Valerie Miller

Designations/Affiliations:
Completed financial CCIM course and is currently a candidate for the CCIM commercial designation.

Experience/Background:
Valerie brings to real estate her extensive business experience as an owner/operator of Budget Rent-A-Car franchises and her experience as an owner and investor in real estate.

In the rent-a-car industry, she served in leadership roles on the local, state, and national board of directors. She also became a consultant, professional speaker, and author. Her book, Rediscovering the Customer, is based on her experience in the intensely competitive car rental industry. She wrote the manual, Management's Role in Customer C.A.R.E. that was the text used in the training seminars she presented for management throughout the U.S. and Canadian locations of Budget Rent-A-Car.

Strategy/Motivation:
Valerie is motivated by learning new things and being a motivator herself. She is always reading a non-fiction book to expand her knowledge. Also she enjoys motivational speaking.

She became interested initially in real estate because she always has loved looking at buildings and homes. This interest led to her role as an investor. Valerie believes that the Greenville, SC market is still a frontier for reasonable investment in property.

Personal/Community Interests:
Valerie is originally from Memphis, Tennessee. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Oklahoma. She and her husband Chuck attend Brookwood Community Church. They have two adult sons and three grandsons.

In addition, Valerie is well-known in the Upstate because of her community service. She has served in leadership positions with the Greenville Chamber of Commerce, Greenville Convention & Visitors Bureau, Urban League, St. Francis Hospital, Better Business Bureau, Greenville Tech, Greenville County Schools, Upstate Visual Arts, and Greenville Little Theatre. In 1988 she was named the Greenville Chamber's Small Business Person of the Year. Currently she is a commissioner on the Greenville-Spartanburg Airport Commission.

A unique but little-known fact about Valerie is that she has studied dream interpretation.