I didn’t start in real estate — I started by serving my community.

I worked with our local school district and the Boys & Girls Club, organizing fundraisers and silent auctions, making sure everything ran smoothly behind the scenes. At one of those events, someone who liked my personality pulled me aside and said, “You should be in real estate.” My wife had been telling me the same thing for years. So I took the leap.

More than 11 years later, I’...