Richard is a broker at Fridrich & Clark Realty. He has sold more than 2,250 properties with over $1 billion in gross sales, including more than 164 luxury home sales in the past five years ranging in price from $1 million to $9.7 million. He is a 24-time Lifetime Award of Excellence (Diamond Elite) recipient; fewer than 1 percent of Nashville Realtors receive this distinction from the Greater Nashville Realtors.

He is an Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR), a Certified Residential Specialist (CRS), and a Certified Real Estate Brokerage Manager (CRB).

Richard's top-selling real estate guide, Buyers are Liars & Sellers are Too!, The Truth About Buying or Selling Your Home, was published by Simon & Schuster.

For the past 15 years, Richard has served as the weekly real estate columnist for the Nashville Ledger, for which he won a first-place Tennessee State Press Award for best business coverage. He also has served as a contributing writer for The Tennessean, the Nashville Scene, The City Paper, InReview and a wide range of industry and professional publications.

In 2021, Richard and Realtor Lisa Peebles formed Courtney & Peebles Property Group. They and their team of agents have expanded their scope of services throughout the Greater Nashville market.

• National Association of Realtors (NAR) Board of Directors; Realtors Political Involvement Committee; Federal Political Coordinator, US House of Representatives, 2002-2022


• Greater Nashville REALTORS®, President; Board of Directors, 11 years; RPAC Board of Trustees. Committees chaired: Affordable Housing, Bylaws, Environmental, Habitat for Humanity, Membership, Nominating, Realtor of the Year, RPAC. RPAC Hall of Fame, 2023. Member, Inaugural Class of Leadership Greater Nashville Assoc. of Realtors. Developed GNAR training program: Affordable Housing for the Real Estate Professional


• Tennessee Realtors Division Vice President; Board of Directors, 8 years; Tennessee Realtors Political Action Committee. Chair, Operation Home Delivery. Realtor of the Year.


• RealTracs (MLS), Board of Directors, 4 years; Secretary/Treasurer, 2 years


• Realtor of the Year: Tennessee Assoc. of Realtors and Greater Nashville Assoc. of Realtors


• Voted 'Best Realtor' by Nashville Scene Readers


• GNAR President's Awards for leadership in Habitat for Humanity, affordable housing and government affairs. GNAR Community Service Award

• Safe Haven Family Shelter Board 2023. Advisory Council 2024-25. Hike for Safe Haven: Chair 2018, Co-Chair, 2019-23. Golden Boot Award 2017-24. Honorary Hike Chair 2023-24


• Nashville Electric Service/Electric Power Board of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County Board Chair, 3 years; Vice Chair, 3 years; Board member, 7 years


• Leadership Nashville Alumni Association Board member, 2013-15; Class of 2007; Selection Committee, Chair, 2014


• Civic Design Center Presidents' Council 2007-24


• Nashville Conflict Resolution Center Board Member, 2020


• Americana Music Association, Member, 2014-16


• Schermerhorn Symphony Hall Co-Chair, Realtor Advisory Committee, 2005-present


• Middle Tennessee Council, Boy Scouts of America, Nashboro District Friends of Scouting, Chair, 2016-2018; Cub Scouts Den Leader, Pack 18, 2015-2019


• The Ensworth Futures team volunteer basketball coach, 2014-2019


• WSNL Head Coach, Flag Football Champions, 2016


• Habitat for Humanity Advisory Board, 2016-2017; Habitat Committee Chair, 2016


• Metropolitan Historical Commission, 2017


• Center for Nonprofit Management, Salute to Excellence, Chair , Co-Chair


• Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce Government Issues Committee, Chair; Federal Issues Subcommittee, Chair


• Also served on the board of St. Luke's Community House and in leadership roles at Room In The Inn and Nashville Green Permit Task Force.

• Listings marketed on Realtracs.com, Zillow.com, Trulia.com, Homes.com, TheDailyClassifieds.com, Google.com, Military.com, and more


• Media based marketing: Tennessean, NFocus Magazine, Nashville Ledger, Style Blueprint, Nashville Scene, Nashville Lifestyles, Sophisticated Living, and The Sewanee Mountain Messenger


• Targeted direct marketing


• Realtor-to-Realtor marketing


• Extensive social media and email marketing

Richard lives in Nashville with wife Beth Seigenthaler Courtney, their children, Adeline and Tom, and two dogs. A native of Columbia, Tennessee, he is an alumnus of University of the South in Sewanee (1977) and Columbia Military Academy (1973). Richard is also the founder and chair of Nashville Beatles Festival.