SAN FRANCISCO AND NAPA VALLEY REAL ESTATE - RITCHIE-HALLANAN REAL ESTATE

Eric is a broker associate in Ritchie-Hallanan's newest office in St. Helena. You could say real estate is in Eric's blood. Born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, Eric started early in the industry, working in the family business which consisted of Risch Construction Company, focused on residential construction, Risch Realty, involving private land and subdivision development along with home sales, and Risch Building and Loan, offering purchase services for buyers and sellers. Eric spent more than fifteen years working in all aspects of the business from surveying, purchasing and improving undeveloped land to designing, building, selling, leasing, and remodeling residential properties.

While earning his Bachelor of Science degree in Information System Management from the University of San Francisco, Eric permanently relocated to the Bay Area in 1985 and temporarily took a detour from real estate, choosing to hone his skills in high tech - first at Wells Fargo Bank, then in the research and development division of Apple Computer, and later at Medior, Inc., a multimedia production studio acquired by America Online (AOL) Interactive.

Eric then went on to found an internet design and marketing firm, Grapevine, and grew the corporation from a small personal investment to be one of the top eight web marketing firms in the Bay Area in just six years. In his role at CEO, Eric lead the Grapevine team in building a prestigious client portfolio, attracting and retaining both start-ups and Fortune 500 companies such as 3Com, Netscape, Adobe Systems and J.D. Power & Associates, just to name a few.

In 2001 Eric and his wife Renee fulfilled their dream of living in Napa Valley and moved with their three children to St. Helena. It is here that Eric returned to his roots to pursue a career in real estate.