About Us

Experience

The Friesz’s have been married and working side by side for 20 plus years. They have opened, operated and sold five enterprises throughout them Midwest; retiring to the lake in 1999. After ten years combined in real estate learning the roads, the people and the business, Rick & Patty have incorporated their proven systems to give all their clients the extra edge needed to out-perform the opposition.
 
Board of Realtors

Rick and Patty are active members of the Bagnell Dam Association of Realtors, the National Association of Realtors and the Missouri Association of Realtors. The Laurie Board of Realtors and the Bagnell Dam Association of Realtors work conjointly to serve the entire Lake of the Ozarks region. The Friesz’s belong to the Lake Ozark Chamber of commerce and Patty actively serves on both the education and the public relations committees within the Bagnell Dam Board of Realtors.
Education

Self-earned college educations for both, Rich at Northeast Missouri State (now Truman State) and the University of Missouri, Columbia, for Patty. Both will tell you they were average students never working in their field of study, Industrial Technology and Forestry. As many professional football players say, “the school of hard knocks” is more appropriately the university rendering their educations.
Family

Both Rick and Patty hale from small mid-western farming communities. They met and married within 90 days giving all the family members heart attacks. The pride and joy of the immediately family is the couples only child, “Heidi” a sixty-pound German Shepard mix.

Expertise

Together Rick and Patty have a 24 year notebook of knowledge on successfully negotiating contracts, and personal experience on how to recognize the not so obvious pitfalls. They say, “hind sight in 20/20”, and choosing experienced and likeable agents can make a huge difference to your bottom line. Good agents get you want you without even upsetting the opposition. Real estate is all about the knowledge of knowing the property, presenting the offer and the finesse of negotiating for the wanted result. Any sized transaction deserves an expertly planned strategy; Frieszstyle means enjoying a well planned and successful real estate transaction.