Amelia Barrett is the CEO of Barrett & Associates. She is a licensed California Real Estate Broker, previous California Real Estate Appraiser, and previous Certified Real Property Tax Appraiser. She began her career in 2005 mentoring alongside a top producing Realtor with 35 years’ experience while attending college full time. Intrigued about the wealth that she saw firsthand with real estate investments; she was instantly hooked. By this time, she had already bought, remodeled, and sold a home in Bend, Oregon at the young age of 19 and came back to Nevada County to reinvest the profits into the next deal. Since then, she has continued to acquire real estate because she truly believes in the wealth that it brings and the stability of the investment. “I preach what I practice and that is to only invest in real estate if there is an income stream that comes with it.” This philosophy has steered her in the right direction building wealth through her private investments and educating her clients to do the same. With her experience, Amelia has become an expert in all aspect of commercial and residential real estate sales, leasing, property management, and investment consulting. Her passion shines through the superior services she delivers to her clients. The knowledge gained through her 17 years of real estate experience and education are priceless attributes Amelia values deeply. Amelia’s management style is to surround herself and her team members with positive, motivated, and experienced people who use their natural abilities to excel in their line of work. When this type of synergy is created, everybody benefits in a positive way. Amelia maintains a high level of respect, professionalism, and ethics within Barrett & Associates and the communities she serves. Amelia works with her team to ensure that Barrett & Associates’ client’s needs are met and that the services they provide are maintained to the highest degree. Actively involved and committed to the Nevada County and Placer County communities, Amelia has served on several local boards and committees including the Nevada County Association of Realtors (NCAR), the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce, Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce, Anew Day’s R.A.K.E. planning committee, Nevada City Rotary and Deer Creek PTC. She was honored in 2018 with an Award of Appreciation from the Nevada City Chambers and again in 2020 with realtor® of the Year Award from Nevada County Association of Realtors. She is currently serving as the NCAR President for 2022. Amelia was raised in Wester Nevada County and grew up playing competitive basketball, volleyball and spent countless hours on the Tahoe slopes as part of Nevada Union’s ski/snowboard team. She attended colleges in Bend, Oregon and Sacramento, California studying Business Administration and Construction Management. She is currently pursuing her CCIM designation. When she is not working, Amelia maintains an active lifestyle with her husband and two boys. They enjoy skiing, mountain biking, boating, golfing, paddle boarding and spending time with family and friends.
