Born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, John graduated from Birmingham-Southern College with a major in history and political science. After a tour in the Marine Corps at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina as a Battalion Supply Officer, he returned to Alabama to join his brother and father in the real estate construction and development business, where they built homes, apartments, and developed residential subdivisions in Birmingham, Huntsville, and Mobile.
John and his father, Milton Andrews, along with Joe Raines, developed The Beach House, the first condominium on the Alabama Gulf Coast.
From 1976 to 1993, John syndicated 22 apartment complexes in the Southeast and spent 3-1/2 years in the Middle East providing housing and logistics support for contractors in the aftermath of Desert Storm.
John was licensed as a real estate broker in 1973 and currently serves as Associate Broker of RE/MAX of Foley with the Accredited Buyer's Representative, Graduate Realtor Institute, Certified Distressed Property Expert designations.
John is a licensed real estate instructor and is active in the Baldwin County Association of Realtors, having served as Chairman of the Education Committee, Chairman of the Grievance Committee, and a member of the Board of Directors.
John and Susan presently live in Magnolia Springs.
Little Known Fact - John plays a mean 5-string banjo.
