How It All Began – From Eye-care to Real-estate!

Hi! Welcome to my blog site! – Thank you for taking the time to read my content 🙂 I’m here to give some insight, knowledge & comfort in starting your Real-Estate Career! So follow along & stay up to date! You won’t regret it.

Let’s go back to 2015. One day I woke up and said “That’s it, I’m moving to South Carolina!” I didn’t know exactly where I wanted to go yet, but knew the South is where I wanted to spend the rest of my days. Before I knew it, in December of 2015, I was packing up the U-haul headed to Charleston! – (Side note: I had never visited Charleston before in my life! I just knew how beautiful it was and I needed to be there lol)

Fast forward to 2016. I had found a wonderful job at a local Optometrist Office (Eyecare Specialties of Charleston) in the heart of Downtown. I worked side by side with one of the best Dr’s in the city (Dr. Thomas Croffead) and learned so many things throughout the years, met some amazing patients & was able to help people see things they never could before! It was such a heart warming experience and made me realize how much I loved helping people day in and day out. In December of 2021, after 5 1/2 years of being in the eye world I decided to leave the practice…

Now I bet you’re wondering why I decided to leave? Or at least i hope you are lol When I moved here I was 230 pounds, not active and not even remotely healthy with my lifestyle. In 2017 I started my fitness journey, I would go to the gym every morning before work and even sometimes after. Started eating healthier, watching what I ate, drank etc. I became in love with the new me! I was more energetic, confident & determined more than I had ever been, which had led me to wanting to help others accomplish those goals they never thought they could! I decided to leave my full time job (crazily) to begin my schooling for becoming a personal trainer. I studied for months, went to take the test & bombed it. Turns out, I knew how to lose weight “my way” but not the “scientific” way they wanted me to follow. After a month or two of being discouraged and lost, I headed into to the gym at 5am like I normally did & got onto the treadmill by my favorite person! Bruce and I had met when I first started at Golds Gym in 2019. He and his wife Ann have been like family to me ever since. – As I was walking next to him telling him how the personal training venture I once thought would be my end all be all career had been flushed down the toilet. He turned to me & said “Have you ever thought about Real Estate?” – & the funny thing is, I had. When I first moved here I truly thought about getting into it, but in my mind I was 20 years old and immature. I didn’t feel ready yet, but when he said that to me it’s like the stars aligned all in that one moment. – That day in March of 2022 I decided it was time.

So, I headed home went on my laptop & started to check out Real Estate courses. Within the week I was signed up for classes & started studying for the exam. (By the way, if you are interested in taking classes, I HIGHLY recommend The CE Shop. https://www.theceshop.com )

— It’s crazy how quickly your life and vision changes throughout the years. I never thought that I would be sitting here in Carolina One today but here I am! I am excited to share with ya’ll my journey, tips and tricks to starting and building your career. The main takeaway I want ya’ll to have from this is; I’m not telling you it’s going to be easy, I’m telling you it’s going to be worth it. Comfort zones are tricky to step out of but once you do, you will flourish baby!