Buddy Blake is a long-time Wilmingtonian (as they call themselves in Wilmington, North Carolina) who is the Buddy Blake Real Estate Experts Team leader. The team is with RE/MAX Essential, and he oversees all marketing development, day-to-day operations and management, and quality control matters for the team. In addition to the team's managerial duties, since 1999, Buddy has also been one of the market leaders in the Wilmington area and has actually been the number-one agent in all of Southeastern North Carolina for the last three years. Buddy grew up in the Long Leaf Acres area of Wilmington and his family roots are in the Middle Sound area. He attended Wilmington Christian Academy from K-12th and then graduated from UNC-Wilmington.