Today we’d like to introduce you to Chris Waggy.
Hi Chris, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for taking the time to share your story with us – to start maybe you can share some of your backstories with our readers.
I moved to San Antonio about 15 years ago from Denver. I decided to give real estate a try and enrolled in classes at the San Antonio Board of Realtors. A few months later I was licensed and started my career at a local Keller Williams office. The Keller Williams office was nice and had some good introduction classes and seminars. I spent a couple of years there before I felt I was growing in a different direction. After interviewing several other brokerages and not finding what I wanted I decided to get my broker’s license and open my own brokerage. Fast forward and now I have several agents and we are celebrating 10 years in business!
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way? Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
No, it has had many bumps. When I started, we were coming out of the 2008 housing crash. Being a new agent in a new city in the middle of a crash had many challenges. Thankfully I had a family to lean on in the early years. It was slow going, but every year built on the last. There were also missteps when I opened my brokerage. I overextended and opened a huge office right out of the gate and the overhead on it was killing me. I learned how to lean down and focus on what really matters. After several years I think I found my footing. In this industry, things are always changing. Just when I thought I was set 2020 happened. Over the course of 1 week in March when the lockdowns started, I lost 5 contracts. It was 4 months before I had another sale in my brokerage. During that time my daughter was also born. So, it was a period of uncertainty and stress.
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your business?
We are a full-service residential real estate brokerage. We cover San Antonio, Austin, and the surrounding suburbs and towns, as well as the coastal area of Corpus Christi, Port Aransas, and Rockport. Our key focus is communication and education. Every client should leave with a full understanding of the purchase or sale process and satisfaction with the communication and procedures. We strive to go above and beyond every time for everyone.
Alright, so to wrap up, is there anything else you’d like to share with us?
I would say thank you. Thank you to all of San Antonio for trusting me with your business and being amazing friends and neighbors. I truly love this city and its people. It has been a privilege to serve it for the last 10 years.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/northstarrealtypro/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NorthStarRealtyProfessionals
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB6zlPv8IFkKy43D6g9Xnkg
