Patricia spent her childhood in Assumption Parish, growing up with her brother and sisters next door to her grandparent’s farm. “I had a very simple childhood. [My grandparents] had a farm with chickens and cows, growing sugar cane, cotton, and potatoes. I got my hands dirty plenty of times, which was always fun,” she recounts. Mixed in with these memories of light-green grass and lazy afternoons were images of her hardworking father. She states that her father was one of the most kind-hearted people she had ever known, and was renowned in her town for these qualities. “I admire my father, because he was so kind and generous with how he lived his life,” she muses. “He worked in repairs, so when he would go to work at people’s houses, sometimes they didn’t have the money. My dad couldn’t just not fix their things, so sometimes he would come home with a sack of potatoes, and that’s how they paid him.”

 

Patricia states that while being kind, her father also instilled in her the power of a good work ethic. “My mother was a stay at home mom so my dad worked three jobs to support us growing up. He taught us that if I wanted something, outside of the norm, you had to work for it and make the money to buy it. And that’s what I did. I got a babysitting job when I was 12 and worked all through high school and it’s helped me to be the successful person I am today.”

 

Holding onto these traits, she preserves her father’s memory and tries to incorporate his morals into her daily life. “After he passed, many people would come up and tell me how much I was like my dad. This was such a big compliment to me,” she smiles.

 

This kindness instilled in her at a young age was ultimately what led her to real estate. Patricia worked in printing and sales for many years, but then, in 2002, her sister, Cheryl, asked her to join her and her husband on their journey to find their new house. “She wanted me to go along for the ride and I was all in,” she explains, “but then we ran into some issues with the first Realtor they had. She ended up being very rude and I think this was my first taste of how people should not be treated.”

 

After leaving this Realtor, the search party eventually ran into a broker named Donna Villar, who changed Patricia's life. “ She was one of those go-getter, ‘can’t say no’ type of people, and I really loved that. It resonated with me. After my sister closed on a house, Donna suggested I get licensed so I could work for her. In that instant, I knew I needed a job change,” she says. After 4 months of night school, Anderson was licensed and began working under Villar, learning the trade from example.  After that, it wasn’t long before her career took off. “My husband and I owned a RE/MAX franchise for 13 years and sold it in 2020. Knowing I was nowhere near ready to retire, I decided to join Realtors Victoria Haddad and Kelly Mitchell at their brokerage, Magnolia Roots Realty.”

Now, Anderson has a multimillion dollar career, and it all started with that chance meeting. “My sister’s experience is really how I’ve tried to develop my methods. That first realtor was so pushy, showing them things outside of their budget or outside of their school zone. So after I passed my test, this experience stuck with me and has remained my motivation to really listen to the people that I get to help,” she emphasizes. Her father’s inspiration as her backbone, Anderson makes it a priority to treat her clients like he treated his, with the utmost kindness and respect. “To me everything is about relationships,” she says, “Most of my clients over the past 20+ years have been repeat and referral. I genuinely have a friendship with my clients, not because I’ve forced it to be that way, but because that’s just the natural evolution of things when you treat people the right way.”

 

Anderson truly believes that it doesn’t matter if you’re buying a $20k piece of property or a multimillion dollar home, you deserve to be treated with the same customer care. With her father’s memory urging her on, Anderson is only looking to launch her career even further. “I just want to do good work for the rest of my career. I’ve been in the business for nearly 22 years now, and I have no plans of quitting any time soon,” she proclaims. Continuing to help the people of South Louisiana in the best way she knows how, Anderson will continue using her father’s teaching and leaving his legacy behind her, everywhere she goes.