Ellen McAuliffe Ott is an established Southport, North Carolina, real estate investor who serves as President of Feels Like Home Properties, LLC. Acquiring condominiums, her firm renovates the properties and repositions them as long-term or short-term rental units. Managing the entire rental process, Ellen McAuliffe Ott attained Super Host status with Airbnb.
Guiding American Talent Search, Inc., as President from 2001 to 2020, Ms. Ott maintained a Pleasant Valley, New York company that she initially launched for managing dance competitions. She ultimately broadened the S corporation’s scope of activities to include real estate purchases, sales, and rentals, and it was this entity that provided the model for her current LLC.
Ms Ott also has a passion for interior design and the excitement of creating affordable living spaces that transition beautifully into each other so that occupants instantly feel comfortable and warm.
Ms. Ott holds a BS from Mercy College and graduated Summa Cum Laude with a paralegal degree. She served on the Chelsea Cove Homeowners Association Board of Directors in Hopewell Junction, New York, and also held board responsibilities with the Masonic Partnership in Wilmington, North Carolina. As an active volunteer, she supported three non-profit theater organizations locally.