My deep-rooted attachment to Lake Martin goes back generations. My grandfather worked on Lake Martin's construction in the 1920s and my wife, Helen's, family farmed the river bottoms now covered by Lake Martin. My father was born near the lake in Ourtown and returned to be the Greens Superintendent at Willow Point, the premier golf course in the area.

Most of my childhood memories revolve around Lake Martin: Picnics, fishing, boating, camping, and water sports are all fond recollections. In fact, a youthful promise between my wife and I was to retire on Lake Martin. Throughout a 25-year career in sales and marketing, with moves to Montgomery, Miami, Chicago, Atlanta and Birmingham, we returned to Lake Martin and kept our dream alive.

Because of the success in my career at Progressive Farmer, the oldest magazine at Southern Progress Corporation (publishers of Southern Living, Cooking Light, Coastal Living, Southern Accents, Sunset, and others), we were able to acquire our first cabin on Lake Martin while living in Atlanta. It was a great time for our family and we passed our love of Lake Martin to our children, Leah and Greg. Throughout the years we bought and sold several times and now we live fulltime in Windemere, one of Russell Land's premiere developments.

During my tenure at Progressive Farmer, I was privileged to serve and lead on numerous Regional and National boards: FFA, Agricultural Publishers Association, National Agrimarketing Association, Farm Foundation, SCPA, and The Auburn University Magazine Advisory Board to name a few. I am currently privileged to serve as statewide Chairman for "The Campaign for 4-H". Also, Helen and I worship at The First United Methodist Church of Alexander City, AL.

Every month more and more people make the move to beautiful Lake Martin, whether it's full time, a weekend getaway or for land. It’s a solid investment and remains a great value compared to other resort property within an easy drive of Atlanta, Birmingham, Montgomery and Columbus, GA.

Lake Property at Lake Martin PAYS.

You get enjoyment and possibly even better returns than Wall Street.

Contact me and I'll be happy to share my knowledge of the area and show you your future lake house or lot.