Julie is the founder and owner of Clarity Realty, Porchlamp Property Management and The Julie GR Real Estate Team. Julie is a veteran of West Michigan real estate with over 20 years experience and hundreds of homes sold.

Before pursuing a career in real estate in 2004, she was employed in public accounting. She left this lucrative career to become a REALTOR® for two reasons: a desire for a career that had closer contact with people and her love of real estate investing.

In 2009, she left a major real estate firm to start Clarity Realty and entered the world of being a broker.  As Clarity started to grow, she developed an additional passion of helping other agents reach their full potential though classes and mentoring.  Since she also is a strong believer in owning real estate, she owns several rental properties in the West Michigan and founded Porchlamp Property Management in 2020.

She has been married to Mark since August 4, 2000 and they have two boys, Ethan and Ryan and a daughter Jillian who are the joy of her life!

Her most notable hobby is that she loves to run! She has run over 15 marathons including Chicago, Grand Rapids, Bayshore, Detroit, New York and most notable – the Boston Marathon five times!  In 2026, she is headed back to Boston and qualified for Berlin in September!