Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Jamie Parker. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.
Jamie , appreciate you joining us today. What do you think it takes to be successful?
Success takes the right mental mindset to grow and walk in your God-given purpose. Too often, we let life happen to us verses us happening to our lives. Do you want to know how to happen more to your life? Read on as we will discuss some simple practical’s that are bound to make a difference in your life and business.
Jamie , before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?
Jamie Parker, from Atlanta, GA brings 16 years of experience in helping his clients sell, buy or invest in real estate. Before real estate, he was an orchestra teacher. Jamie taught music in the Metro Atlanta area schools for more than 17 years and holds three degrees in education from Georgia State and the University of Georgia. He also is a professional saxophonist, having performed with Bobby Vinton and Ben Vereen and currently volunteers in the music ministry at his church.
He transitioned from education to being a top realtor. Jamie has been a member of the Agent Leadership Council while at Keller Williams and is now a 4x ICON agent, trainer, and mentor agent with eXp Realty. He has averaged 50 transactions a year as a solo agent for the last 8 years and sold 46 million dollars in real estate in 2020-22. He was recently featured on the cover of Top Agent magazine as well as being spotlighted in Shout Out Atlanta, Atlanta Real Producers and Atlanta Voyager. He was also featured on an episode of The Negotiators reality tv show and has filmed two episodes of HGTV House Hunters that are expected to air in 2023.
Past speaking engagements include:
Exp National Shareholders Meeting 2020 and 2022
Icon Agent Series National Classes
Real Estate 101 National Classes
Valley Consortium of Medical Education
Cornerstone Church
Jay and Ashley Nelson Real Estate Mastermind Conferences 2019 to present
Tuesday Morning Nuts and Bolts of Real Estate
Keller Williams Market Center Meetings
Guest Speaker on Multiple Pod Casts
Jamie recently got married and has 4 kids ages 8-16. He is creating a foundation to allow children to reach their maximum potential through music. He also serves on the board of directors for Hope Dealers Worldwide, Camp Swamp, and his HOA.
We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.
2020 was a difficult year, personally. In a three months time period, my wife left our family, my dad died of COVID, had to fire the manager at the music store I own, had a big car wreck and had a huge insurance claim on a rental property. I also sold the married home and moved into a new home with my two kids in the same time frame. I could either rise up or fold up. Through faith, I was able to rise up and had one of my best years ever. God provided referrals and business for me while I was adjusting to being a single dad and mourning at the same time.
Have you ever had to pivot?
My background is in education. I taught school for 17 years for the Dekalb and Gwinnett school systems. I taught orchestra and and served as a local school technology coordinator for 2 years. I have three degrees in education from Georgia State and the University of Georgia. I was always taught to look for safety and security by my dad. He had gotten downsized multiple times in his career and encouraged me to be a teacher because of its security in addition to the passion I had for kids and music.
When I purchased my home in 2005, I saw how much the realtor made and realized it took me three months to make that. In addition, a church class I had attended espoused the virtues of only having one parent work and encouraged us to make a shift if we weren’t able to do that. My daughter was born in 2006 and I got my license for real estate in 2007 (great timing I know lol) I learned to persevere through that crazy market and became a HUD home expert, winning nearly ever home I bid on for my clients.
So in 2012, I left the security of the paycheck to venture on my own. That last year teaching, I had sold 23 homes and made double my teaching salary doing my “side hustle”. My side hustle then became my main hustle and I haven’t looked back since.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.rockinagent.com
- Instagram: jamieparkerrealtor
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rockinagent/
- Linkedin: liveingwinnett
- Twitter: liveingwinnett
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjJvKZg4l8TaFpltsgtP-MQ
- Other: www.atlantastringsshop.com
Image Credits
Melissa Alagon Photographer