The Team

One advocate, backed by the whole house

When you work with Legacy, you work with one agent who knows your file cold, and behind them stands a brokerage led by two owners who still work their own files: shared market intelligence, in-house coordination, and a standard every one of us works by. Our REALTORS® each have their own market roots across West Michigan, and they all answer to the same promise. Straight answers, real strategy, zero pressure.

Reach Someone Directly

Start With Terry or Dave

Not sure who to call? These two are the front door. Reach either directly, and they will either help you themselves or hand you to the right agent for your situation.

Terry Puffer

Team Lead & Co-Owner · REALTOR®

Terry co-founded Legacy with Dave. Muskegon-rooted with roughly 500 career transactions, he is direct, data-driven, and in his element with move-up buyers, relocations, and investors building long-term wealth. He also mentors and grows the agents around him. If you want blunt, numbers-first guidance, start here.

(231) 855-5001

[email protected]

423 W. Norton Ave, Norton Shores · Home base West Michigan, serving the entire state

Dave Manley

Broker & Co-Owner · REALTOR®

Dave co-founded Legacy with Terry and still carries his own book of clients. Eleven years in Michigan real estate have covered most of the map: first homes, commercial, investor packages, probate and estate sales, foreclosures and short sales, and land contracts. An auditor before he was a broker, he takes the complicated files on purpose.

(616) 935-6511

[email protected]

423 W. Norton Ave, Norton Shores · Home base West Michigan, serving the entire state

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Behind the Agents

The Team That Runs the House

An agent is the person you talk to. Behind them sits the rest of Legacy, the people who coordinate the transactions, keep the books, manage the properties, and handle inspections, plus Lakeside Construction Services, our in-house construction company. Same standard, one roof.

Chloe Cavanaugh

Director of Operations

Nicole Mancha

Business and Marketing Development

Krista McLaughlin

Transaction Coordinator

Jacqueline Hivey

Executive Assistant

Sam Chavaliere

Accounting

Kirsten Sander

Legacy Management Solutions

Jake Samlow

Lead Inspector · Licensed Builder

Taylor Shackelford

Lakeside Construction Services

How Matching Works

Tell Us Your Situation. We Will Listen First.

Step One

One Conversation

Call, message, or stop by. Tell us what you are trying to do, where, and on what timeline. No forms longer than they need to be, no scripts.

Step Two

An Honest Match

We connect you with the Legacy agent whose market roots and experience actually fit your situation, not whoever is next in a rotation.

Step Three

Your Advocate

From that point forward you have one person in your corner, backed by the whole house, working your outcome and nothing else.

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For Real Estate Professionals

Think You Belong on This Roster?

Legacy was built on the belief that agents deserve better. If you are building a real estate career and this page reads like the kind of house you want behind you, we should talk.

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