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Marc Austin Highfill has experience in the residential, commercial, and investment real estate markets in Richmond. His team, Marc Austin Properties at EXIT First Realty, has been ranked in the Top 10 sales teams (for units sold and sales volume) by the Richmond Association of Realtors since 2006. The team averages 5-6 sales every week. Marc is currently ranked the # 1 EXIT Agent in Virginia and # 4 agent in North America (for sales volume).

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Learn how Dudley successfully shifted from electronics to real estate.

Are you considering making a career shift? Recently, I’ve had the pleasure of interviewing Dudley Stainback, one of our Realtors here at EXIT First Realty. He made a successful transition from the electrical industry to real estate. With 40 years of experience in sales and sales management at Graybar Electric Company, he was able to easily build rapport with clients.

He shared that one of the biggest reasons why he chose to enter the real estate industry was his son, who also worked with us, but it was the positive energy and the growth he experienced with the team that made him stay. Dudley is looking forward to growing more and is excited about the opportunities moving forward with the team.

Know Dudley’s story—how he got into real estate, the challenges, as well as his plans as a Realtor by watching the whole interview in the video above or by skipping to a topic that interests you by using the timestamps below:

0:00 — Interview with Dudley Stainback

0:12 — Life before real estate

0:34 — Transition to real estate

1:08 — Biggest challenges in the real estate business

1:38 — Transferable skills

1:51 — What attracted you to EXIT First Realty?

2:11 — Growing with EXIT First Realty

2:58 — Advice for other agents

3:31 — Future plans to growing the business

3:58 — Contact Dudley

4:22 — Personal advice from Dudley

4:48 — Wrap up

 

If you’d like to talk about making a career change into real estate, contact us today. Call or send Dudley a message at (804) 837-8127 or Dudley@MarcsHomes.net. You can also reach out to me at (804) 527-3948 or Marc@MarcsHome.net. We can discuss your goals and help create an action plan that works best for your needs. and remember - It’s Not the Market…It’s the Marketing That Makes the Difference!!

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