Daniel & Kyle + Lori
Buyers: Daniel & Kyle - Best Friends
Current Home: Leland, NC
Beach House Hunting In: Oak Island, NC
Beach Home Budget: $500,000
Daniel is a family nurse practitioner working in urgent care, balancing a high-pressure healthcare career with a long-standing pull toward coastal living. Originally from a small farm community near the Raleigh area, he grew up spending summers at the beach and never really stopped chasing that feeling of salt air and sand between his toes. After years of bouncing between a Wilmington townhouse and a rental in Leland, he’s officially ready to stop renting, stop moving, and finally plant roots in Oak Island, North Carolina.
For Daniel, this isn’t just a house hunt, it’s a long-awaited lifestyle upgrade. He’s built a stable career in medicine and now wants a home that matches the life he’s worked hard to create. The beach has always been his reset button, and he’s looking forward to waking up closer to the water, building community, and finally living where he feels most like himself.
Tagging along for the ride is his close friend and roommate, Kyle, a Brunswick County native who works in sales for a building materials company. Kyle will indeed be paying rental to live with Daniel - so although his name isn’t on the mortgage, he does have a say! Kyle brings the local know-how, a sharp eye for construction, and zero hesitation when something looks off. Daniel brings the vision and excitement, Kyle brings the reality check, especially when it comes to cracks, costs, and whether that “charming fixer-upper” is actually a money pit.
Together, they’re searching for a modern single-family home in Oak Island, ideally under $500,000. Daniel wants bright, open spaces, a clean modern feel and at least three bedrooms or flexible space for a guest room or office. A strong outdoor area is key, especially a back porch, yard space for dogs, and ideally room to add a pool down the line. Proximity to the beach is non-negotiable, and he’s open to small cosmetic updates as long as the bones are solid. Alongside their friend and reatlor Lori, the three love to dance in open houses and will have the time of their lives finding the perfect beach house!
The Agent - Lori Roux - Oak Island, NC
Lorie Roux is a dual career powerhouse. She is both a real estate agent and a nurse. She splits her time between the cardiac operating room, where she has spent more than 30 years assisting in open heart surgeries, and her other career: selling real estate in Oak Island, North Carolina. After decades in nursing, she decided to create a "Plan B" that quickly turned into something she genuinely loves, blending her natural caregiving instincts with helping clients navigate one of the biggest decisions of their lives. For Lorie, real estate does not feel like work. It feels like a passion.
She is a professional chameleon: polished and professional when she needs to be, detail oriented, and a skilled negotiator, but also the life of the party who is not afraid to dance, laugh, and joke when the moment calls for it. She brings a high energy, no stranger left behind personality to everything she does, whether she is guiding clients through beach cottages, explaining the nuances of coastal living, or answering texts at all hours because she genuinely cares about getting it right. Off the clock, she is soaking up island life with family, good food, fishing, shelling, horseback riding, and sunsets on the beach.