Professional Instructors and Staff

Barney Fletcher and Pame Childress lead the staff of highly qualified instructors.

Barney Fletcher has been involved in real estate education as an instructor, manager or owner since 1971. He grew up in Brunswick, Georgia and, while in high school, he worked afternoons, weekends and summers for a local real estate and insurance agency primarily as an “office boy”. That job was his introduction to real estate and it made a lasting impression on him.

He did his undergraduate work at the University of Georgia in Athens, graduating in 1967 with majors in real estate and insurance. He obtained his Masters of Business Administration with a major in real estate from Georgia State University. In 1973, he purchased the Distance Learning division of the Georgia Institute of Real Estate (renaming it the National Institute of Real Estate). NIRE was one of the first two schools approved by the Georgia Real Estate Commission and was the first Distant Learning school approved in Georgia.

He is a former director of the Georgia Institute of Real Estate; founder of Barney Fletcher Schools; he owns or has owned Accelerated Courses in Real Estate, Barney Fletcher Publishing, Allied School of Real Estate, Real Estate Tapes Unlimited, Real Estate Training Systems, and Atlanta Institute of Real Estate. In 1986, Barney Fletcher Enterprises, Inc. was formed as a holding company for the different interests.

Barney is a charter member of the Real Estate Educators Association (REEA). In 1983, while at a Chicago REEA Conference, Barney began networking with other successful school owners across the country and eventually became the founding father of Inner Circle Education which later became RealtyU, a national company comprised of over 40 independently owned schools in over 40 states.

Barney is an inaugural member of the Georgia Real Estate Commission’s Educational Advisory Committee, a founding member of the Georgia Real Estate Educators Association and a recipient of their “Distinguished Career Award”. Additionally, he has received recognition from RealtyU as “School of the Year” and is a recipient of their “Award of Excellence”.

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Pame Childress Hewitt is Director of Barney Fletcher Schools.

Pame has been a real estate licensee since 1988 and
is responsible for managing the daily responsibilities
of the school as well as the development of new programs.

Pame has worked for Barney Fletcher Schools
for over 22 years after having a teaching
background in Georgia and Alabama.

She is a current member of the Georgia Real Estate Educators Association and was honored in 2007 as the Outstanding Administrator of the year.

Pame and her husband Robbie are real estate investors and live in Smyrna.

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Lee E. Wiggins graduated from the University
of Tennessee at Chattanooga with a Bachelor of
Science, Business Marketing degree. His
professional career includes 16 years as a
Senior Marketing Rep. at a major utility company
where his duties included training Realtors®,
builders, and contractors on constructing and
promoting energy efficient homes. Lee is C.E.O.
of Informed Home Decisions, Inc. His company
provides home consulting including inspections
and educational services. He is also President of
Advantage Real Estate and Auctioning Company, LLC.
His company provides auctioning services specializing in real estate. He holds licenses in Georgia as an Associate Broker, Auctioneer, and Real Estate Instructor. He is also a member of the Cherokee, GA and National Assoc. of Realtors®, the GA and National Auctioneers Assoc., GA Real Estate Educators Assoc., and the International Code Council (ICC)(CABO). Lee’s designations and accomplishments include: RealtyU® certified, ABR (BACA), AREP-Real Estate Professionals Society, e-PRO®, Relocation Specialist, Residential Combination Code Inspector (ICC), Compliance Inspector (HUD/FHA), Manual J and D certifications (ACCA), and Residential Conservation Service Specialist (RCS). Lee teaches pre-license, broker license, post license, and several continuing ed. classes including environmental issues, auctioning, and home inspection. He enjoys music, chess, golf and hunting and is happily married to his lovely wife Sandy.

The Administrative Staff

Jessica Ricks, Delinda Jenkins, and Jeanne Kovalik, have a combined total of more than 15 years of experience in the real estate school industry.

In fact, most of our staff members have been with Barney Fletcher Schools more than 10 years. Because of this, you can have confidence that the person answering your call can and will answer your question.