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Luke Nicholls is the Broker and Principal At Nicholls Real Estate Advisors, LLC.

Luke has been working in the commercial real estate market since 2014, and has experience in asset management, property management, budgeting, real estate valuations, investment funding, leasing, and investment sales. Over his career, Luke has closed transactions totalling over $202,000,000.00.

Luke holds a Bachelor's of Science in Accounting from Louisiana State University-Shreveport. In addition, Luke studied International economics, business relations, and business law in Luneburg, Germany at Leuphana Universitad.

I have been a full-time real estate agent/Realtor since 2002 with Coldwell Banker ONE (name changed from Saurage Realtors as the result of a merger in 2007). Over my career, I have brokered over 750 real estate transactions totaling over $150,000,000 in sales volume. While the majority of these transactions are residential, there is a portion of them that are commercial and land deals. My sales volume has consistently earned top honors and awards at the company level, as well as the national and international levels of the Coldwell Banker organization.

In addition to client representation, I have over 15 years of experience in personal real estate investing. This includes ownership in rental properties (residential, multi-family, commercial), land development, and property flipping projects.

For the past 10 years, I have consulted a barge company on their river frontage leasing and land acquisitions.

I have sat on our company's agent council since 2007. I was elected the first two years and have been on it based on sales volume ranking since 2009. I have served on multiple committees at the Greater Baton Rouge Association of Realtors and as an advisory committee member for a community bank and St. George Catholic School. I also sit on the board of directors of a federal credit union and another for the Greater Baton Rouge Association of REALTORS.

Personal

I am a native of Donaldsonville, LA, and have lived in Baton Rouge since enrolling in LSU in 1998. My wife Amanda and I have been married since 2004 and have three sons, Ethan ('07), Hayes ('09), and Lucas ('11).

Experienced Licensed Louisiana Real Estate Broker, Certified Professional in Human Resources (PHR). Certified Pre-Licensing Real Estate Instructor by the Louisiana Real Estate Commission. Sole Owner / Founder, Novak Realty, LLC. First Vice President, GBRAR, 2021. President-Elect, 2022. President, 2023. Immediate Past President, 2024. National Association of REALTORS, member. Louisiana Realtors previous Board of Directors. Bachelor's degree in management, HR Management, Entrepreneurship, minor, Louisiana State University (Cum Laude). Master's degree in human resources, Employment Relations, Staffing, Training & Development, Penn State University. Top 100 People in Real Estate nationwide. Cover Feature, Exeleon and the CIO Times Magazines. Consistent Multi-Million-Dollar Sales producer. The Advocate 2022 Economic Summit panel member. Microbusiness Enterprise Corporation of Ascension (MBECA), 2022 Woman Business Owner of the Year. Licensed Agent since 2001. Real Estate Broker since 2007.