be contacted at micki@camdenre.com
or at Camden Real Estate (207) 236-6171.