Realtors Who Care
Our mission is to donate $50,000 each year to support our children and local educators! We donate $500 to a participating school for EVERY closing of a home - either bought or sold.
Over $270,300 donated to local schools since 2018!
EF2 Realty Team with Keller Williams Realty Partners are official partners in education with Cherokee County, Cobb County and Marietta City Schools. We are also members of Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce and Cobb County Chamber of Commerce.
Participating Schools
Arnold Mill Elementary •
Avery Elementary •
Ball Ground STEM Academy •
Blackwell Elementary •
Boston Elementary •
Clark Creek STEM Academy •
Emily Lembeck Early Learning Center •
Fair Oaks Elementary •
Green Acres Elementary •
Hasty Fine Arts Academy •
Hickory Flat Elementary •
Hollydale Elementary •
Holly Springs STEM Academy •
Johnston Elementary •
Little River Elementary •
Macedonia Elementary •
Mountain Road Elementary •
Park Street Elementary •
Ralph Bunche Pre-K Center •
R.M. Moore Elementary •
Sawyer Road Elementary •
Cherokee Charter Middle •
Creekland Middle •
Freedom Middle •
Griffin Middle •
Mill Creek Middle •
Pearson Middle •
Teasley Middle •
Tippens Education Center •
Woodstock Middle •
ACE Academy •
Cherokee High •
Creekview High •
Etowah High •
i-Grad Academy •
River Ridge High •
South Cobb High •
Wheeler •
Arnold Mill Elementary • Avery Elementary • Ball Ground STEM Academy • Blackwell Elementary • Boston Elementary • Clark Creek STEM Academy • Emily Lembeck Early Learning Center • Fair Oaks Elementary • Green Acres Elementary • Hasty Fine Arts Academy • Hickory Flat Elementary • Hollydale Elementary • Holly Springs STEM Academy • Johnston Elementary • Little River Elementary • Macedonia Elementary • Mountain Road Elementary • Park Street Elementary • Ralph Bunche Pre-K Center • R.M. Moore Elementary • Sawyer Road Elementary • Cherokee Charter Middle • Creekland Middle • Freedom Middle • Griffin Middle • Mill Creek Middle • Pearson Middle • Teasley Middle • Tippens Education Center • Woodstock Middle • ACE Academy • Cherokee High • Creekview High • Etowah High • i-Grad Academy • River Ridge High • South Cobb High • Wheeler •
Our Story
We have paired Bruce Swanson’s - with Swanson & Associates - 17 years of top producing real estate service, and Dr. Keith Ingram's 33 years in education in Cherokee County to develop Education First Fund (EF2) which is an initiative to support our children and local educators.
EF2 will make a $500 donation at the time of closing on a single home to any EF2 participating elementary school, middle school and high school {of a client’s choice}.
We designed this program to help alleviate the day to day struggles and supply demands at our local schools, and believe in sacrificing a little bit of our business to make a big impact in our local community.
Current Listings
Meet the Team
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Bruce Swanson
PARTNER & AGENT
Bruce has over 23 years of real estate buying/selling, investment properties, and land development. He leads and mentors a high-achieving team of real estate professionals at Keller Williams in Woodstock. He is a proud father, husband, and is active in giving back to the community. When not hard at work, Bruce can be found on a fishing boat or deer stand.
Mobile: (404) 259 -2161
Email: bruceswanson@kw.com
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Dr. Keith Ingram
PARTNER & AGENT
After 33 years. as an educator/principal in Cherokee County Schools, Keith started his second career in real estate. He joined forces with Bruce and started EF2 Realty Team as a way to provide clients with the best possible real estate experience in addition to giving back to local schools. It's been a winning combination! After work, you can find him running errands on his red electric scooter 🛴, spending time with his wife and grandkids, or on the soccer field, playing goalkeeper for multiple men’s teams.
Mobile: (678) 910 -9210
Email: keithingram@kw.com
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Xochilt Villalobos
REALTOR
Xochilt is a top 20% performing buyer’s agent at KWRP. An original member of the EF2 Team, her commitment to the team has played a crucial role in its success. She has been a long-time resident of Cherokee County with a deep knowledge of the local real estate market. Xochilt is bilingual (Spanish-speaking) and a member of the Mexican Association of Real Estate Professionals (A.M.P.I) allowing for global connections. Xo’s number one priority is to provide each client with outstanding service ensuring they have a positive experience when investing in real estate or purchasing a home.
Mobile: (770) 596-5837
Email: x.villalobos@kw.com
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Christy Abernathy
REALTOR
Christy is a 23-year-resident of Cherokee County. She loves helping her clients build wealth through homeownership - whether that’s finding a diamond in the rough to build sweat equity, a farm for their horses, an investment property or right-sizing to cash in on equity. Over the last 5 years in real estate, she has represented her clients in over 90 transactions, selling and buying, in Cherokee, Cobb, Pickens, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Paulding, Dawson, and Gilmer counties. She is also an experienced horsewoman, having been a farm manager, rider, and trainer for 30+ years. A mom of 3 fantastic young men, she currently lives on a farm in Waleska, GA with her youngest son and animals.
Mobile: (770)-312-7354
Email: Christy.abernathy@kw.com
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Jayson Moss
REALTOR
Jayson joined the Keller Williams and EF2 team after a rewarding 17 year career in law enforcement, and the past 5 years as a successful residential construction company owner. He brings his professional knowledge and remodeling experience to the team by locating and selling investment homes. Jayson and his wife Joey, who is an administrator for the Cherokee County School District, have been married for 25 years and have two grown sons. As a Cherokee County native, he looks forward to continuing his investment in the lives of the community that he calls home.
Mobile: (770) 815-2856
Email: Jayson.Moss@kw.com
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Richie Carnes
REALTOR
Richie joined the EF2 Realty Team in 2024 after a long career in education, including serving as the principal for Creekland Middle School. Born and raised in Cherokee County, Dr. Richard (Richie) Carnes has been in the education field for 30 years.
Dr. Carnes earned a master’s degree in foundations of education from Troy State University (2003), and he earned a master’s degree in education leadership from Georgia College and State University (2008). In 2011, he received his Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership from Nova Southeastern University.
Mobile: (770) 337-8551
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Lauri Wischner
OPERATIONS DIRECTOR
Lauri is the heart and soul of EF2 operations. She brings unique and valuable tools to make our team run like a smoothly oiled machine. Lauri’s been in sales for more than 30 years and brought with her a plethora of skills including high attention to detail & amazing communication skills. When not working hard for our EF2 team, you can find Lauri with her husband, daughter and dog, usually hiking.
Email: EF2CareTeam@gmail.com
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Ashley Clarke
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Ashley joined the EF2 team in 2023 to help expand the team’s marketing reach. She has spent most of the past decade working as a digital factotum, gaining experience in everything from social media marketing to video production, web design, photography, and more. A native of Kennesaw, GA, she graduated from the University of Georgia's Grady College of Journalism & Mass Communication. After six years in Athens, she relocated to Woodstock, GA, where she now lives with her fiancé and two dogs.
Email: educationfirstfund@gmail.com
Let’s work together.
We primarly serve Cherokee and Cobb County, but work across all of Georgia!
Email: EF2CareTeam@gmail.com
Bruce: (404) 259-2161
Dr. Keith: (678) 910-9210
722 Stonecroft Ln,
Woodstock, GA 30188
Client Reviews
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The team let us know exactly what we needed to do to get our house ready to sell. Our house sold in one day! Then they worked hard to find us a home to buy. They found us exactly what we were looking for. It was an awesome experience.
Melinda Alumbaugh
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Keith and Xo were amazing. We were coming from out of state and they worked so hard to have houses lined up for when we were visiting and looking at houses on our behalf when we couldn't make it to town. We found the house we love because of them.
The Cunninghams
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Working with your team was a great experience for us. We were well informed about what needed to be done to prepare our home to sell and well informed throughout the contract period. It was a great success for us
M.T
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Wonderful! Sold house for what we wanted and bought the house we wanted for the price we wanted! Very professional and honest realtors! Love that they give back to the schools and are so involved in the community!
Jennifer Fowler
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Bruce was great all around. Extremely patient in helping me find a home in a sellers market. He was honest and straight forward with me regarding his opinions and expertise, which I really appreciated. I felt like he wasn’t just in it to get a sale, but had my best interests in mind as well. I was definitely pleased with him and the whole process.
Allison Patrick
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Amazing team!!! Bruce and Keith were always available to answer all questions. They were very knowledgeable.
Mandy Stewart
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Great service from beginning to end.... sold our house and was key in helping find our new home
Curtiss Hancock
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Earned every penny of your commission, Not sure how you where able to put up with me. Bruce and Xo are awesome.
G.A.
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Keith and Xo made our first time buying a house an amazing process. They walked us through the process step by step and answered all the questions we had, no matter how busy they were.
A&M.R.
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It really felt like we were important to the team. We found our home in only three days!
Kirby Lloyd
