Meet and Welcome Greg Gillespie to Active Rain
Thank you very much Cal. I really appreciate all of your help. Its great getting to know you and all the great associates here in ActiveRain.
I recently met Greg Gillespie here on Active Rain when he posted a comment on one of my blogs. Greg was asking great questions and wanting to learn more about Active Rain. I recognized the questions he had were similar to my own questions when I joined.I wanted to help introduce Greg to all of you, so I asked him a few questions and he was gracious enough to answer them. I have decided to simply share his answers with you. Let's give Greg a warm and wonderful welcome to the AR family. Stop by his blog and give him some encouragement.
- How did you learn about Active Rain? Just a few months ago, I did a Google Search for some something, I can’t remember what I was searching for. Activerain blogs kept coming up in the top results of my search. I knew right then, and I didn’t really know what Activerain was, but I knew I wanted to be part of it.
- What drew you to this blogging platform? A few weeks after joining Activerain, I wrote a
couple of posts and nothing really came from them. I almost decided not to renew my membership for the second month. Then I discovered the hyper-local pages and “Localism”. My 3rd post, which I spent about 10 minutes writing about trick-o- treating in my neighborhood, Wrights Mill , Jackson TN. Within a few hours, I had multiple phone calls with questions about our event. That was pretty cool. My blog had an instant audience.
- Tell me something about yourself.
- Background After graduating from Mississippi State, I started a site construction business, and was a licensed General Contractor in TN and MS. We worked mostly for home builders and commercial contractors. I also trade commodities, futures, and bonds inside my families investment accounts.
- Family My wife, Mary Alice Gillespie and myself are both originally from North Mississippi. We have 3 children who are eight and six, including our newest addition, Caroline, who is 5 months old.
- Hobbies With our recent family growth, my hobbies have been put on hold for now. I used to own a small airplane and enjoyed flying. ( I even took it to the Bahamas and up to DC a couple of times). I also taught scuba diving at MSU, Ole Miss, and NEMCC. I’ve recently replaced that time coaching my kids soccer and basketball teams. We are also into pewee football, baseball, and horse riding.
- How long have you been in the real estate business? I caught the Real Estate bug about 9 years ago. It has been a passion ever since.
- A history of your business experience, i.e. what brokerages have you been with, why did you choose the path you have chosen, etc. I have always been a Dave Ramsey follower, which led me to RE/MAX. I began my career at RE/MAX in Apex North Carolina with a focus on residential real estate. I also leased out Executive Office Suites and rental property.
- My wife, Mary Alice Gillespie, CRNA, has since moved us to Jackson TN . Mary Alice and I have been in Jackson TN for 6 years. She attended Union University’s Nurse Anesthetist Program. She is now a practicing Nurse Anesthesia at Jackson Madison General Hospital.
- What are your goals for 2012? Maintain a better balance between Real Estate and Family. I admit that I am a workaholic and I let my career goals come before my family in the past .
- How can I help you achieve those goals? How can Active Rain assist you in achieving those goals. I want to learn to how to 1)maximize my time. 2)Invest my time and money on what matters most in life and in business. 3) Discover tools and systems to help manage my business.
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Keller Williams Realty Lancaster
1630 Manheim Pike
Lancaster, PA 17601
Office Phone: 717-735-1145
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You can find great local Lititz, PA real estate information on Localism.com The Living in Lancaster Group - Cal Yoder 717.413.0744 is a proud member of the ActiveRain Real Estate Network, a free online community to help real estate professionals grow their business.
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