She can size up a client, glean a lifestyle, match buyer to property with acumen honed as an artist, interior designer, fashion designer and retailer. Bubbly, witty, smart, Stowe Realtor Nickie Benoze of Lang McLaughry Spera Real Estate is a people maven. People who need homes -- especially busy people relocating to Vermont -- needn't waste time viewing unsuitable properties. As a full-time Realtor, Nickie knows she has all the moves. Some, she hears about while chairing committees at the Helen Day Art Center, or recruiting chefs for a Taste of Stowe, or presiding over Stowe Women's Golf Association meetings, or lunching with friends from Vermont or her hometown, Manhattan. If only Nickie would stay still for a minute! Golf, skiing, floor-cloth painting, entertaining, antiquing, buzzing down to Burlington or New York for shows and shopping, advocation for people with disabilities, teaching women's self defense classes (yes, she holds Black Belts in two different styles of Karate) and, for the past nine years, selling houses. Except for Nickie, selling is only part of the sale. She researches properties and, when the fit is right, presents them in a straight-forward this-is-good this-is-not-so-good manner. One client trusted her intuition enough to buy site-unseen. Of course when he moved in, breakfast was in the fridge and Nickie was on the phone with the names of tradesmen and a gourmet pizza parlor. Remember the if-you-need-something-done-ask-a-busy-person cliché? That's Nickie. So, if you're looking for a house in the Stowe area -- A-frame ski chalet (a few still exist) to native stone castle (one definitely exists) -- just ask her.