Travis Old
Broker, Horizon Realty Group
How I work
Northeast North Carolina, handled personally.
I grew up in Moyock. You work with me directly, and I tell you what I'd want to know if it were my money.
Horizon Realty Group · Jeanni Old, Broker-in-Charge
What to expect
Working with me
A short call
My AI assistant takes your details first, confirms what you're looking for and screens out spam, so I come to our call prepared. From there I handle your purchase personally, with automated tools keeping each step of the transaction on schedule.
The facts for your kind of purchase
Flood, insurance, access and the numbers, before you are under contract.
Representation in writing
Buyer agency explained and signed the North Carolina way.
How buyer representation worksYour messages
I read every message myself.
The brief
Why I write the Bertie County Buyer's Brief
I grew up in Moyock, and I've spent most of my career working the counties east of I-95 that get skipped over in most real estate coverage: Currituck, Camden, Pasquotank, Chowan, and now Bertie. Bertie is a different kind of market than the others I work. It's rural, it's thin, and it doesn't pretend to be anything else. That's exactly why I think it's worth a serious, honest guide.
This brief exists because Bertie County buyers fall into three groups that almost never overlap: people looking for a hunting tract or working timberland, people looking for a place on the Cashie River or the Albemarle Sound, and people looking for an affordable, USDA-eligible first home in Windsor. Each of those buyers needs a different set of facts, and I've tried to write this so each one gets a straight answer instead of a generic county overview.
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I'm not going to oversell this market. Inventory is low, days on market run long, and the county's population has been declining for years. If you're looking for velocity, this isn't it. If you're looking for a 160-acre deer tract at a price that doesn't exist closer to the coast, or a soundfront lot on Batchelor Bay, or a first home in a walkable county seat with a real historic downtown, Bertie has real advantages, and I'll tell you honestly where the friction is too, including the flood risk that some of this county's waterfront carries.
I'd rather answer a question over the phone than have you dig for it on a page. Call or text the number at the top, and you'll get me directly, not a call center. Every chapter here stays free to read whether we end up working together or not.
On the record
Licences you can check
20+ years in building and real estate.
36
Closed sales
$10.1M+
Sales volume
24 listing side, 12 buyer side
Closed sales, listing and buyer side, 2022 to November 3, 2026. Source: Hive MLS.
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NC Real Estate Broker #334264
North Carolina Real Estate Commission · since 2021 (5 years)
- Verify licence #99504
NC General Contractor #99504
Limited, Building · Two Sons Construction, LLC · NC Licensing Board for General Contractors · since 2017 (9 years)
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NC Real Estate Instructor #2583
North Carolina Real Estate Commission · since 2023 (3 years)
Horizon Realty Group
Jeanni Old, Broker-in-Charge
Education
- 2018 University of North Carolina at Greensboro, BA in Economics
- 2016 College of the Albemarle at Elizabeth City, Associate Degree
Memberships
Memberships and service
NAR (National Association of REALTORS®)
Member in good standing
AHWD (At Home With Diversity)
NAR Certification
REALTOR® Certified Market Data Trainer
National Association of REALTORS®
Board of Directors
Albemarle Area Association of REALTORS®
2026 William C. Bass Leadership Academy
NC REALTORS® Statewide Leadership Program
Founder, Old Carolina Academy
A real estate and technology education organization focused on the advancement of responsible technology and broker education
Counties I serve
Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, Washington.
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Client review
A client review
We were introduced to Travis through a friend and we're thankful that we got to work with him on our search and ultimate finding of our new home. Travis is a wealth of knowledge about the area and shared lots of information with us during our search that helped us in finding the right house for our family. He made appointments for the houses we wanted to see and showed us several he had found so we could compare different areas and styles. He was very patient with us and all of our questions. He shared his knowledge and suggestions in every house that we viewed. He is very responsive with his communication and willing to take the time to talk through our questions and concerns during the day, at night or on the weekends. Once we chose our house he worked closely with the selling agent and the mortgage company to keep the process moving along smoothly. We truly enjoyed our time with Travis looking at all the different houses and purchasing our home in our new hometown. He's the best and we would confidently recommend him to anyone that is looking for a house.
"They shall build houses and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit. They shall not labor in vain, for they shall be a people blessed by the Lord."