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Barbara Armour has a wealth of experience taking care of the public with over 20 years in a management role at the Trumbull County Department of Job and Family Services and a combined 30+ years of customer service.  

She is a lifelong resident of the valley and resides in Liberty Township with her husband.  They have two daughters, two grandchildren, and three nieces that she loves as her own children.

Barbara can be reached at (330) 720-1994 or by email at [email protected].  She is passionate about helping buyers and sellers achieve their goals and committed to providing quality service and professional marketing and negotiations.

Welcome to the team, Barbara! 

ATTENTION HOME BUYERS!!  You are invited to join us for the "Lakeside Lender Spotlight Night" Friday, March 11 at 6:30 p.m. at the Lakeside Realty office.

What can you expect?  Dinner and a lovely evening packed with information to help move you closer to your dream home purchase.  

We are so excited about this event!  It can be a real life changer for a lot of people.  New financing programs offered by Farmers National Bank can help you qualify to purchase a home with only $500 down, a minimum credit score of 600, and no private mortgage insurance.  Wow right! 

Make it a point to attend and have the opportunity to ask financing and real estate experts all of your questions.  If you can't attend, please share this with someone who can benefit from participation.

A life-long resident of the Mahoning Valley, Katie Olson graduated from Youngstown State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education, received an endorsement in Educational Technology, and then a Master’s Degree in Curriculum and Instruction. 

She is currently a Kindergarten teacher, but has always been passionate about real estate and the housing industry.  Her drive to always learn new things and be creative drove her to get a license as a real estate agent.  

Katie resides in Poland with her husband and two children.  Contact Katie for all your real estate needs.

Stephanie Torok has lived and worked in the Mahoning and Trumbull County areas for the last 20 years. She truly loves the business of real estate, and one of her greatest joys is bringing smiles to the faces of buyers and sellers.  Her natural flair for design and staging is a real asset for her seller and buyer clients.

"With interest rates at an all time low, it's such an exciting time in the Real Estate Industry. I will be with you every step of the way in the transaction from start to finish.  I work for YOU!"  

Contact Stephanie for all your real estate needs.

Born and raised in the Youngstown, Ohio area Matthew lived and worked for many years throughout the country before ultimately coming back “home” in 2009.  Formally trained as a commercial real estate investment advisor in Tampa Bay, he was part of a select team involved in over $750 million of commercial assets transacted between 2004 - 2008.  Prior to this, Matthew held a senior management position in Washington Mutual Bank’s 1031 Exchange department, heading their Southeastern U.S. division also based out of Tampa Bay.

More recently, Matthew has started and managed two new companies here in Youngstown.  He is the president of Valley Investment Group, LLC a local real estate investment firm as well as CEO of Lower Your Taxes, LLC a regional company that provides assistance to property owners with appeal their property valuations before their local county board in order to lower each properties annual real estate property taxes.

Learn more about Matthew.  Welcome to the Lakeside Team!