Soon after graduation in 2001, Oursler moved to her family’s beach house in Bethany while she tried to determine a new path.

[5], Realizing her talent and passion for the homebuilding business, Oursler began tracking real estate patterns in 2007.

After high school, Marnie joined the Naval Academy. I launched my custom home building business in 2007… which also happened to be the year of the worst housing crash in U.S. history. Marnie began her TV career with the TV series, Big Beach Builds. 29k Followers, 391 Following, 1,063 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Marnie Oursler (@marnieoursler) Marnie Oursler is the host of DIY Network’s Big Beach Builds, and the CEO of Marnie Custom Homes – based in Bethany Beach, Delaware – which specializes in building sustainable, LEED-certified beach homes using locally sourced materials. It was a total fixer-upper, and I maxed out every card to buy it and rebuild it myself. It didn’t matter that there was no girls soccer team. Marnie Oubler, Marine Oursler, Marine A Oursler, Marnie Ann Oursler and Marnie A Oursler are some of the alias or nicknames that Marnie …

Caption: Marnie Oursler with her father, Marvin Oursler.

But I love being the national spokesman. “I stay busy,” Oursler laughs. She is the owner and operator of the homebuilding business Marnie Custom Homes, which is featured on the DIY Network show, Big Beach Builds. Marnie Oursler was born outside of Washington, D.C. in Prince George's County, Maryland into a family of homebuilders. She wasn’t much interested in construction, at least not that she nor her father were aware of then. Her skills landed her on a nationally ranked traveling softball team, as well as a position on the Maryland state soccer team. Back in 2013, Marnie was recognized as the Gold Stevie Entrepreneur of the year for women in business. Caption: TV personality, Marnie gay or married. Her father, Marvin Oursler, owns Marrick Homes in Prince Frederick, Maryland. With this in mind, and Beebe’s critical need for help at this time, Marnie Oursler, founder of Marnie Custom Properties in Bethany Beach, redirected her company’s $10,000 Platinum Sponsorship for the Bash to the COVID-19 Relief Fund.⁠ ⁠ Thank you so much Marnie and team!⁠, A post shared by Marnie Oursler (@marnieoursler) on Apr 23, 2020 at 10:55am PDT, My #MarnieCustomHomes team is coming in STRONG for 2020! He reached out to Oursler. This was it. Additionally, Marnie serves on the Construction Advisory Board of Delaware Technical Community College and collaborates with Home Depot and Habitat for Humanity to provide hands-on experience to students launching construction careers by building homes for wounded veterans. Your email address will not be published. Marnie Oursler also uses the platform to interact with her friends and fans. When the couple agreed to let Oursler be their homebuilder, she quit her job as a real estate agent to start Marnie Custom Homes. Marnie Oursler was born on February 13, 1979,  outside of Washington, D.C. in Prince George’s County, Maryland. Marnie Oursler of Bethany Beach may be one of the few people to get accepted to a prestigious MBA program after admitting in an application letter that people thought she was crazy. Not a lot of people will be aware of the fact that Marnie Oursler comes from five generations of builders. She later transferred to East Carolina University and was a regular of the softball team. And even though this was way back in the day, it goes a long way to show Marnie’s roots. “I have no fear that I can’t do anything.” Yet when her grandfather passed, she had a change of heart.