07 Sep 2025 Couple of the Month: Andy and Cindy Meyers
HER STORY:
I see myself as happy, assertive and organized. Of course Andy, and perhaps a few others, totally agree with the assertiveness — I do like to be in charge. If I’m going to be on a committee, I want my part to be needed. I’m not going to be the one in the back of the room waiting for someone to tell me what to do. I am organized, and I like everything to have a place and for everything to be in its place. I like to be prepared for showings, for speeches, for parties — everything! Andy can fly by the seat of his pants and do a great job. I’ve seen him wait 30 minutes to an hour before he gives a speech to 500 people to write anything down. I admire that, but can’t do that!
NATIVE OF: Pine Bluff
EDUCATION: I graduated from Pine Bluff High School and attended the University of Arkansas.
WORK: I am a Realtor® and work with Andy in our firm in Hot Springs.
how did you become a realtor®? I sold advertising for several years in Pine Bluff, and when I moved to Hot Springs in 1997, I needed a job. My ex and I were looking for a place to live — and everything cost so much more in Hot Springs that I jokingly said, “I need to sell real estate here!” and that’s when my real estate journey started. I had been to Hot Springs several times before, and always thought if it wasn’t on Central Avenue, I guess I didn’t need it! Now I know the back roads and everything!
HOBBIES/SPECIAL INTERESTS: I like volunteering, planning parties and tending to our four rescue cats, who are beyond spoiled!
WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT THE 501? Everything! Life on the lake is pretty awesome, but I also really love going downtown. Hot Springs has so many cool little festivals like the bathtub races and the St. Paddy’s parade, Jazz Fest, music festival, chili cookoffs, etc. It seems there is always something happening. We even try to buy the majority of our Christmas gifts downtown.
HIS STORY:
I am a shy type A personality. My work requires me to be in public view and do lots of public speaking, but I am actually a private person.
NATIVE OF: I was born in and still reside in Hot Springs.
CHILDREN: I have two children, Sophie and Max Meyers.
EDUCATION: I am a graduate of the U of A, 1990.
WORK: I am a third-generation Realtor® and principal broker in our family company, Meyers Realty. I am also an active volunteer with the Arkansas Realtors® Association, as well as the local and national associations.
HONORS/AWARDS: I had the honor of serving as president of the Arkansas Realtors® Association in 2011 and in 2024 received the Lifetime Achievement Award from my industry peers in Hot Springs.
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES: Many community activities are also associated with our industry volunteerism. We help with Special Olympics, tornado relief and clean-ups, Habitat for Humanity builds, the Cans 4 Kids program, which feeds the food-insecure kids in our schools, and participate in boards.
SPECIAL INTERESTS: When we are not working, we are working. We enjoy our DIY projects both inside and outside our home — it is our canvas for our creativity and lifestyle. We also enjoy searching for iconic mid-century works and furnishings.
WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT THE 501? On our slice of paradise on Lake Hamilton, every day is “just another day in paradise,” and if we need anything that is not available in my hometown, it is always within an hour’s drive.
Advice: We ALL deserve happiness.
THEIR STORY:
We started simply as friends and co-workers for several years, but the circumstances of life kept bringing us closer together. We found that we have the same values, same goals, the same tastes (usually), but most of all, we love laughing together – we are the same kind of crazy! We never miss a chance to say, “I love you!” We have been amazed how we never met earlier than we did, our paths had overlapped many times in the previous years, and we had many friends in common.
We work together every single day, and yet there is no one else with whom we would rather spend our personal free time. Our friends say we are weird that way. Though we do work together every day, we keep our individual offices in opposite corners of the building for our own individual sanity. Cindy says I get to be the boss at work, but she is the boss at home (so she has asserted). My only regret is that Cindy never received an actual marriage proposal from me. It was never an IF, it was simply WHEN, which was a date that Cindy would NEVER forget, 11-11, or so I thought. Eleven-eleven has always been her favorite number. She has only forgotten it twice in 20 years. We had a small, private ceremony on our deck overlooking the lake. It was absolutely perfect!
Cindy is the queen of Christmas. Our family has a tradition of themed Christmases. We’ve done an Irish Christmas, White Christmas, the 50s, 70s, 80s, the Roaring 20s, and her personal favorite, the Icon Christmas. Everyone in the family is a great sport about it and will go all out with their attire! With the Icon Christmas, everyone dressed as the ornament they brought. We hosted Cousin Eddie, Bob Ross, Cruella de Vil, the Grinch, found Waldo, and even had a surprise wedding when our nephew and his fiancée came as a bride and groom.
Our lives may be filled with long work-filled days and countless obligations from our volunteerism, but we make the most of every moment we can together and are laughing all along the way.
