By Bob Flynn

Buying a home is usually the largest purchase people will make in their entire lives. So finding a realty company and an agent you trust is an important first decision in that process toward home ownership.

Weichert Realtors has been serving the South Central Kentucky area since 1966 and has been recognized for their focus on client success in helping clients buy and sell properties in the Lake Cumberland area.

Locally, Weichert Realtors- Ford Brothers in Somerset has earned a reputation for their quality service with 50 agents in the local office.

Bobby Sutton was working in the finance industry when he and his son Braden moved

Bobby Sutton

Photo by Bobby Flynn

to Somerset from Alabama 13 years ago.

Soon after, he met and married his wife Victoria, a lifelong resident of Pulaski County who hails from the Shopville area.

For some time he had an interest in real estate, so he decided to get his realtor’ s license. It wasn’ t long before he realized how much he really enjoyed it, so nine years ago he made the decision to go into real estate full time and joined Weichert Realty-Ford Brothers.

Being relatively new to the community and not knowing a lot of people Sutton said, put him at a disadvantage when he first started compared to other agents who had lived most if not all of their lives in the area.

“ I didn’ t know anyone when I started in real estate," he said. " I felt kind of like I was isolated