Growing up in East Wallingford, Vermont, Jen Butler remembers her father building their very first home. Jen and her sisters were so excited when their parents purchased a camp near the lake to enjoy the summers. When they arrived at camp, the young girls realized the building was a teardown, and their summer involved yet another renovation. Those formidable years were Jen's first introduction to learning about homeownership and building equity.

Since 2001, Jen has lived in and worked in most of the towns within Chittenden County. After graduating from Champlain College with a degree in education, Jen taught at most every grade level. From daycares in Milton to high schools in Colchester and So. Burlington, summer programs in Winooski, and even a few college classes, Jen loved developing a rapport with her students and, most of all, when they actually enjoyed the highly dreaded math classes. During that time, Jen and her husband Matthew bought a home that they later renovated to meet their growing family needs in a community they wanted to raise their family. With the equity from their first home, the couple moved to a larger house closer to the kids' school that needed even more renovations, and started turning their attention to owning investment property, one out-of-state in an area they love to visit.