Mitzi Kirsch has grown up in real estate. Her mother, Peggy Blackwell, is Broker/Owner of CENTURY 21 Blackwell & Company Realty, Inc. and has sold real estate for over thirty years. Mitzi's real estate career began as she worked in a real estate office as a teenager, and she has worked with her Mom in many facets of the business over the years. She has been selling residential, land, and commercial real estate for over twenty four years. Mitzi is a graduate of the Wyatt Institute of Real Estate, and a graduate of USC-Spartanburg with a BS in Management. She also firmly believes in continuing education in real estate as she has earned the CRS (Certified Residential Specialist), ABR (Accredited Buyer's Representative), GRI (Graduate Real Estate Institute, and Broker designations. Widely recognized within the CENTURY 21 System, Mitzi has been awarded the prestigious Grand Centurion, Double Centurion, and Centurion Awards. She has also been awarded the Top Agent Award within the C21 Carolinas Region for several years. Mitzi was ranked as the #1 Producing Agent in Spartanburg MLS for 2012. She was the top agent for 2013 has ranked in the top ten in the U.S. with Century 21 on several occasions. Mitzi is the proud mother of two sons, Blake (16 years) and Brice (14 years). You do not have to be around her very long to ascertain that they are her life. She has been married to her husband of 23 years, Skip, who is also a top selling Realtor with the CENTURY 21 System. She and her family attend Boiling Springs First Baptist. She also served on the Upstate Family Resource Center and Interim Hospice Boards. She also served on the Upstate Family Resource Center Board, Interim Hospice Board, Upstate School of Business Advisory Board, and BB&T Advisory Board and past PTO President for Boiling Springs Middle School. An only child to Coy and Peggy Blackwell, Mitzi will not hesitate to tell you that real estate chose her-she sold real estate while in college and it just clicked-and here we are twenty plus years and THOUSANDS of home sales later. Strongly self-motivated, she is determined to achieve the best that she can at whatever she does. With an inner passion to make a great start for her children in real estate - not so ironically, Blake and Brice already think they sell real estate. All this, combined with a deep love for real estate that is at its pinnacle, and seeing people smile as they reach across a closing table for the keys to their new home sincerely makes Mitzi the happiest.