“Do what you say you’re going to do.” This is Candace Colton’s personal motto for life – and the principle that grounds each interaction she has with buyers and sellers of real estate on the Monterey Peninsula and beyond.

It all began with a passion for health and fitness. Candace’s deep desire to work hand-in-hand with clients to help them achieve their most important goals initially found expression in a private training business that she ran successfully for more than 10 years with her distinctive combination of grit and compassion. Today, having lived all over the country, achieving “top-producer” status in multiple industries, she loves showing the people she meets what makes the Monterey Peninsula so beloved – and so completely different from anywhere else. And when those people inevitably fall in love with the beaches of Pacific Grove, the history of Old Monterey, the Mediterranean climate of Carmel Valley, or the Old World sophistication of Carmel-by-the-Sea, she’s there to show them exactly how to achieve their dreams of residency.

Candace believes in a type of service that is highly specialized and personalized to each buyer or seller. She takes pride in building meaningful connections, ensuring that she fully understands her clients’ goals before tailoring a strategy that will get them there fast and seamlessly. Because, as it turns out, building a substantive real estate portfolio has more in common with maintaining a life-sustaining personal fitness regimen than it might seem.

In between negotiations for her clients, you’ll find Candace hiking trails, lifting weights, road biking, or volunteering for the SPCA.