From “Dirt Poor” to Successful Real Estate Investor By Carole VanSickle Ellis When Dana Nutt moved to Afton, Michigan, at the age of 6, he got his first experience in rehabbing real estate. “We lived in a one-room schoolhouse with an outhouse,” he explained. “But we just kept cleaning and sanding and improving whenever we could.” The family made the best of the situation, and Nutt spent hours with his
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From Prom Dresses to Real Estate By Brittney Fairweather My career started out quite differently than most. For one, I was a teenager. Second, I wasn’t exactly seeking a lifetime career. I had been asked to the prom and I was thrilled. I had the exact dress picked out that I wanted. However, dresses cost money — more than most 14-year-olds have from an allowance. I had to earn some
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“Getting Into the Weeds” to Achieve Success Where did you attend college and what did you study? I got my undergraduate degree at Clemson University majoring in finance and accounting. Then, I received my MBA with a focus on management and leadership at Queens University at the McColl School of Business. What positions led you to RCN Capital? Following my undergraduate time at Clemson I accepted a job at Ally
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Brett Worthington: Veteran To Innovative Disruptor by Alison Bishop “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far go together.” African Proverb. This African proverb is a core value of Brett Worthington, senior vice president of business development at Frontdoor. It symbolizes many things along his journey and in his life today. “I heard it from a great leader of mine whom I consider a
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Brad Cossingham’s Journey From Fax Room to CEO by Carole VanSickle Ellis Brad Cossingham, CEO of National Field Representatives (NFR), grew up around the property preservation business. “My father founded the company in 1989 when he purchased two existing companies and formed NFR,” Cossingham explained. “As a kid, it was not uncommon for me to be sent to the corner drugstore to have the films by the contractors developed. This
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PIP Group’s Charles Sells’ Real Estate Journey by Carole VanSickle Ellis When Charles Sells, founder and CEO of Platinum Investment Properties (PIP) Group looks back on how he got started in real estate, he proudly admits he started at the very bottom of the ladder. “In my early 20s, I took a part-time job at a company investing in tax liens stuffing envelopes for $10 an hour,” he recalled. Today,
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