Jim Marshall, Broker
I have lived in the Parry Sound area since I was two years old and grew up on Whitefish Lake in what’s now Seguin Township. My family runs Marshall Construction and I spent most summers as a teenage installing septic beds and backfilling basements for cottage owners throughout the area. Through this time in my early years, I started, quite inadvertently, to build connections with people that I still call friends and clients.
When I started selling real estate in 1985, I already had an excellent familiarity of the area lakes and extensive connections with both the seasonal and year round populations. My knowledge of the area is extensive: odds are that I know where one can launch a boat or suggest good fishing spots on several of the area lakes.
Twenty-three years later, I’m happily married with three growing sons and live right in Parry Sound. Even though I’m always busy with my real estate practice, I always manage to take time to spend with the family. The kids keep both Kim and myself very busy with the myriad of activities they’re involved in.
In addition, I’m a Past President of the Parry Sound Real Estate Board, and was recently appointed as a Director of the Canadian Real Estate Assocation’s (CREA) MTC Commitee.
I have several other interests outside of my real estate career. Music has always been one of my passions and I have played piano and guitar with local bands. Gardening, fishing and astronomy are also hobbies I enjoy, and I’m a lifelong diehard Leafs fan.
Bonnie Looby, Sales Representative
Although I was born and raised in the town of Parry Sound, I spent the first 18 years of my adult life living and working in Barrie. I returned to my hometown a few years ago to be closer to my parents as they get on in years. Throughout my childhood I was blessed to spend my summers on Georgian Bay, at our cottage near Sans Souci Island.
I started to work with Jim in July of 2006 as an unlicensed assistant and immediately discovered an instinctive understanding of the real estate business. As I worked in the background helping to grow Jim’s business to where it is today, it started to become apparent that he needed someone licensed to help take care of the number of buyers we were servicing. The logical step was for me to get my real estate license, a process which I completed in March of 2008.
Although I continue to provide back office support to Jim and his clients, the scope of my day-to-day activities also includes residential and recreational sales, focusing on buyers.
When not in the office, I am kept very busy with my four children and their various activities. We are still slowly finishing work on our new home in Humphrey and I am also very involved with Humphrey School Council and the Stockey Centre here in Parry Sound
