Listing Leader Lisa Bayless Shines With Buyer-Agent Team in Tucson — RISMedia

A native of Tucson, Arizona, Lisa Bayless earned a degree in social work from Boston University, convinced she’d found her calling in counseling. But a blind date who became her steady was a real estate developer in Back Bay, and she was quite surprised to see an overlap in what they did.

“We both worked with clients who valued our expertise,” Bayless said. “We did our best to make them feel comfortable, to trust us, and in the end to help them meet their goals.”

So, when they returned to Tucson in 2006 to finish grad school and plan a wedding, she decided to try her hand at real estate. Licensed a year later, she found a home at Long Realty, where she reigns today among the top 1% of agents nationwide—and where the Bayless Team last year…