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Featured Voice · Highlight 01

Maura McGraw

Water's Edge Realty — Fairhope, AL

Real estate investor, entrepreneur, and former Marine Corps Logistics Officer — founder of Duratus Properties, leader of the Maura McGraw Realty Group in Fairhope, and host of the Mastering Real Estate Podcast.

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From the Marine Corps to the Eastern Shore

Maura McGraw's path to real estate ran through ten years as a Marine Corps Logistics Officer and a Master's in Real Estate from Georgetown. The discipline transferred: after the military she moved into investing and founded Duratus Properties, where she has flipped over 100 homes and built a multi-million-dollar portfolio.

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The Baldwin County book of business

Today she leads the Maura McGraw Realty Group in Fairhope, specializing in residential, off-market, and investment properties across the Baldwin County and Mobile areas — the exact corridor where the Gulf Coast's growth story is being written, one closing at a time.

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Teaching the trade

As host of the Mastering Real Estate Podcast, Maura has made herself a trusted resource for local clients and nationwide investors alike — the kind of operator who documents what she knows rather than guarding it. That instinct is exactly what AEF exists to capture.

Why They’re In The Room

The investor's seat — capital and conviction in Baldwin County real estate.