While hunting for waterfront property for his real estate clients, Scott Freerksen quickly discovered it was difficult to find homes directly situated on a lake. He had to sift through multiple listings containing terminology such as “across the street,” “walking distance,” “riverfront,” and “oceanfront.” One “waterfront” listing, Freerksen recalls, merely had a pool.

So nine years ago, the Mansfield broker created Lakefront Living Realty (www.lakefrontliving.com), an agency specializing in the purchase and sale of pond- and lakefront property in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island.