Donna Wood has been passionate about real estate since her earliest years growing up in Duxbury, Massachusetts. Donna always knew that she wanted to chart a path in the housing industry and found her true calling in real estate serving her clients and guiding them through one of the biggest investments of their lives. With 50 years of unprecedented success on the South Shore, Donna is the resource ready to listen and put years of experience to work for any and all of her clients. Turning the page and finding a new property should be a wonderful experience, and Donnaโs knowledge lets her clients rest assured that everything else is handled.
Let’s learn a little more about Donna!
What is your favorite thing about being a Real Estate Agent?
I really enjoy helping people through the process of determining what their specific needs are in housing and being able to share my depth of knowledge about the process as well as matching them to a property that will work for them.
What do you enjoy doing outside of helping your clients buy or sell a home? What are some of your favorite hobbyโs, activities, etc.?
I am deeply involved with the none-profit world โ specifically as President of the DRHS, director at DYC and also promoting all of the Duxbury non-profit organizations who have culture, education and/or culture as their primary mission. I was instrumental in forming the DCC (Duxbury Community Collaborative) which promotes these groups.
I enjoy traveling and have traveled extensively throughout the U.S. and internationally, have visited over 35 countries. We most recently visited Mt. Rushmore and Charleston and Savannah.
I play bridge and paddle tennis and am an avid reader. We love spending time outdoors, both hiking and boatin.
What do you love most about the South Shore/Plymouth County?
I especially love the history of this area where I grew up and have lived my whole life. The area holds so many wonderful memories of friend and family experiences. I canโt imagine living any where else.
Share with us a memorable moment in your Real Estate career?
In 2005, I was referred to couple who were considering a move to Duxbury from Pittsburgh. The wife had spent time here in her college years and that memory had stayed with her. We met and talked about what they wanted and then looked at some properties. During one of these visits, the wife brought out the Duxbury Book and showed me the house on the cover and said โIf you can find us a house like this one, it would be perfect.โ I mentioned that I had sold that house a couple of times in the past and that I understood exactly what they were looking for. Then, lo and behold, several weeks later, I had a call of the then current owner of that particular house who told me they were planning to sell it and wanted my advice as they were planning to list it with me. I told them, I had the โperfect buyerโ and explained the background story to them. They told me to go ahead a contact the Pittsburgh buyers, which I did. The buyers drove up from Pittsburgh the next day and made an offer on the property. By the way, they still live there today!
Why South Shore Sothebyโs International Realty?
I began my career in real estate in 1969 with my first sale being a small cape off Warren Avenue in Plymouth. I worked for several companies and then started Macdonald & Wood Real Estate, with my partner, Audrey Macdonald. We were invited to become an affiliate of the real estate arm of Sothebyโs in the 1990โs when they were just forming the corporate structure for what would become Sothebyโs International Realty in the early 2000โs. I bought Audreyโs share of the company in 2000 and then determined that the Sothebyโs International Realty brand was something I really admired and wanted to be a part of. So, I bought the franchise for our office in 2004-2005. I know I made the right decision.
If you could leave everyone with one piece of Real Estate advice, what would it be?
Being in the real estate business involves a full time commitment to putting other peopleโs needs in front of your own. It isnโt always easy, but it pays off in the long run with sustaining a reputation for honesty and fairness.
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