Walt and Gina York
A Whirlwind of Events Leading to Success
For North Carolinians Walt and Gina York, to say that 2015 was a whirlwind of life-changing events, would be an understatement!
Walt and Gina, knowing they were going to get married, established GW Property Solutions, LLC in March of 2015 with the intention of flipping houses and holding rental properties. They married in September 2015, bought a HomeVestors® (HVA) franchise in October 2015, started their HVA training in November 2015, and started their advertising in January of 2016.
Prior to HomeVestors, Gina worked in the insurance industry and home-schooled her two children, and Walt was an independent marketing consultant. The couple purchased their first rehab from friends who happened to be HomeVestors franchise owners. Seeing their friend’s success convinced Walt and Gina to look at the HVA opportunity. The couple wanted to be independent business owners instead of working traditional corporate jobs.
From day one with HomeVestors, Walt and Gina decided to forget everything they thought they knew about the real estate business and follow the trusted HomeVestors system and their faith in God. As strong Christians, the GW Property Solutions foundation is firmly rooted in their Christian-based core value system.
The Growth of a Team
In Walt’s words, they also knew that “it takes a village to build a successful business, and HVA is the best village there is.” They also humbly attribute their success to a great internal team.
Walt and Gina look at their first full year (2016) as HomeVestors independent business owners as a “learning” year. In July of that year, they hired Kyle Maloney, who initially started with the company as a painter, as a buyer. They bought 9 houses. At the start of their second year, they hired Mary Parrish as a coordinator, allowing Gina to focus on sales and Walt on lending. They also brought on Lawdy Oaster and David Kennedy as a part of their rehab and renovation team. The year ended with 38 houses being bought and sold.
In their third year, Walt and Gina won the “Most Improved Franchise” award. Due to continued growth, they added Sherri Grant as a coordinator and elevated Mary to the position of business manager. That dynamic team ended their third year with 56 purchases and the success continues today.
Another key component to their success was their HVA Development Agent, Jim Williams, and other franchisees who shared their knowledge and experiences. As pointed out, “We were buying into a family and not a franchise.”
The Future Is Bright
After just a few years, Walt became the Development Agent (DA) for the Greensboro, NC area. The DA program provides the necessary field support for both the new business owners as well as the seasoned ones. He is also the chairman for the FAC Technology Committee which works with the HomeVestors IT department to improve technology.
The GW Property Solutions team is excited about the future. The real estate industry is in a “ultra-hyper” seller market allowing the team to sell homes for a lot more money. They also see adding more rentals to their ever-growing portfolio, envision more success, and most importantly, they see more joy in the days and years ahead.
As they continue to grow and balance their portfolio between rentals and “buy-rehab-sell” properties, their advice to new HomeVestors franchisees is simple: commit to the business, commit to the system, and trust the HVA advertising programs.
HomeVestors
What exactly does it mean to be a HomeVestors business owner? Owning a real estate business is life changing and naturally comes with risks! When you become a HomeVestors business owner, you get immediate access to motivated seller leads, financing resources, one-on-one coaching with your local Development Agent, proprietary software for analyzing properties and deals, and access to a nationwide network of coaches and peers. Your house-buying business is yours and you run it as your own venture.
If you are interested in a franchise, contact April Nealey at april.nealey@homevestors.com
Each franchise office is independently owned and operated.
