Real estate agent in Raleigh, NC
Closed by Holmes began not with a sign in a yard but with a stack of leases. Before Alexis Holmes was a licensed North Carolina Realtor, she spent years learning property from the inside: four-plus years as a client care specialist and mortgage broker assistant, then two and a half years as an assistant property manager at Ticon Properties, where she helped oversee 521 units across five properties. It was there, through an employer education initiative, that she completed a six-week pre-licensing course and earned her North Carolina real estate license in May 2021. A Durham native who came to Raleigh to attend Meredith College — graduating cum laude in 2016 with degrees in business administration and fashion merchandising — Holmes built her practice on the ground she already knew. She started with eXp Realty, then joined Keller Williams and the Ashley Wilson Realty Group, one of the Triangle's larger residential teams, working out of the Brier Creek office at 7751 Brier Creek Parkway. The work centers on the full arc of a transaction rather than a single sale. Holmes works with first-time buyers, veterans, clients relocating to the Raleigh-Durham area, investors, and buyers and sellers navigating credit challenges. Her stated approach is concierge-level: personalized consultations, steady communication throughout the process, and transparency about what a deal actually involves. Her motto — "Making Real Estate Dreams Come True One Property At A Time" — sits alongside a stated preference for relationships that outlast the closing table. She credits faith and effort over luck, citing Proverbs 3:5-6 and the line "the harder I work, the luckier I get." That framing carries through the practice: the property-management background shows in how she reads a listing, and the lending experience shows in how she prepares a buyer before an offer. Clients in her reviews describe her as the person who got them "to the closing finish line." Holmes serves the greater Triangle — Raleigh, Durham, and the surrounding towns — and her team's reach extends across central North Carolina. Consultations and showings are scheduled directly, with booking handled through Calendly, and her market updates, listings, and buyer resources run through the Closed by Holmes handle on Instagram and Zillow. She was named Agent of the Year on her team in 2023 and again in 2025. For someone weighing a first purchase, a sale, or a move into the area, the pitch is less about volume than about someone who has sat on several sides of a housing transaction — leasing, lending, and now representing — and brings that whole vantage to one client at a time.
Closed by Holmes is the real estate practice of Alexis Holmes, a Durham native and 2016 Meredith College graduate who built toward the work through years in mortgage support and property management — including helping manage 521 units at Ticon Properties — before earning her North Carolina license in May 2021 through an employer education program. After starting at eXp Realty, she joined Keller Williams and the Ashley Wilson Realty Group, working from the Brier Creek office in Raleigh. She serves first-time buyers, veterans, relocating clients, investors, and credit-challenged buyers and sellers across the Triangle under the motto "Making Real Estate Dreams Come True One Property At A Time." Clients recurringly describe her as communicative, transparent, and the person who carried them "to the closing finish line," and she has been named her team's Agent of the Year in both 2023 and 2025.

