Our Local Atlanta Leader

Robert joined the Evernest team in early 2022 and has lived in the Atlanta area for almost 40 years. After spending over 17 years in operations and customer service, Robert understands what it takes to build a dedicated team of professionals focused on providing the best service in the market. During his off time, Robert enjoys spending time with his family fishing, kayaking, hiking and being outdoors.

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Melanie possesses a vast amount of real estate and investment experience. At Atlanta Property Management Group her role is consulting with new owner clients and supervising the intake process as we add their properties to the Atlanta Property Management Group portfolio of managed homes.

Melanie began her career in real estate as an investor, when she focused on finding and renovating neglected homes in gentrifying areas of Atlanta. Melanie obtained her Georgia Real Estate License in 2003 and her Broker’s License in 2006. Melanie’s real estate experience allows her to advise her clients how to maximize their real estate investments with Atlanta Property Management Group.

Melanie has earned a B.S. degree in Integrative Studies with a focus in business. Melanie enjoys a variety of hobbies including golf, photography, and aviation - she holds a private pilot’s license. Melanie’s passion is volunteering with Atlanta animal rescue groups.

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Amy has been with Atlanta Property Management Group since 2007. Throughout her tenure here, she has had training in all aspects of property management but her specialty these days is moving tenants into our properties, handling all aspects of lease execution and move-in. She is also the go-to person for our existing tenants who have questions about their accounts.

Amy originally moved to Atlanta in 2000 from Alabama to attend Georgia State University. In 2010 Amy obtained her Georgia Real Estate License. Since 2009, she has been actively involved in raising money and participating in the Atlanta 2-Day Walk for Breast Cancer.

In her spare time Amy enjoys traveling throughout the South, bird watching, hiking, cooking, flower and vegetable gardening, and photography.

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Paula has overseen all aspects of residential construction and property management as the founder and owner of Laughing Sun Renovations and owner of several rental properties.

She’s originally from Virginia, where she got her undergraduate degree at the University of Virginia prior to obtaining an MBA at Emory University. Before delving into the Atlanta real estate market, she was in marketing research and advertising. In her varied career, she has worn high heels and steel-toed boots, and been a participant on every side of the rental market.

At Atlanta Property Management Group, she is putting these diverse skills to work by managing owner accounts with the experience of an owner as well as analyzing and coordinating maintenance requests with the eye of a contractor.

In her free time, Paula can be found tweaking her serve at the tennis courts, working on her house with her partner, or trying to figure out how to beat her precocious 8 year old daughter at Words With Friends.

Apryl joined the Atlanta Property Management Group team in the fall of 2012. She draws on her prior customer service experience in assisting clients and potential tenants with any questions concerning Atlanta Property Management Group properties. Apryl earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from Georgia State University.

In her spare time she enjoys traveling, volunteering at nursing homes and rehabilitation centers, and visiting with family and friends.

Barbara came to Atlanta Property Management Group with over 20 years of experience running the office of a home building and remodeling company. Having handled those varied accounting and administrative tasks, along with her extracurricular study of database design and management, her experiences combine to make her ideally suited for managing the heavily digitized financial recordkeeping needs of Atlanta Property Management Group and Church Street Home Repair.

A native of Atlanta, Barbara brings with her a broad educational background, with psychology and counseling degrees from Emory and Georgia State. Besides enjoying the challenges of keeping the numbers flowing smoothly, designing custom reports, and the occasional detective work required on the job, she also nourishes a lifelong enthusiasm for both creative photography and songwriting in her spare time.

She currently lives in Decatur with her partner and their two cats, a piano, and a few guitars.

Naomi joined Church Street Home Repair as a maintenance technician in 2010. Naomi has lived in Atlanta since 1995. Her B.A. in psychology from Emory University helps her communicate with tenants about repair issues. Her past careers have mostly focused on various aspects of real estate including managing a realty office and working for contractors who remodeled homes in Atlanta and Florida.

When not maintaining homes for our owners and tenants she enjoys hiking, camping, and spending time with her family and cat.

Chuck comes to Church Street Home repair from many years of working in the Atlanta hospitality industry. Using skills honed from years of taking care of guests of the Ritz-Carlton and Marriott, his goal is to exceed the expectations of the tenant and owner.

Chuck holds a BA from Louisiana State University and an MFA from Brandeis in Theatre Arts. As a professional actor Chuck has performed on stage and screen. Since putting down roots in Decatur in 1993 with his wife and later two sons, Chuck has found his place in life using the gifts he has to serve others.

A self taught handyman, Chuck started his own company in 2007. Both of the Horton boys are in Boy Scouts and Chuck very much enjoys his involvement with troop and pack.

Darius L. Tigner-Jackson is a native of Atlanta, Georgia and the only child to his parents Jacques A. and Cheryl D. He was raised by his loving grandmother Gloria A. Tigner in the Historic West End Community. He was taught at an early age that education is the key to success, and received his education in some of the most historic schools in Atlanta, Georgia like J. C. Harris, E. L. Connally, J. E. Brown, and B.T. Washington to name a few. He is a 2013 triple major graduate of Atlanta Technical College – majoring in E-Commerce Marketing, Human Resource Management, & Paralegal Studies. He furthered his education by receiving his B.A. degree in Managerial Science and Human Resource Management from Strayer University in 2015 and is a recipient of Paralegal Studies Diploma from Penn Foster Career School in October 2017.

In his free time, Darius serves as Youth Advisor in his church and a Community Ambassador of the Historic West End and East Point Communities. He loves going out to enjoy the festivities in Atlanta and volunteering everywhere he can be of help. Darius once heard a man say, “The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear". That being said, he made a promise to never ever give up on achieving to be the best and forgetting the rest. Darius joined the RPG family in May 2017 as the Tenant Coordinator bringing a loving personality, intelligent demeanor, and hard-working attitude towards his love of helping others.