As-Is Listing Specialist · DeKalb, Cherokee & Chattooga Counties

About Melissa Harmel

I’m Melissa Harmel, an As-Is Listing Specialist with eXp Realty, LLC, licensed in Alabama and Georgia and serving DeKalb, Cherokee and Chattooga counties.

I help owners sell houses that aren’t perfect: the ones listed as AS-IS in the Alabama and Georgia MLS. Those sales rarely fall apart over price. They fall apart over financing, when an appraisal flags the roof or a loan program won’t touch the property.

That’s the problem I know best. I was first licensed in 1998 and sold real estate in Tucson, where I earned my ABR designation during a buyer’s market. Then I spent nine years marketing and building mortgage teams at Alaska USA and Cornerstone Home Lending, working alongside more than 100 loan originators. I came back to sales in 2017 as a team listing specialist, earned my CRS, and specialized in as-is properties in Alaska before going solo with eXp Realty, where I was a three-time ICON Agent (2021–2023) and Top Solo Agent for eXp Alaska in 2023. Now I’m bringing that focus to Northeast Alabama and Northwest Georgia.

Every seller gets a line-by-line net sheet before listing and with every offer, so you know what lands in your account, not just what’s on the front page. I work solo. The person you call is the person who does the work.

What I stand for

Honesty and clarity

Straight answers and realistic pricing, with no pressure.

Numbers up front

A net sheet before we list and with every offer.

As-is means as-is

No list of repairs you don’t need to make.

One agent, start to finish

You won’t be handed off to an assistant or a team.

Where I work

DeKalb County, AL

Fort Payne, Rainsville, Mentone, Valley Head and the towns around them

Cherokee County, AL

Centre, Cedar Bluff, Leesburg, Gaylesville and the towns around them

Chattooga County, GA

Summerville, Trion, Lyerly and Menlo

I work with single-family houses on under 40 acres. In both states, a house the seller won’t repair is listed as AS-IS: in ValleyMLS in Alabama and GeorgiaMLS in Georgia.

Credentials

  • Certified Residential Specialist (CRS)
  • Accredited Buyer’s Representative (ABR)
  • Certified eXp Instructor
  • eXp ICON Agent, 2021, 2022 and 2023
  • Top Solo Agent, eXp Alaska, 2023

Thinking about selling a house that needs work?

I’ll come see the house and start with a free net sheet: what you’d walk away with, line by line.

Call or text 256.207.8127Request it online

Melissa Harmel, Realtor®, CRS, ABR · eXp Realty, LLC · AL # 000164573-0 · GA # 451015 · Equal Housing Opportunity