About Us
Igniting real estate careers through high quality, student-focused education.
Our Mission
To help our students achieve their career goals and improve their real estate brokerage practices through student-focused, hands-on courses. Ignite is more than just a school. We are committed to our students and believe that our students’ success is our success.
Our Story
Ignite School of Real Estate provides high-quality education for those aspiring to obtain their North Carolina real estate broker’s license and for licensed brokers gaining their annual continuing education. Our mission is to help our students achieve their career goals and improve their real estate brokerage practices, through student-focused, hands-on courses. Ignite is more than just a school. We are committed to our students and believe that our students’ success is our success.
We offer a variety of classes that cover all aspects of real estate education, including prelicensing, postlicensing, continuing education, and state exam preparation. Our courses are designed by local subject experts and instructors who have extensive knowledge and experience in the real estate field. Our curriculum is up-to-date and aligned with the latest laws, rules, and trends.
Our founders are hardworking North Carolina real estate brokers and instructors with over 30 years of experience in both selling real estate and teaching real estate courses. Among other designations, they also hold the prestigious title of Distinguished Real Estate Instructor (DREI) awarded by the national Real Estate Educator’s Association. This respected DREI designation is held by fewer than 100 instructors across the country.
Our instructors have helped thousands of students pass their exams, obtain their licenses, and continue to enrich their real estate education. We are honored to help people ignite their careers and invite you to join us to discover your full potential.
Meet the Founders
Melea Lemon, M.Ed., DREI, GSI, CDEI
Co-owner & Instructor
Following in the footsteps of her mother, Melea first earned her North Carolina real estate brokerage license in 1986. She went on to obtain a B.S. in Marketing Education from NC State in 1990. Melea has worked as a Real Estate Salesperson, Broker, and Broker-in-Charge over the past four decades, earning numerous top producer real estate sales awards and Listing/Selling Agent of the Month/Year throughout her career.
After her twins began high school, Melea found a new wave of energy and enthusiasm, leading her to rediscover her passion for teaching. In 2014, she embarked on a new chapter as a real estate educator, sharing her wealth of knowledge through pre-licensing, post-licensing, and continuing education courses across North Carolina. Her commitment to education was further solidified when she earned her M.Ed. in Training and Development from NC State in 2019, focusing on adult learning, e-learning, and educational technology.
In addition to her formal education, Melea has earned several educator designations: Real Estate Educator’s Association (REEA) Distinguished Real Estate Educator (DREI), REEA Gold Standard Instructor (GSI) and Certified Distance Education Instructor (CDEI).
Melea’s impact on the North Carolina real estate education community is profound. She has earned prestigious accolades, including the REEA Rising Star Award in 2018 and the North Carolina Real Estate Educator Association (NCREEA) Educator of the Year Award in 2023. Her role as an instructional designer has also been significant, creating course materials for instructors and students for multiple real estate schools, and helping pioneer North Carolina’s first online real estate courses post-pandemic.
But what truly sets Melea apart is the heartfelt connections she builds with her students. Guiding thousands from their first steps in pre-licensing to continuing education, Melea takes immense pride in seeing her students thrive and return for more classes.
After nearly 40 years in the industry and a decade in real estate education, Melea is delighted to create Ignite School of Real Estate with her long-time friend and colleague Tracy Frazier. She looks forward to helping thousands more students reach success.
Tracy Frazier, M.S.J., GRI, DREI
Co-owner & Instructor
Tracy is a licensed North Carolina real estate broker and REALTOR® specializing in residential real estate in the Lake Norman area. Licensed in 2004, she started her career with Lake Realty, then later founded her own boutique real estate company, LKN Realty Group. Tracy later joined Lake Norman Realty, where she continued to represent buyers and sellers in the area as a top producing agent. She joined Keller Williams Realty in 2017 where she served multiple terms as a member of the Agent Leadership Counsel. Tracy continues to practice as a broker with Keller Williams Realty and has become a mentor to newly licensed brokers in the firm.
Tracy holds the prestigious Graduate Realtor Institute (GRI) designation and is one of only 100 instructors in the country who have received the Distinguished Real Estate Instructor (DREI) designation from the Real Estate Educators Association. In 2022, she was appointed to the North Carolina Real Estate Commission’s Education Advisory Council. Tracy holds a B.A. in Communications and a M.S. in Journalism-Advertising from West Virginia University.
Tracy cultivates enduring relationships with clients and students through trustworthiness, transparency, and a high regard for ethics. Leveraging her extensive training and expertise in the market, she focuses on her clients’ expectations and aids them in reaching their real estate objectives. As an adept negotiator and communicator, she attentively addresses her clients’ needs while focusing on their best interests.
In the classroom, Tracy enjoys bringing her long-term experience as a practicing broker to her students while relating real-world practical examples to help them learn. She has a deep commitment to her students and takes great pleasure in seeing them succeed academically and professionally. She creates long-term relationships with her students and is passionate about following them throughout their journey.
Together with her friend and colleague Melea Lemon, Tracy is proud to bring you Ignite School of Real Estate, where they unite their passion for the industry, teaching and the students’ success.